Kevin Braun

{{Short description|American politician}}

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|name=Kevin Braun

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|state_senate=Kansas

|district=5th

|term_start=October 20, 2018

|term_end=January 11, 2021

|predecessor=Steve Fitzgerald

|successor=Jeff Pittman

|party=Republican

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|education=Friends University (MBA)

|residence=Kansas City, Kansas

|website= {{URL|http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/members/sen_braun_kevin_1/|Official website}}

{{URL|https://kevinbraunks.com|Campaign website}}

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Kevin Braun is an American businessman, military instructor, and politician from the state of Kansas. A Republican, he represented the 5th district of the Kansas Senate, based in Leavenworth and western Kansas City from 2018 to 2021.{{Cite web|url= http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/members/sen_braun_kevin_1/|title= Senator Kevin Braun |publisher=Kansas Legislature|access-date=October 13, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_Braun|title=Kevin Braun|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=October 13, 2020}} He lost to Democrat Jeff Pittman in the 2020 election.{{cite web | url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/04/democrats-appear-to-fall-short-in-breaking-gop-supermajority/114687024/ | title=Democrats appear to fall short in breaking GOP supermajority }} He lost to Lynn Melton in the 2022 Kansas House of Representatives election for district 36.{{Cite web |title=Lynn Melton |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Lynn_Melton |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

Career

In 2018, Steve Fitzgerald resigned from the Senate following an unsuccessful run for Congress, and Braun was appointed by the Leavenworth and Wyandotte County Republican parties to fill the seat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20181019/braun-selected-for-appointment-to-senate|title=Braun selected for appointment to Senate|website=Leavenworth Times|author=John Richmeier|date=October 19, 2018|access-date=October 13, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416190842/https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20181019/braun-selected-for-appointment-to-senate|url-status=dead}} Prior to his appointment, Braun served in the United States Army Reserve for 32 years, including 5 years as an instructor at Fort Leavenworth, and additionally worked at a pharmaceutical company.{{Cite web|url=https://kevinbraunks.com/about/|title=Meet Kevin|publisher=Kevin Braun for State Senate|access-date=October 13, 2020}}

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