Kelly Kultala is a Democratic 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 5th District since 2008. She also served as the 5th District Commissioner for the Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City from 2001 to 2005. She has served on the Piper School Board and is a current member of the Wyandotte County Library Board. She is married with 3 children.

Kultala was selected by state Sen. Tom Holland

Tom Holland (Kansas politician)

Tom Holland is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 3rd District since 2009. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008...

 to be his running mate in the Kansas gubernatorial election, 2010

Kansas gubernatorial election, 2010

The 2010 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mark Parkinson, who assumed office upon Kathleen Sebelius' resignation following her appointment as President Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services in January 2009, did not seek a full...

. Unopposed in the primary, Kultala was the Democratic Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

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Committee assignments

Kultala serves on these legislative committees:

• Local Government
• Transportation
• Ethics and Elections
• Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight
• Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State
• Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations
• Ways and Means

Sponsored legislation

Kultala co-sponsored a bill regarding elections and an election commissioner as well as various other senate bills.

Major Donors

The top contributors to Pyle's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:

Kansas Democratic Party, Kansans for Lifesaving Cures, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas National Education Association, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local union 441

His largest donor group was political parties.

External links

• Kansas Senate
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Campaign contributions: 2008
• Kelly Kultala on the Kansas Democratic Party website