- Connie O'Brien
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Connie O'Brien is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 42nd district. She has served since 2009.
O'Brien is currently President of Leavenworth County Republican Women and Vice Chair of the County Party. She previously served as Precinct Committee Woman and President of Kansas for Life.
O'Brien has a BA in Social Studies and Secondary Education from St. Mary College of Leavenworth. She has worked as a teacher in Basehor-Linwood, Leavenworth, and McLouth.[1]
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Issue positions
O'Brien's official site lists her priorities as taxes, education, energy, traditional values, immigration, second amendment rights, and eminent domain.[2]
Kansas House Federal and State Committee Testimony
On February 8, 2011, in testimony given before the Kansas House Federal and State Committee, Rep. O'Brien told of a time she identified a person as an undocumented immigrant based only on their "olive complexion," stating as follows:
Rep. O'Brien: "...My son who’s a Kansas resident, born here, raised here, didn’t qualify for any financial aid. Yet this girl was going to get financial aid. My son was kinda upset about it because he works and pays for his own schooling and his books and everything and he didn’t think that was fair. We didn’t ask the girl what nationality she was, we didn’t think that was proper. But we could tell by looking at her that she was not originally from this country."
Rep. Gatewood: (D-Topeka) "Can you expand on how you could tell that they were illegal?"
Rep. O'Brien: "Well she wasn’t black, she wasn’t Asian, and she had the olive complexion."[3]
Committee membership
- Energy and Utilities
- Federal and State Affairs
- Elections
- Aging and Long Term Care
Major donors
The top 5 donors to O'Brien's 2008 campaign:[4]
- 1. Leavenworth County Republican Central Cmte $2,500
- 2. O'Brien, Connie $587
- 3. Koch Industries $500
- 4. Restore America PAC $500
- 5. Kansas Insurance Agents $350
References
- ^ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Connie O'Brien Biography
- ^ Rep. Connie O'Brien - Issues
- ^ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/feb/14/statehouse-live-democrats-criticize-republican-leg/
- ^ Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions
External links
- Official Website
- Kansas Legislature - Connie O'Brien
- Project Vote Smart profile
- Kansas Votes profile
- Follow the Money campaign contributions:
Members of the Kansas House of Representatives Speaker of the House: Michael O'Neal (R) • Speaker pro Tempore: Jene Vickrey (R) • Majority Leader: Arlen Siegfreid (R) • Minority Leader: Paul Davis (D)- Doug Gatewood (D)
- Robert Grant (D)
- Terry Calloway (R)
- Caryn Tyson (R)
- Bill Feuerborn (D)
- Jene Vickrey (R)
- Richard Proehl (R)
- Jerry Williams (D)
- Bill Otto (R)
- Terri Lois Gregory (R)
- Virgil Peck, Jr. (R)
- Jim Kelly (R)
- Forrest Knox (R)
- Lance Kinzer (R)
- Arlen Siegfreid (R)
- Amanda Grosserode (R)
- Kelly Meigs (R)
- John Rubin (R)
- Jim Denning (R)
- Rob Bruchman (R)
- Kay Wolf (R)
- Greg A. Smith (R)
- Brett Hildabrand (R)
- Mike Slattery (D)
- Barbara Bollier (R)
- Bob Montgomery (R)
- Charlotte O'Hara (R)
- Pat Colloton (R)
- Sheryl Spalding (R)
- Ron Worley (R)
- Stan Frownfelter (D)
- Louis Ruiz (D)
- Tom Burroughs (D)
- Valdenia Winn (D)
- Broderick Henderson (D)
- Kathy Wolfe Moore (D)
- Michael Peterson (D)
- Anthony Brown (R)
- Owen Donohoe (R)
- Melanie Meier (D)
- Jana Taylor Goodman (R)
- Connie O'Brien (R)
- Mike Kiegerl (R)
- Barbara Ballard (D)
- Thomas Sloan (R)
- Paul Davis (D)
- Ramon Gonzalez, Jr. (R)
- Marvin Kleeb (R)
- Scott Schwab (R)
- Rocky Fund (R)
- Mike Burgess (R)
- Lana Gordon (R)
- Ann Mah (D)
- Joe Patton (R)
- Annie Kuether (D)
- Annie Tietze (D)
- Sean Gatewood (D)
- Harold Lane (D)
- William Prescott (R)
- Don Hill (R)
- Richard Carlson (R)
- Randy Garber (R)
- Jerry Henry (D)
- Vern Swanson (R)
- James P. Fawcett (R)
- Sydney Carlin (D)
- Susan Mosier (R)
- Tom Moxley (R)
- Tom Arpke (R)
- J. Robert Brookens (R)
- Charles Roth (R)
- Marc Rhoades (R)
- Clark Shultz (R)
- Don Schroeder (R)
- John Grange (R)
- Peggy Mast (R)
- J. David Crum (R)
- Ed Trimmer (D)
- Kasha Kelley (R)
- Vincent Wetta (D)
- Peter DeGraaf (R)
- Jim Howell (R)
- Jo Ann Pottorff (R)
- Gail Finney (D)
- Steven Brunk (R)
- Judith Loganbill (D)
- Joseph Scapa (R)
- Jim Ward (D)
- Melody McCray-Miller (D)
- Steve Huebert (R)
- Brenda Landwehr (R)
- Nile Dillmore (D)
- Dan Kerschen (R)
- Joe McLeland (R)
- Benny L. Bowman (R)
- Phil Hermanson (R)
- Leslie Osterman (R)
- Geraldine Flaharty (D)
- Dennis Hedke (R)
- Mario Goico (R)
- Joe Seiwert (R)
- Janice Pauls (D)
- Ponka-We Victors (D)
- Michael O'Neal (R)
- Gene Sullentrop (R)
- Sharon Schwartz (R)
- Elaine Bowers (R)
- Steven C. Johnson (R)
- Clay Aurand (R)
- Dan L. Collins (R)
- Eber Phelps (D)
- William Wolf (R)
- Bob Bethell (R)
- Mitch Holmes (R)
- Ron Ryckman (R)
- Kyle Hoffman (R)
- Larry Powell (R)
- Don Hineman (R)
- Brian Weber (R)
- Ward Cassidy (R)
- Rick Billinger (R)
- Gary Hayzlett (R)
- Reynaldo R. Mesa (R)
- J. Stephen Alford (R)
- Carl Holmes (R)
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