Carl Holmes
{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the American firefighter|Carl G. Holmes}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Carl Holmes
|image name =
|state_house = Kansas
|state = Kansas
|district = 125th
|term_start = January 14, 1985
|term_end = January 14, 2013
|preceded = Robert Frey
|succeeded = Reid Petty
|party = Republican
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|10|19|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Dodge City, Kansas, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|alma_mater = Colorado State University
|profession =
|spouse = Willynda Holmes
|residence = Liberal, Kansas
}}
Carl Holmes (October 19, 1940) is an American politician, and a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, who represented the 125th district from 1985 to 2013.
Prior to his election to the House, Holmes served as mayor of the city of Plains from 1982 to 1989. Since 1962 he has worked as a land manager of Holmes Farms.
Holmes received his BBA from Colorado State University.[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=6973 Rep. Carl Holmes Biography] Vote Smart Retrieved July 1, 2009.
Holmes was defeated in the August 7, 2012, Republican Primary by Reid Petty, losing by only 9 votes, 904–895. Petty is a member of the school board in Liberal and is the Seward County Republican Chairman.
Committee membership
- Energy and Utilities (Chair)
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget
- Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations (Chair)
- Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy (Vice-Chair)
Major donors
The top 5 donors to Holmes's 2008 campaign:[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108015 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions] Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- 1. Pioneer Communications - $1,000
- 2. Westar Energy - $1,000
- 3. Kansas Contractors Assoc - $1,000
- 4. AT&T - $1,000
- 5. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - $750
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090504163258/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4362 Kansas Legislature - Carl Holmes]
- [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=6973 Project Vote Smart profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100406070229/http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15539 Kansas Votes profile]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504083650/http://www.statesurge.com/members/1566-carl-holmes-kansas State Surge - Legislative and voting track record]}}
- Campaign contributions: [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31546 1996],[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31884 1998],[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32188 2000], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=18139 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74094 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=85222 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108015 2008]
- [https://ksoralhistory.org/interview/interview-of-carl-holmes-by-rex-buchanan-september-3-2020/?_sf_s=Holmes Interview of Carl Holmes], September 3, 2020, Kansas Oral History Project
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Category:Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:Colorado State University alumni
Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature