John Vratil is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Kansas Senate

Kansas Senate

The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal amount of districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four year term....

, representing the 11th District since 1998. He has been the Senate Vice-President since 2003.

Committee assignments

Vratil serves on these legislative committees:

• Education (vice-chair)
• Ways and Means (vice-chair)
• Interstate Cooperation
• Judiciary
• Organization, Calendar and Rules
• Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations

Major donors

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

Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansas Medical Society, Hallmark Cards, Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Contractors Association, and others

Finance, insurance and real estate companies were his largest donor group.

External links

• Kansas Senate
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Follow the Money campaign contributions
  • 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008