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Preceded by
  
Stephen Morris

Name
  
Susan Wagle

Succeeded by
  
Lance Kinzer

Political party
  
Republican

Party
  
Republican Party

Spouse(s)
  
Tom Wagle


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Born
  
September 27, 1953 (age 70) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. (
1953-09-27
)

Alma mater
  
Wichita State University

Education
  
Wichita State University

Kansas senate president susan wagle


Susan Wagle is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing Kansas' 30th district since 2001. She was elected President of the Senate of Kansas in 2013.

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Biography

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Wagle has a bachelor's degree from Wichita State University. From 1979-1982 she was a teacher in the Wichita Public Schools. She then became involved in real-estate investment. She was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1990 and to the Kansas State Senate in 2000.

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She was elected Senate president on Dec. 3, 2012, winning 23-9 over Sen. Steve Abrams of Arkansas City. A cancer survivor, she is the Kansas Senate's first female president, and the first Senate president from Wichita. She began serving as Senate president in 2013.

Wagle lives in Wichita and is married to Tom Wagle.

Committee assignments

Wagle serves on the following committees:

  • Commerce, vice-chair
  • Confirmation Oversight
  • Ethics and Elections
  • Interstate Cooperation, chair
  • Legislative Coordinating Council, chair
  • Organization, Calendar and Rules, chair

    • During the 2013-2014 Legislative Sessions, Wagle served on the following committees:

  • Commerce, vice-chair
  • Confirmation Oversight
  • Interstate Cooperation, chair
  • Legislative Coordinating Council, vice-chair
  • Organization, Calendar and Rules, chair

    • Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Wagle includes:

  • Constitutional amendment to have supreme court justices' appointments subject to consent of the senate.
  • A bill to ban dismemberment abortions
  • A bill to create a budget stabilization fund
  • A bill regarding the right to bear arms

    • References

    Susan Wagle Wikipedia
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