Barbara Allen was a Republican

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 Kansas State Senator

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 from the 8th District. She is from Overland Park

Overland Park, Kansas

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, Kansas

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 and is an attorney. Allen graduated with a Bachelor of Science

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 from Mount Vernon College

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 and a Degree

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 from the University of Missouri–Kansas City

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 Law School. She was first elected to the Kansas House in 1988 and then to the Kansas Senate in 2000. In March 2005, Allen was informed that she had breast cancer

Breast cancer

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. Unable to be treated in Kansas, Allen sought treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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 in Boston. After, twelve rounds of chemotherapy, thirty-three radiation treatments, and surgery, doctors said that they can't detect cancer in Allen.

In 2008 Allen was not re-elected, the district is now represented by fellow Republican Tim Allen.