Pat Apple

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|district=37th

|term_start= January 14, 2013

|term_end= April 10, 2014

|preceded= Raymond Merrick

|succeeded=Molly Baumgardner

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|district1=12th

|term_start1= January 10, 2005

|term_end1=January 14, 2013

|preceded1= Robert Tyson

|succeeded1=Caryn Tyson

|party=Republican

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Patton M. Apple, known as Pat, (born August 31, 1957) was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 37th district from 2013 to 2014. He succeeded Robert Tyson to represent the 12th district from 2005 to 2013. After redistricting for the 2012 elections, he filed for the District 37 seat. The American Conservative Union gave him a 92% evaluation. He was previously involved in the Board of Education for the Unified School District 416 (1991–2003). From 2003 to 2005, he was a Miami County Commissioner for District 4.

He resigned in April 2014 to become a member of the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), a state agency which regulates motor carriers, public utilities, pipelines and the oil and gas industries. He was appointed to the post by Gov. Sam Brownback on March 24, 2014, and confirmed by a Kansas Senate vote on April 6, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://cjonline.com/news/business/2014-04-11/new-kcc-commissioner-only-agenda-serve-kansas |title=New KCC Commissioner: Only Agenda Is To Serve Kansas |author=Hart, Megan |date=April 11, 2014 |website=cjonline.com |publisher=Topeka Capital-Journal |access-date=October 24, 2022}} He became chairman of the board in January 2017, and his terms expired in March 2018. In December 2017, he announced that he would not be seeking reappointment to the board for another four-year term.{{cite web |url=http://cjonline.com/state-government/business/news/2017-12-13/pat-apple-kcc-chairman-plans-step-down-regulatory-board |title=Pat Apple, KCC chairman, plans to step down from regulatory board |author=Carpenter, Tim |date=December 13, 2017 |website=cjonline.com |publisher=Topeka Capital-Journal |access-date=October 24, 2022}}

Committee assignments

Apple served on these legislative committees:{{cite web |url=http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/members/sen_apple_pat_1/ |title=Senator Pat Apple |author= |date= |website=kslegislature.org |publisher=Kansas Legislature |access-date=October 24, 2022}}

Utilities (chair)
Ethics and Elections (vice-chair)
Assessment and Taxation
Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy
Organization, Calendar and Rules
Joint Committee on State Building Construction
Transportation

Major donors

Some of the top contributors to Apple's 2008 campaign, according to OpenSecrets:[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107892 Pat Apple 2008 campaign contributions] OpenSecrets

: Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Koch Industries, Cox Communications, Kansas Contractors Association, Kansas Bankers Association

Energy and natural resources companies were his largest donor group.

Elections

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After redistricting for the 2012 election, Apple filed for the Senate District 37 seat. Apple defeated Daniel B. Campbell and Kansas House member Charlotte O'Hara in the August 7 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://sos.ks.gov/messages/page404.html|title=Kansas Secretary of State |website=sos.ks.gov}} {{dead link|date=July 2023}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.ks.gov/ent/kssos_ent.html |title=Kansas Secretary of State, "2012 Kansas General Election Results," accessed April 2, 2013. |access-date=April 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202012501/http://www.sos.ks.gov/ent/kssos_ent.html |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

The Senate District 37 seat was held by Ray Merrick from 2011 to 2013. Merrick, a former state representative, chose to run for House District 27 in 2012, with the expressed intent of being elected speaker of the House. Merrick went on to win the House seat and was elected House speaker on Dec. 2, 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://cjonline.com/news/2012-12-03/house-elects-ray-merrick-new-speaker |title=House elects Ray Merrick new Speaker | CJOnline.com |access-date=2013-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023116/http://cjonline.com/news/2012-12-03/house-elects-ray-merrick-new-speaker |archive-date=2014-11-29 |url-status=dead }}

References

External links

[http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/members/sen_apple_pat_1/ Kansas Senate]
[http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=34798 Project Vote Smart profile]
Follow the Money campaign contributions
[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=73978 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83007 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107892 2008]
[http://www.patapple.org/index.html Apple's website]

Category:County commissioners in Kansas

Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators

Category:Living people

Category:1957 births

Category:People from Louisburg, Kansas

Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature