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Rep. Brett Parker of Overland Park will step down, plans to lead political organizing group Rep. Brett Parker, a Democrat from Overland Park, says he plans to step down some time this year after the end of the 2021 session. He is set to become the executive director of a new political organizing group being put together by former Kansas Sen. Barbara Bollier of Mission Hills. File photo.
Brett Parker, a three-term Democratic state representative from Overland Park, says he plans to step down from his seat after the formal end of this year’s legislative session.
In an email to supporters Tuesday, and in a message repeated on Twitter and to the Shawnee Mission Post, Parker said he plans to “carve out more time for the most important people in my life and explore the next steps in my career.”
Rep. Brett Parker of Overland Park will step down to lead political organizing group chaired by Barbara Bollier Rep. Brett Parker, a Democrat from Overland Park, says he plans to step down some time this year after the end of the 2021 session. He is set to become the executive director of a new political organizing group being put together by former Kansas Sen. Barbara Bollier of Mission Hills. File photo.
Brett Parker, a three-term Democratic state representative from Overland Park, says he plans to step down from his seat after the formal end of this year’s legislative session.
In an email to supporters Tuesday, and in a message repeated on Twitter and to the Shawnee Mission Post, Parker said he plans to “carve out more time for the most important people in my life and explore the next steps in my career.”
Jim McLean, Kansas News Service
photo by: Associated Press
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., speaks during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing for Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
TOPEKA Roger Marshall’s unflinching support of former President Donald Trump helped him vault over a crowded field of Republican hopefuls in the race to succeed longtime Kansas U.S. Senator Pat Roberts.
Roberts, like his successor, backed Trump and his administration almost without fail. But the now-former senator forged a career in a different era of partisanship that allowed more room for the occasional partnership with Democrats in the interest of lawmaking.
John Hanna, Associated Press
photo by: AP File Photo
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., speaks during a news conference after the Senate voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
TOPEKA Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran for reelection in 2022, early backing that makes it unlikely the two-term Republican will face a serious challenge in the GOP primary.
Trump’s endorsement Thursday evening came less than two weeks after Moran voted with most Republican senators to acquit Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington aimed at stopping the certification of Trump’s election loss. But Moran had voted to certify the results, and earlier this month, the Clay County Republican Party censured him suggesting he might face an August 2022 primary challenge.