Martha J Baumgardner was born on March 4,1959 and is a Republican former member of the Kansas Senate, who represented District 37 from April 2014 until January of 2025.
11 Facts About Molly Baumgardner
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Molly Baumgardner currently serves as Communications Coordinator, and 10 years prior was a professor and Student News Center advisor at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park.
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Molly Baumgardner served 18 years as a countywide elected member of the Johnson County Community College board of trustees.
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Molly Baumgardner was elected by precinct committee leaders in northern Miami and southern Johnson counties to fill the seat vacated by Apple through the end of the 2014 legislative session.
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Molly Baumgardner defeated Charlotte O'Hara in the August 7,2014 Republican primary and was unopposed in the 2014 general election on November 4.
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Molly Baumgardner defeated Kevin King in the 2016 general election on November 4.
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Molly Baumgardner defeated Becca Peck in the 2020 general election on November 3, and was unopposed in the primary election.
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Molly Baumgardner has served as Chair of the Kansas Senate Education Committee since the 2017 Legislative session.
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Molly Baumgardner has served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Joint Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee since 2015 and was Vice-Chair of the Joint Foster Care Oversight Committee in 2021.
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Molly Baumgardner has served on the following Kansas Senate Committees: Taxation and Assessment, Commerce, Public Health and Welfare, and Judiciary.
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Molly Baumgardner has served as a member, Vice-Chair and Chair of the Select Education Committee on School Funding.