Phillip B. Journey (born April 2, 1956) is an American politician and judge. Journey was born in

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, on April 2, 1956. He studied business at

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, then attended the

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. Following

Nancey Harrington Nancey D. Harrington (born November 8, 1953) is an American former politician. Harrington was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. She was appointed to the Kansas Senate's 26th district in December 1994, following the resignation of Todd Tiahrt. ...

's resignation from the Kansas Senate in 2003, Journey was appointed to complete her term, starting in 2004. A Republican, Journey represented the 26th district until 2008. He was then appointed to Kansas's 18th Judicial District Court for Division 1. He ran unopposed for reelection twice until defeating Joni Cole in 2020.

Restore NRA campaign

Journey is a board member of the

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(NRA). In 2021 during NRA bankruptcy proceedings, Journey asked the bankruptcy court to appoint an independent examiner to investigate allegations of fraud by senior leadership at the NRA. This motion was unsuccessful when the judge refused the NRA's filing for Chapter 11 protection, describing it as "not being filed in good faith". Having personally incurred significant legal costs, Journey founded the "Restore The NRA" campaign to raise legal defense funds and call for organisational reform.

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