Political party Republican Residence Wichita, Kansas | Profession auto dealer Name Leslie Donovan | |
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Born May 5, 1936 (age 87) ( 1936-05-05 ) | ||
Leslie D. "Les" Donovan, Sr. is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 27th District since 1997. He was the Assistant Majority Leader in 2001 and was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 2000. He was a Kansas Representative from 1992 to 1997. He has also been a precinct committeeman since 1980.
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He is an auto dealer from Wichita.
Committee assignments
Donovan serves on these legislative committees:
Sponsored legislation
Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Donovan includes:
Major donors
Some of the top contributors to Les Donovan's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:
Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Koch Industries, Kansas Contractors Association, Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansas Medical Society, Kansas Bankers AssociationFinancial, insurance and real estate companies were his largest donor group.
2012
Donovan was unopposed in the 2012 Republican primary. He defeated Democratic nominee Diana Cubbage in the general election, by a margin of 20,773 to 10,922 — 65.5 percent to 34.5 percent. In their primaries, Donovan had won 7,455 votes; Cubbage 1,044 votes.
Cubbage, a Wichita educator, had been unopposed in the 2012 Democratic Primary. She had been endorsed by the Kansas Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers-Kansas and the AFL-CIO.