Jim Parrish (born August 25, 1946) is a businessman and former politician from the
U.S. state of
Kansas. During the 1970s, he served as a
Democrat
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in both the
Kansas House of Representatives and the
Kansas State Senate
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.
Parrish was born in Great Bend, Kansas. He married
Nancy Buchele and moved to
Topeka to attend
law school
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in 1970.
He ran for the Kansas House in the 1972 elections, serving one term, and then ran for the State Senate in 1974.
He was re-elected in 1978, but resigned his seat in January 1980 due to business concerns.
The seat was filled by his wife.
During the mid-1980s, Jim Parrish was named chair of the
Kansas Democratic Party
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. He also worked as a
hotelier and commercial property manager and developer, and in 2010 was inducted into the Topeka Business Hall of Fame.
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1946 births
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20th-century American legislators
Politicians from Topeka, Kansas
Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Democratic Party Kansas state senators
State political party chairs of Kansas
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Spouses of Kansas politicians
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