Senator, Kansas State Senate, District 32, 2017-present

Majority Leader, Kansas State Senate, 2021-2025

Candidate, Kansas State Senate, District 32, 2016, 2020, 2024

Assistant Majority Leader, Kansas State Senate, 2021

Candidate, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 79, 2014

Candidate, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 78, 2012

Vice Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Chair, Commerce Committee

Chair, Confirmation Oversight Committee

Chair, Executive Subcommittee

Member, Government Efficiency Committee

Chair, Joint Committee on State -Tribal Relations

Member, Legislative Subcommittee

Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Vice Chair, 2025 Special Committee on Commerce, Kansas State Senate, 2025-present

Vice Chair, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2025-present

Chair, Commerce Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2025-present

Chair, Executive Subcommittee, Ways and Means, Kansas State Senate, 2025-present

Member, Government Efficiency Committee, Kansas State Senate, 2025-present

Member, Higher Education Subcommittee, Ways and Means, Kansas State Senate, 2025-present

Chair, Joint Committee on State -Tribal Relations, Kansas State Senate, 2025-present

Member, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate, present

Former Member, Assessment and Taxation Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Commerce Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Federal and State Affairs Committee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments, and Benefits, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Judicial Subcommittee, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Federal Tax Code Implementation, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Corrections, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government and Legislative and Elected Officials, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Labor and Human Rights, Kansas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Regulatory Boards and Commissions, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on the Department of Administration, Kansas State Senate

Former Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Kansas State Senate

Retired President, East Side Development Company, Incorporated

Former Area Supervisor, Kansas High School Activity Association

Project Manager, Spirit Aero systems, 1984-2013

Member, Cornerstone Bible Christian Fellowship Church, present

Chairman, Cowley County Republican Party, present

Member, National Rifle Association (NRA), present

Former President, Douglass Lions Club

Former Member/Former President, Douglass School Board

Member, Kansas Wrestling Officials

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

June 2, 1973