Charlotte O'Hara (born January 7, 1951) is an American politician. A Republican, she served 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 ...

from 2011 to 2013, representing District 27. O'Hara was a Johnson County commissioner from 2021 to 2025. She previously served as a member of the Kansas City and the Olathe Home Builders Associations and served as chairwoman on the

Olathe Olathe ( ) is the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in both the Kansas City metropolitan area and the state of Kansas, with a 2020 population of 141,290. History 19th century Olathe ...

Board of Code Review.

State legislature

2010 state house election

O'Hara was elected by Republican precinct delegates to fill a vacancy in the State House of Representatives early in 2011. The vacancy occurred after Kansas Sen.

Jeff Colyer Jeffrey William Colyer (born June 3, 1960) is an American surgeon and politician who served as the 47th governor of Kansas from January 31, 2018, to January 14, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kan ...

was elected lieutenant governor in the 2010 general election. House District 27 Representative

Ray Merrick Raymond F. Merrick (born October 18, 1939) is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing district 27 from 2013 to 2017. He was elected Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives in December 2012.Cooper, B ...

was elected by Republican precinct committee members to fill the remainder of Colyer's Senate District 37 term; then O'Hara was elected to fill Merrick's House seat.

2012 state senate election

After redistricting for the 2012 elections, O'Hara filed for the Kansas Senate District 37 seat being vacated by

. O'Hara placed second in a three-way Republican primary, losing to

Pat Apple Patton M. Apple, known as Pat, (born August 31, 1957) was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 37th district from 2013 to 2014. He succeeded Robert Tyson to represent the 12th district from 2005 to 2013. After redistric ...

2026 gubernatorial election

In March 2025, O'Hara announced her candidacy in the Republican primary for the

2026 Kansas gubernatorial election The 2026 Kansas gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of Kansas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Laura Kelly is term-limited and ineligible to seek a third consecutive term. This wil ...

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External links

Campaign website
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