Mike Petersen (Kansas politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
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Soren M. Petersen (born October 5, 1960) is an American Republican politician who serves in the Kansas Senate, representing the 28th district since 2005.
Committee assignments
Petersen serves on these legislative committees:[http://kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/members/sen_petersen_mike_1/ Profile of Mike Petersen, Kansas Legislature]
- Joint Committee on Information Technology (chair)
- Transportation (chair)
- Utilities (vice-chair)
- Joint Committee on Kansas Security
- Clean Power Plan Implementation Study Committee
- Judiciary
- Telecommunications Study Committee
- Assessment and Taxation
- Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee, Ways and Means
Elections
=2012=
Petersen was unopposed in the 2012 Republican primary, winning 2,632 votes. He defeated Democratic nominee Keith Humphrey by a margin of 9,853 to 7,957 in the general election — a 52.7- to 47.3-percent margin.[http://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/elections_upcoming_candidate_display.asp Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2012 Primary (official)," retrieved March 11, 2013.][http://www.kssos.org/elections/12elec/2012%20Primary%20Election%20Results.pdf Kansas Secretary of State, Official 2012 Primary Results]
=2016=
Petersen faced Jo Hillman in the 2016 Republican primary, winning with a margin of 74% to 25% of the vote.{{cite web|title=August 2nd, 2016 Primary Election Official Results - Sedgwick County|url=http://www.sedgwickcounty.org/elections/election_results/Prim16/index.html}}
In the general election, he defeated Keith Humphrey once again, winning by a margin of 9,915 to 9,353 votes.{{cite web|title=November 8th, 2016 General Election Official Results - Sedgwick County|url=http://www.sedgwickcounty.org/elections/election_results/Gen16/index.html}}
Personal life
He is an industrial electrician from Wichita, and is married to Shelby Petersen.
References
External links
- [http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/members/sen_petersen_mike_1/ Kansas Senate]
- [http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=12657 Project Vote Smart profile]
- Follow the Money campaign contributions
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31644 1996], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31974 1998], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32297 2000], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74231 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83033 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108124 2008]
- [http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Mike_Petersen_%28Kansas%29 Ballotpedia]
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Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature
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