Lorene Bethell is an American politician who served for seven months as a member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

. She was picked by Republican Party precinct committee members in the 113th District to succeed her husband,

Bob Bethell Bob Bethell (November 5, 1942 – May 20, 2012) was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 113th district. He served from 1999 until his death on May 20, 2012. Prior to his election to the House, Bethell s ...

, who died on May 20 in a car accident. She was sworn in on June 1, 2012, following her formal appointment by Gov. Sam Brownback. She did not seek election to a full term in 2012 and left office in January 2013. Representative Bethell was not appointed to any committees during her tenure in the House of Representatives and attended only one House session during her term, the final session of the 2012 legislative session, which handled primarily ceremonial business.

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