Steve Abrams

Abrams was born in and is a resident of Arkansas City, Kansas. He is married. He has a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University and has been a veterinarian since 1978.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Abrams believes that the Earth is about 10,000 years old. Abrams also believes that the biblical account of Genesis is factually literal and in the historicity of the Old and New Testaments.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} He supports the anti-evolutionist Creationist and Intelligent Design views of man's origins.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Abrams is also a member of the Family Life Services anti-abortion "Crisis pregnancy center", in Arkansas City, Kansas.{{cite web |url=http://www.flsonline.net/ |title=Home |website=flsonline.net}}

Abrams has received an "A" grade from the NRA Political Victory Fund. The highest grade they give is an "A+".{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?r_id=4242|title=The Voter's Self Defense System}}

• Education (chair)
• Assessment and Taxation
• Agriculture [http://kslegislature.org/li/b2015_16/members/sen_abrams_steve_1/ Kansas Legislative Sessions 2015–2016 ], Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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While serving as chairmanProfile from the Kansas Legislature of the Kansas State Board of Education in 2005, Abrams supported the adoption of standards that would bring into question the theory of evolution, the preferred one being Creation or "Intelligent Design".[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9967813 NBC News] His tenure included the hiring of controversial Education Commissioner Bob Corkins, a former Koch think tank director whom the Topeka Capital Journal noted "didn't bring...any education credentials whatsoever," to the position.{{cite news |title=Bob Corkins -- Mixed grade |url=http://cjonline.com/stories/112906/opi_edicorkins.shtml |access-date=May 1, 2015 |work=Topeka Capital Journal |date=November 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812233502/http://cjonline.com/stories/112906/opi_edicorkins.shtml#.V65dOFjP1qY |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |author1=Scott Rothschild |title=New uproar in education erupts |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/oct/05/new_uproar_education_erupts |website=LJWorld.com |publisher=Lawrence Journal World |access-date=May 1, 2015 |language=en-US |url-access=limited}}{{Subscription required|date=September 2023}} Republican state Sen. John Vratil, characterized Corkins' hiring as education commissioner as "sort of like making Saddam Hussein president of the United States." The executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, Paul Houston, had written a letter referring to Corkins as an "amateur."{{cite news |author1=Justin Kendall |title=He don't need no education |url=http://www.pitch.com/news/article/20606212/he-don146t-need-no-education |work=The Pitch |date=December 1, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828102727/http://www.pitch.com/news/article/20606212/he-don146t-need-no-education |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |language=en-US |access-date=August 25, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

During the Kansas State Senate election campaign of 2008, the Abrams Campaign collected a total of $42,191. His Democratic (incumbent) opponent Winfield's Greta Goodwin, lost the race despite having campaign funds of $78,528.http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/state_election_results.phtml?s=KS&y=2008 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}

Some of the top contributors to Abrams's 2008 campaign included the Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, the Fourth (Congressional) District Republican Committee, the Kansas Republican Party and the NRA Political Victory Fund.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Koch Industries was a supporter of Abrams.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29rich.html|title=Opinion | the Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 August 2010|last1=Rich|first1=Frank|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830200544/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29rich.html|archive-date=August 30, 2010|url-status=live}}{{Subscription required|date=September 2023}} Koch Industries donated $2,000, the maximum that was legally allowed at the time from an individual, company or organization.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/politics/22scotus.html|title=Justices, 5-4, Reject Corporate Spending Limit|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 January 2010|last1=Liptak|first1=Adam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124095922/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/politics/22scotus.html|archive-date=January 24, 2010|url-status=live}}{{Subscription required|date=September 2023}} Political parties are able to donate larger amounts to their own candidates. Koch Industries also donated to the Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee and the Kansas Republican Party which in turn donated to the Abrams campaign.

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• [http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=4483 Kansas Senate Biography]
• [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=107072 Project Vote Smart profile]
• Campaign contributions: [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107887 2008]
• [http://www.drsteveabrams.com/ Abrams's website]

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