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Kansas's 2nd Senate District
Kansas's 2nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Marci Francisco since 2005. Geography District 2 is based in Lawrence, Kansas, Lawrence, covering the University of Kansas and much of the city's downtown in Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, as well as most of Jefferson County, Kansas, Jefferson County to the north. The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 10th, 44th, 45th, 46th, and 47th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. Recent election results 2020 2016 2012 Federal and statewide results in District 2 References {{Kansas State Senators Kansas Senate districts, 2 Douglas County, Kansas Jefferson County, Kansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Senate District 2 (2010)
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. The tribe's name (natively ') is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. The first Euro-American settlement in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
