Attorney General, State of Kansas, 2010-2023

Candidate, Governor of Kansas, 2022

Majority Leader, Kansas State Senate, 2005-2010

Senator, Kansas State Senate, 2001-2010

Former Chair, Agriculture Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Vice-Chair, Judiciary Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Special Counsel, Governor Bill Graves

Former Assistant Attorney General, Kansas Consumer Protection Division

Legislative Director/General Counsel, United States Senator Chuck Hagel

Former Legislative Assistant, United States Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum

Member, Advisory Council, Kansas Geological Survey

Member, Board of Directors, Kansas Legal Services for Prisoners Incorporated

Member, Community Advisory Committee, Public Television Station KTWU

Trustee, Eastern Kansas Branch of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Member, Independence Chamber of Commerce

Director, Independence Industries Incorporated

Director, Kansas State Historical Society

Trustee, Leadership Kansas

Member, Rotary Club of Independence

President, National Association of Attorneys General, 2017-2018

Favorite Quote:

"What is it, in a few words, that all Republicans believe? We believe - along with millions of Democrats and Independents - that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." -
President Gerald Ford

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." - Albert Einstein