Vicki Schmidt 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 20th District since 2005. She is the Assistant Majority Leader.

Committee assignments

Schmidt serves on these legislative committees:

• Ethics and Elections (chair)
• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations (vice-chair)
• Public Health and Welfare (vice-chair)
• Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight
• Joint Committee on Information Technology
• Interstate Cooperation
• Transportation
• Ways and Means

Major donors

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

Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, American Federation of Teachers, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansans for Lifesaving Cures, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Medical Society

Financial, insurance and real estate companies were her largest donor group, followed by health care companies.

External links

• Kansas Senate
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Follow the Money campaign contributions
  • 2004, 2006, 2008
• Schmidt's website