Warren Parker 
785-587-6195 
parkerw@kfb.org 

July 11, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Manhattan – Kansas Farm Bureau’s Voters Organized To Elect Farm Bureau Friends (VOTE FBF) has released its candidate endorsements for state races in Kansas. In certain races, following the completion of the primary election, vote FBF may make additional endorsements.

Kansas Farm Bureau President Rich Felts reiterated the grass roots process involved in making decisions.

“Each of these endorsements were based on county recommendations in the legislative district.  The VOTE FBF board takes that grassroots input seriously.  We encourage these candidates to work with their county Farm Bureaus as we look forward to helping elect these friends of Farm Bureau in the upcoming elections.”

VOTE FBF was established in 1993 to help elect friends of agriculture and rural Kansas. It has had a more than 90 percent success rate for helping endorsed candidates be elected to office.


Kansas Farm Bureau VOTE FBF state Senate and House endorsement list

Jerry Henry

Kansas Senate 

Marci Francisco

Kansas Senate 

Tom Holland

Kansas Senate 

David Haley

Kansas Senate 

Steve Fitzgerald

Kansas Senate 

Pat Pettey

Kansas Senate 

Barbara Bollier

Kansas Senate 

Jim Denning

Kansas Senate 

Julia Lynn

Kansas Senate 

Mary Pilcher Cook

Kansas Senate 

10 

Caryn Tyson

Kansas Senate 

12 

Jake LaTurner

Kansas Senate 

13 

Forrest J. Knox

Kansas Senate 

14 

Ty Masterson

Kansas Senate 

16 

Jeff Longbine

Kansas Senate 

17 

Laura Kelly

Kansas Senate 

18 

Anthony Hensley

Kansas Senate 

19 

Vicki L. Schmidt

Kansas Senate 

20 

Greg A. Smith

Kansas Senate 

21 

Tom Hawk

Kansas Senate 

22 

Rob Olson

Kansas Senate 

23 

Tom Arpke

Kansas Senate 

24 

Dan Kerschen

Kansas Senate 

26 

Gene Suellentrop

Kansas Senate 

27 

Mike Petersen

Kansas Senate 

28 

Oletha Faust Goudeau

Kansas Senate 

29 

Susan Wagle

Kansas Senate 

30 

Carolyn McGinn

Kansas Senate 

31 

Terry Bruce

Kansas Senate 

34 

Richard Wilborn

Kansas Senate 

35 

Elaine S. Bowers

Kansas Senate 

36 

Molly Baumgardner

Kansas Senate 

37 

Bud Estes

Kansas Senate 

38 

Larry R. Powell

Kansas Senate 

39 

Richard (Rick) Billinger

Kansas Senate 

40 

Michael Houser

Kansas House of Representatives 

Adam J. Lusker Sr.

Kansas House of Representatives 

Charles (Chuck) Smith

Kansas House of Representatives 

Jene Vickrey

Kansas House of Representatives 

Richard J. Proehl

Kansas House of Representatives 

Craig McPherson

Kansas House of Representatives 

Kent L. Thompson

Kansas House of Representatives 

John Wilson

Kansas House of Representatives 

10 

Jim Kelly

Kansas House of Representatives 

11 

Doug Blex

Kansas House of Representatives 

12 

Larry P. Hibbard

Kansas House of Representatives 

13 

Keith Esau

Kansas House of Representatives 

14 

Erin L. Davis

Kansas House of Representatives 

15 

Amanda Grosserode

Kansas House of Representatives 

16 

Brett M. Hildabrand

Kansas House of Representatives 

17 

Stephanie Clayton

Kansas House of Representatives 

19 

Rob Bruchman

Kansas House of Representatives 

20 

Nancy Lusk

Kansas House of Representatives 

22 

Linda Gallagher

Kansas House of Representatives 

23 

Melissa Rooker

Kansas House of Representatives 

25 

Larry L. Campbell

Kansas House of Representatives 

26 

Jerry Lunn

Kansas House of Representatives 

28 

Randy Powell

Kansas House of Representatives 

30 

Kathy Wolfe Moore

Kansas House of Representatives 

36 

Stan Frownfelter

Kansas House of Representatives 

37 

Willie Dove

Kansas House of Representatives 

38 

Charles Macheers

Kansas House of Representatives 

39 

John Bradford

Kansas House of Representatives 

40 

Tony Barton

Kansas House of Representatives 

41 

Connie O'Brien

Kansas House of Representatives 

42 

Donald Roberts

Kansas House of Representatives 

43 

Barbara W. Ballard

Kansas House of Representatives 

44 

Tom Sloan

Kansas House of Representatives 

45 

Marvin Kleeb

Kansas House of Representatives 

48 

Scott Schwab

Kansas House of Representatives 

49 

Fred C. Patton

Kansas House of Representatives 

50 

Ron Highland

Kansas House of Representatives 

51 

Brenda S. Dietrich

Kansas House of Representatives 

52 

Ken Corbet

Kansas House of Representatives 

54 

Lane Hemsley

Kansas House of Representatives 

56 

Blaine Finch

Kansas House of Representatives 

59 

Mark Schreiber

Kansas House of Representatives 

60 

Francis Awerkamp

Kansas House of Representatives 

61 

Randy Garber

Kansas House of Representatives 

62 

W. Brett Neibling

Kansas House of Representatives 

63 

Susie Swanson

Kansas House of Representatives 

64 

Lonnie G. Clark

Kansas House of Representatives 

65 

Sydney Carlin

Kansas House of Representatives 

66 

Tom Phillips

Kansas House of Representatives 

67 

J.R. Claeys

Kansas House of Representatives 

69 

John E. Barker

Kansas House of Representatives 

70 

Diana Dierks

Kansas House of Representatives 

71 

Marc Rhoades

Kansas House of Representatives 

72 

Les Mason

Kansas House of Representatives 

73 

Don Schroeder

Kansas House of Representatives 

74 

Will Carpenter

Kansas House of Representatives 

75 

Kristey S. Williams

Kansas House of Representatives 

77 

Ron Ryckman

Kansas House of Representatives 

78 

Ed Trimmer

Kansas House of Representatives 

79 

Pete DeGraaf

Kansas House of Representatives 

82 

Henry Helgerson

Kansas House of Representatives 

83 

Gail Finney

Kansas House of Representatives 

84 

Chuck Weber

Kansas House of Representatives 

85 

Jim Ward

Kansas House of Representatives 

86 

Steve Huebert

Kansas House of Representatives 

90 

Tom Sawyer

Kansas House of Representatives 

95 

Brandon Whipple

Kansas House of Representatives 

96 

Leslie G. Osterman

Kansas House of Representatives 

97 

Steve Anthimides

Kansas House of Representatives 

98 

Daniel Hawkins

Kansas House of Representatives 

100 

Joe Seiwert

Kansas House of Representatives 

101 

Jan Pauls

Kansas House of Representatives 

102 

Ponka-We Victors

Kansas House of Representatives 

103 

Steven R. Becker

Kansas House of Representatives 

104 

Clay Aurand

Kansas House of Representatives 

106 

Susan L. Concannon

Kansas House of Representatives 

107 

Steven Johnson

Kansas House of Representatives 

108 

Troy L. Waymaster

Kansas House of Representatives 

109 

Ken Rahjes

Kansas House of Representatives 

110 

Sue Ellen Boldra

Kansas House of Representatives 

111 

Tory M. Arnberger

Kansas House of Representatives 

112 

Greg Lewis

Kansas House of Representatives 

113 

Jack Thimesch

Kansas House of Representatives 

114 

Boyd Orr

Kansas House of Representatives 

115 

Kyle D. Hoffman

Kansas House of Representatives 

116 

Leonard A. Mastroni

Kansas House of Representatives 

117 

Don Hineman

Kansas House of Representatives 

118 

Adam Smith

Kansas House of Representatives 

120 

S. Mike Kiegerl

Kansas House of Representatives 

121 

J. Russell "Russ" Jennings

Kansas House of Representatives 

122 

John P. Wheeler Jr.

Kansas House of Representatives 

123 

J. Stephen Alford

Kansas House of Representatives 

124 

Shannon Francis

Kansas House of Representatives 

125 

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