Susan Wagle
| Susan Wagle | |
|---|---|
| President of the Kansas Senate | |
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Assumed office January 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Morris |
| Member of the Kansas Senate from the 30th district | |
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Assumed office January 2001 | |
| Succeeded by | Lance Kinzer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 27, 1953 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Wagle |
| Alma mater | Wichita State University |
Susan Wagle is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing Kansas' 30th district since 2001.[1] She was elected President of the Senate of Kansas in 2011.
Biography
Wagle has a bachelor's degree from Wichita State University. From 1979-1982 she was a teacher in the Wichita Public Schools. She then became involved in real-estate investment. She was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1990 and to the Kansas State Senate in 2000.[2]
She was elected Senate president on Dec. 3, 2012, winning 23-9 over Sen. Steve Abrams of Arkansas City. A cancer survivor, she is the Kansas Senate's first female president, and the first Senate president from Wichita. She began serving as Senate president in 2013.[3]
Wagle lives in Wichita and is married to Tom Wagle.
Committee assignments
Wagle serves on the following committees:[4]
- Commerce, vice-chair
- Confirmation Oversight
- Ethics and Elections
- Interstate Cooperation, chair
- Legislative Coordinating Council, chair
- Organization, Calendar and Rules, chair
During the 2013-2014 Legislative Sessions, Wagle served on the following committees:[1]
- Commerce, vice-chair
- Confirmation Oversight
- Interstate Cooperation, chair
- Legislative Coordinating Council, vice-chair
- Organization, Calendar and Rules, chair
Sponsored legislation
Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Wagle includes:[5]
- Constitutional amendment to have supreme court justices' appointments subject to consent of the senate.[6]
- A bill to ban dismemberment abortions [7]
- A bill to create a budget stabilization fund[8]
- A bill regarding the right to bear arms[9]
Major donors
Some of the top contributors to Wagle's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:[10]
- Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Medical Society, Kansas Hospital Association, Kansas Optometric Association, Koch Industries, Heart PAC
Health care companies were her largest donor group.
References
- 1 2 "Senator Susan Wagle - President of the Senate". Kansas State Legislature 2013-2014. Kansas Legislative Information System and Services. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ Project vote smart biography
- ↑ "Sen. Susan Wagle first Wichitan elected Senate president"
- ↑ "Senator Susan Wagle - President of the Senate". Kansas State Legislature 2015-2016. Kansas Legislative Information System and Services. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ Legislation
- ↑ Bill 1612
- ↑
- ↑ SB 1614
- ↑ SB 1611
- ↑ Susan Wagle 2008 campaign contributions
External links
- Kansas Senate
- Project Vote Smart profile
- Follow the Money campaign contributions
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