Carolyn McGinn (born January 27, 1959) is a
Republican member of the
Kansas Senate, representing the
31st district since 2005. She used to be a Commissioner on the
Sedgwick County Commission.
Committee assignments
McGinn serves on these legislative committees
* Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy (chair)
* Natural Resources (chair)
* Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight (chair)
* Ways and Means (vice-chair)
* Joint Committee on Kansas Security
* Local Government
* Calendar and Rules
* Utilities
Major donors
Some of the top contributors to McGinn's 2008 campaign, according to
OpenSecrets
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, were:
: Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Department of Administration, Koch Industries, Kansas Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Kansas Optometric Association
Energy & natural resources interests were her largest donor group.
In 2012, seven of eight moderate state senate Republicans were successfully targeted by the
Koch brothers
The Koch family ( ) is an American family engaged in business, best known for their political activities and their control of Koch Industries, the 2nd largest privately owned company in the United States (with 2019 revenues of $115 billion). ...
and the
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Chamber of Commerce (KCC) is a statewide business and industrial coalition in the state of Kansas.
History
KCC was founded in 1924 by representatives of 40 local chambers of commerce, who met in Hutchinson, Kansas. The founders focused ...
, with only McGinn escaping defeat in the Republican primary. That gave incumbent Governor
Sam Brownback the margin he needed to effectively restructure state taxation, exempting "S" status filers such as
Koch Industries from income taxes.
''Kansas Secretary of State,'' Official 2012 Primary Results
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References
External links
Kansas SenateProject Vote Smart profile
* Follow the Money campaign contributions
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Carolyn McGinn's website
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Republican Party Kansas state senators
Living people
1959 births
21st-century American politicians
Women state legislators in Kansas
21st-century American women politicians
Friends University alumni
Wichita State University alumni
County commissioners in Kansas