Barbara Craft
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Barbara Craft
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|state_house = Kansas
|district = 65th
|term_start = January 13, 2003
|term_end = January 10, 2011
|preceded = Bill Levinson
|succeeded = James Fawcett
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|11|23}}
|birth_place = Junction City, Kansas, U.S.
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|party = Republican
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Barbara Craft (November 23, 1942) is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 65th district. She served from 2003 to 2011.
Prior to her election to the House, Craft served on the Unified School District 475 Board of Education from 1987 to 2003. She has worked as owner/manager of Craft's Prescription Pharmacy and was director of the blood bank and Irwin Army Hospital.
Craft is currently a member of the Geary County Republican Women, Kansas for a Strong Fort Riley (KFSFR), Kansans Committee Old Trooper Regiment, Incorporated, Women's Connection, and the Junction City Chamber of Commerce.[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=34579 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Barbara Craft Biography]
Committee membership
- Appropriations
- Vision 2020
- Veterans, Military and Homeland Security
- Education Budget
- Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
Major donors
The top 5 donors to Craft's 2008 campaign are mostly professional organizations:[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107940 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions]
- 1. Kansas Dental Assoc $1,000
- 2. Kansas Medical Society $1,000
- 3. Kansas Contractors Assoc $1,000
- 4. Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce $750
- 5. Kansas Livestock Assoc $750
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904060430/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4420 Kansas Legislature - Barbara Craft]
- [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=34579 Project Vote Smart profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819064622/http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15505 Kansas Votes profile]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504171433/http://www.statesurge.com/members/1537-barbara-craft-kansas State Surge - Legislative and voting track record]}}
- Campaign contributions: [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=18081 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74027 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=90976 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107940 2008]
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Category:Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:Women state legislators in Kansas
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature
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