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2nd Congressional District of Kansas - Definition and Overview
Kansas Congressional Districts Flag of Kansas
Districts: 1, 2, 3, 4
Areas: West/Central | South (Wichita)
East | Kansas City/Lawrence

The 2nd Congressional District of Kansas is a congressional district in eastern Kansas. It encompasses less than a quarter of the state. The capital of Topeka is included in this district. Jim Ryun has represented the district since 1996. Reapportionment for 2002 placed the western half of Lawrence as well as Miami County into the district and cut out the counties of Geary, Mongomery and Nemaha

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Representatives

[1] Brownback resigned on November 27, 1996, retroactive to November 7, 1996, after he was elected to the Senate in a special election on November 5, 1996, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Bob Dole.
Congress Congressman Term Party Residence
92nd (1971–1973) William Robert Roy 1971–1975 Democratic Topeka
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977) Martha Elizabeth Keys 1975–1979 Democratic Manhattan
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981) James Edmund Jeffries 1979–1983 Republican Atchison
97th (1981–1983)
98th (1983–1985) James Charles Slattery 1983–1995 Democratic
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)
104th (1995–1997)
  		Sam Dale Brownback[1] 1995–1996 Republican
Jim Ryun 1996–present Republican Topeka
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005)
109th (2005–2007)

External links

Kansas Congressional Districts Flag of Kansas
Districts: 1, 2, 3, 4
Areas: West/Central | South (Wichita)
East | Kansas City/Lawrence

Congress.com: Kansas Congressional districts (http://www.congress.com/state/ks.html)

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