Ron Worley is a former

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member of the

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, representing the 30th district. He served from 2007 through 2013, having been defeated in the 2012 Republican primary by Rep.

Lance Kinzer Lance Kinzer (born April 18, 1970) is an American politician served as the Kansas State Representative for the 30th district from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the 14th district from 2004 until redistr ...

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, after Kinzer and Worley were put in the same district after re-districting. Kinzer then subsequently retired in 2014, endorsing

Randy Powell Randy Powell is a writer who has penned several books in the young adult literature genre. He was born in Seattle, Washington in 1956. Powell had an interest in sports, and his Little League football team won the State Championship when he w ...

as his successor. Worley challenged Powell for his old seat in the primary, but was subsequently defeated. Prior to being elected, Worley worked for 14 years as a building official in

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, and has served in the U.S. Air Force. He received his Bachelor's in Business Administration from

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. Worley is a member of the Kansas City Catbackers Club, Leadership Lenexa Alumni Association, Lenexa Chamber of Commerce, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Committee membership

* Commerce and Labor * Transportation * Aging and Long Term Care * Economic Development and Tourism

Major donors

The top five donors to Worley's 2008 campaign:Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions
/ref> *1. Kansans for Lifesaving Cures $1,000 *2. Kansas Contractors Assoc. $1,000 *3. Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce $900 *4. AT&T $500 *5. Kansas Medical Society PAC State Fund $500

References

External links

Official website

Kansas Legislature - Ron Worley

Project Vote Smart profile

Kansas Votes profile
* Follow the Money campaign contributions: *
20062008
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