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Kansas, the 'sunflower state', became the 39th state on Jan. 29, 1861. Topeka is the capital of Kansas, while its largest city is Wichita.

At the time of settlement Kansas could be seen in some ways as a bastion of liberal ideals.

Many of the settlers came from New England.

Many were against slavery.

And many didn't mind the idea of women working.

Then something changed.

Kansas has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964. In 2004, George W. Bush won the state's 6 electoral votes by a margin of 25 percentage points with 62% of the vote. The only two counties to support Democrat John Kerry were those containing the city of Kansas City and the college town of Lawrence.

In 1999, the Kansas State Board of Education made that infamous decision to eliminate the theory of evolution from the state teaching standards, a decision later reversed. On November 8, 2005, a The Kansas State Board of Education, at the urging of intelligent design advocates, voted to add criticisms of evolution to the state science standards.

While other states outside the South are raising their state minimum wages above the Federal minimum wage of $5,15 an hour, Kansas for some reason continues to set a state minimum wage lower than the Federal minimum. See U.S. Dept. of Labor Map

It is possible that in the near future Kansas will become the wind turbine capital of the world [1] and solar panels will adorne every roof in the state.

But right now that process is just starting.

Contents 1 Kansas Congressional Delegation 2 State Government 3 Kansas Boards and Commissions 4 Cities & Counties 5 Elections 6 News, Etc 7 Political Blogs 8 Kansas in Fiction 9 See also

Kansas Congressional Delegation

• Senate
  • Senior Senator: Pat Roberts (R)
  • Junior Senator: Jerry Moran (R)

• House of Representatives

(4 Republicans)

• • KS-01 Rep.: Tim Huelskamp (R)
  • KS-02 Rep.: Lynn Jenkins (R)
  • KS-03 Rep.: Kevin Yoder (R)
  • KS-04 Rep.: Mike Pompeo (R)

• US Congressional Delegations from Kansas (Wikipedia)

State Government

• Executive Branch
  • Governor: Sam Brownback (R)
  • Lt.Gov: Jeff Colyer (R)
  • Secretary of State: Kris Kobach (R)
  • Treasurer : Ron Estes (R)
  • Attorney General: Derek Schmidt (R)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Sandy Praeger (R)

• Legislative Branch
  • Kansas State Legislature

• Judicial Branch
  • Judiciary

• State Constitution
  • Kansas State Constitution

Kansas Boards and Commissions

• Kansas State Board of Education

Cities & Counties

• Kansas County Selection Map (U.S. Census)
• Kansas Counties (Kansas State Library)
• Visit a Kansas County (Kansas Association of Counties)
• Kansas Communities on the Web (State of Kansas)

Elections

• Elections and Legislative (Kansas Secretary of State)
• Election statistics (Kansas Secretary of State)
• Kansas election results
• see U.S. elections

News, Etc

• Kansas Newspapers (NewsLink.org)
• Kansas Newspapers and News Media Guide(ABYZ News Links)
• Kansas Politicians On The Issues (OnTheIssues.org)

Political Blogs

• Community Bridge Blog
• Daily Kos: Kansas
• Everyday Citizen
• Gay Kansas
• Kansas Matters
• In This Moment -- An Uncommon Blog of Hope & Politics
• The Idiot Factor: folly of Kansas politicians
• New Appeal to Reason
• Nitpicker
• Otto's War Room
• PrairiePopulistAndProgressives
• http://scienceblogs.com/tfk/ Thoughts from Kansas]

Kansas in Fiction

• Reference to Kansas in the future as a desert because of global warming: Gregory Benford's 2004 novel The Sunborn, p. 85.

See also

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