Mark Gilstrap
{{short description|American politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = |
|name=Mark Gilstrap
|state_senate=Kansas
|state=Kansas
|district=5th
|term_start= January 13, 1997
|term_end= January 12, 2009
|preceded = Alfred Ramirez
|successor=Kelly Kultala
|party=Republican
|birth_date={{birth-date and age|September 6, 1952}}
|birth_place=Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place=
|spouse = Jo Anne
|children = 3
|occupation=Deputy Revenue Director
|alma_mater= Rockhurst University
Bishop Ward High School
|residence= Kansas City
}}
Mark Gilstrap (September 6, 1952) is an American politician and a former member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 5th district from 1997–2009. With the backing of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Gilstrap ran for that same seat in 2012, but lost in the primary to Steve Fitzgerald. A former Democrat, Gilstrap is a fiscal and social conservative, and is one of the state's most ardently anti-abortion politicians.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081118123709/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=2381 Kansas Legislature - Mark Gilstrap] official government website
- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=12185 Project Vote Smart - Senator Mark Gilstrap (KS)] profile
- Follow the Money - Mark Gilstrap
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107983 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83018 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74071 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=73526 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32164 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31861 1998] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31512 1996] campaign contributions
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Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators
Category:Rockhurst University alumni
Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature