Jean Kurtis Schodorf is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Kansas Senate

Kansas Senate

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, representing the 25th District since 2001. She is currently the Majority Whip. From 1989 to 2000, she was on the Board of Education for Unified School District 259 (Wichita School District) and was the Board President in 1993, 1997 and 1999. She is a speech/language pathologist and graduated from University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

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 (Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Science) and Wichita State University

Wichita State University

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 (Ph.D. in Communicative Disorders, post-doctoral work in education administration). Schodorf was a candidate for U.S Representative of the 4th district, being vacated by Todd Tiahrt

Todd Tiahrt

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Dr. Schodorf is the sister of attorney and television journalist Bill Kurtis

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Committee assignments

Sen. Schodorf serves on these legislative committees:

• Education (chair)
• Joint Committee on Arts and Cultural Resources (vice-chair)
• Commerce
• Confirmation Oversight
• Interstate Cooperation
• Judiciary
• Ways and Means

Sponsored legislation

Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Sen. Schodorf includes:

• A resolution opposing relocation of Guantanamo detainees to Kansas.
• A resolution regarding the right to bear arms

Major donors

Some of the top contributors to Sen. Schodorf's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:

Kansas Realtors Association, Kansas Contractors Association, Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansans for Lifesaving Cures, Kansas National Education Association

Institutions were her major donor group.

2010 run for Congress

In 2010, Sen. Schodorf entered the primary race for the 4th Congressional District of Kansas, running against four other Republicans (Jim Anderson, Wink Hartman, Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo

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and Paij Rutschman). She was endorsed by former U.S. Sen Nancy Kassebaum Baker on July 13, 2010. Schodorf finished second in the Republican primary, losing to eventual general election winner Mike Pompeo.

External links

• Kansas Senate
• Campaign site
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Follow the Money campaign contributions
  • 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008