Owen Donohoe (pronounced ; born February 13, 1945) is a
Republican 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 ...
, representing the 39th district. He served three terms in the Kansas Legislature, from 2006 to 2012, before being elected the same seat again in 2018. Re-elected in 2020, Donohoe is currently in his fifth term.
Donohoe moved to
Kansas
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 ...
in 1989 to start his own
medical device
A medical device is any device intended to be used for medical purposes. Significant potential for hazards are inherent when using a device for medical purposes and thus medical devices must be proved safe and effective with reasonable assura ...
company, Donohoe and Associates. He has been married for 42 years and has five children and 16 grandchildren.
Issue positions
Donohoe describes himself as a "
fiscal conservative
Fiscal conservatism is a political and economic philosophy regarding fiscal policy and fiscal responsibility with an ideological basis in capitalism, individualism, limited government, and ''laissez-faire'' economics.M. O. Dickerson et al., ''An ...
, for
limited government, a strong proponent of individual property rights, and '
pro-life'".
Committee membership
* Economic Development and Tourism (Vice-Chair)
* Appropriations Committee
* General Government Budget
* Taxation Committee
* Education Committee
* Economic Development and Tourism Committee (Vice-Chair)
* Aging and Long Term Care
* Joint Economic Committee
References
External links
Official WebsiteKansas Legislature - Owen DonohoeProject Vote Smart profileKansas Votes profileState Surge - Legislative and voting track record* Follow the Money campaign contributions:
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20062008
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Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Living people
21st-century American legislators
1945 births