Reid Petty (born May 14, 1985) is an American politician who served in the

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as a Republican for one term in 2013 and 2014. Petty challenged

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Republican

Carl Holmes Carl Holmes (October 19, 1940) is an American politician, and a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, who represented the 125th district from 1985 to 2013. Prior to his election to the House, Holmes served as mayor ...

in the 2012

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; Petty won by only 9 votes, taking 904 ballots (50.2%) to Holmes' 895 (49.7%). The general election was not contested, and Petty took office in January 2013. He served for only one term, declining to run for re-election in 2014, and was succeeded by fellow Republican Shannon Francis.

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Living people 1985 births Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators People from Liberal, Kansas {{Kansas-politician-stub