John Vratil
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = John Vratil
|image =
|caption =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|10|28}}
|birth_place = Great Bend, Kansas, U.S.
|death_date =
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|state_senate = Kansas
|district = 11th
|term_start = November 16, 1998
|term_end = January 14, 2013
|preceded = Keith Schraad
|succeeded = Jeff Melcher
|party = Republican
|spouse = Teresa
|children = 4
|education = University of Exeter
University of Kansas School of Law (BS)
University of Southampton
University of Kansas (BS)
}}
John Vratil (October 28, 1945) is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 11th district from 1998 to 2013. He was the Senate Vice-President from 2003 to 2013.
Electoral history
Vratil was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Keith Schraad.{{cite web |url=https://kslib.info/BusinessDirectoryii.aspx?ysnShowAll=0&lngNewPage=0&txtLetter=&txtZipCode=&txtCity=&txtState=&txtBusinessName=Vratil&lngBusinessCategoryID=0&txtCustomField1=&txtCustomField2=&txtCustomField3=&txtCustomField4=&txtAreaCode= |title=Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Vratil, John |author= |date= |website=kslib.info |publisher=State Library of Kansas |access-date=November 2, 2022}} He was elected in his own right in 2000, and won re-election in 2004 and 2008.
Committee assignments
Vratil served on these legislative committees:
- Education (vice-chair)
- Ways and Means (vice-chair)
- Interstate Cooperation
- Judiciary
- Organization, Calendar and Rules
- Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations
Major donors
Some of the top contributors to Vratil's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108198 John Vratil 2008 campaign contributions]
:Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansas Medical Society, Hallmark Cards, Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Contractors Association, and others
Finance, insurance and real estate companies were his largest donor group.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090821204242/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=4460 Kansas Senate]
- [http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=1875 Project Vote Smart profile]
- Follow the Money campaign contributions
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32060 1998], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32387 2000], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=73547 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74310 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83045 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108198 2008]
- [http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/John_Vratil Ballotpedia]
- [https://ksoralhistory.org/interview/interview-of-john-vratil-september-13-2022/?_sf_s=Vratil Kansas Oral History Project]
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Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators
Category:University of Kansas School of Law alumni
Category:University of Kansas alumni