Kelly Kultala

Kelly Kultala
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 5th district
In office
January 12, 2009 – January 14, 2013
Preceded byMark Gilstrap
Succeeded bySteve Fitzgerald
Personal details
Born (1958-08-16) August 16, 1958 (age 66)
Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDaniel
Children3
Residence(s)Kansas City, Kansas
Alma materUniversity of Kansas

Kelly Kultala (August 16, 1958) is a Democratic former member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 5th district from 2009 to 2013. She also served as the 5th District Commissioner for the government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City from 2001 to 2005. She has served on the Piper School Board and is a current member of the Wyandotte County Library Board. She is married with three children. She is a practicing Roman Catholic.[1]

Kultala was selected by state Sen. Tom Holland to be his running mate in the 2010 Kansas gubernatorial election.[2] Unopposed in the primary,[3] Kultala was the Democratic Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.

In 2014 she ran against Kevin Yoder in Kansas's 3rd congressional district, losing the election 60% to 40%.

Previous committee assignments

Kultala served on these legislative committees:[4]

  • Local Government
  • Transportation
  • Ethics and Elections
  • Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight
  • Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State
  • Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations
  • Ways and Means

Kultala co-sponsored a bill regarding elections and an election commissioner[5] as well as various other Senate bills.[6]

References

  1. ^ "On My Excommunication". HuffPost. 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ "TomHollandforKansas.com (official campaign site) - Kansas' next Lt. Governor". Archived from the original on 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  3. ^ KS Secretary of State Upcoming Elections Candidate Display Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Profile from the Kansas Legislature website Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ SB 210 Kansas Legislature[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Kansas Legislature Bill search". Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
2010 		Succeeded by
Jill Docking