1. Jeff Colyer assumed the governorship when Sam Brownback resigned to become United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
15 Facts About Jeff Colyer
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Jeff Colyer ran for a full term as governor in 2018, but narrowly lost the Republican primary to Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach, who in turn lost the general election to Democratic nominee Laura Kelly.
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Jeff Colyer graduated from Thomas More Prep High School in 1978 before enrolling at Georgetown University, where he took pre-med courses and earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1981.
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Jeff Colyer received a rating of 75 on conservative issues from the Kansas Chapter of Americans for Prosperity.
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On June 1,2010, US senator Sam Brownback announced that Jeff Colyer would be his running mate in his bid to become governor of Kansas.
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Brownback and Jeff Colyer were elected on November 2,2010, and assumed office in January 2011.
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Jeff Colyer resigned his state senate seat on January 10,2011, prior to taking the oath of office as lieutenant governor.
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In September 2012, Kobach, with the support of both other State Objections Board members, Jeff Colyer and Kansas attorney general Derek Schmidt, requested additional evidence that Obama was born in the United States.
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On January 31,2018, Jeff Colyer was sworn in as the 47th governor of Kansas.
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Jeff Colyer denounced court decisions striking down those laws as unconstitutional; After the Kansas Supreme Court struck down a state anti-abortion law as a violation of the state constitution, Jeff Colyer proposed a state constitutional amendment to overturn the ruling.
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In May 2018 Jeff Colyer issued an executive order establishing a "ban the box" policy for state jobs; the order prevented Kansas state agencies from asking applicants about their criminal history during the initial phase of the hiring process.
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Jeff Colyer increased funding to public schools by $500 million over five years.
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Jeff Colyer signed into law the Adoption Protection Act, which allows religious adoption groups to refuse to offer adoptions to gay couples.
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Jeff Colyer sought a full term as governor in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
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Jeff Colyer campaigned for the Republican nomination in the 2022 gubernatorial election, but withdrew from the race in August 2021, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.