Leslie Donovan

Leslie Donovan
Member of the Kansas Senate from the 27th district
In office January 8, 1997 – January 10, 2017
Preceded by	Michael Terry Harris
Succeeded by	Gene Suellentrop
Personal details
Born	(1936-05-05) May 5, 1936 (age 88)[1] Wray, Colorado, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary
Children	3
Residence	Wichita, Kansas
Profession	auto dealer

Leslie D. "Les" Donovan, Sr. (May 5, 1936) was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 27th district from 1997 to 2017. He was the Assistant Majority Leader in 2001 and was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 2000. He was a Kansas Representative from 1992 to 1997.

He is an auto dealer from Wichita.

Committee assignments

Donovan served on these legislative committees:[2]

• Assessment and Taxation (chair)
• Judiciary
• Transportation

Sponsored legislation

Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Donovan includes:[3]

• An amendment to have supreme court justices' appointments subject to consent of the senate.[4]
• A resolution to create a budget stabilization fund[5]
• A bill regarding campaign finance reform^[citation needed]

Major donors

Some of the top contributors to Les Donovan's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:[6]

Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Koch Industries, Kansas Contractors Association, Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansas Medical Society, Kansas Bankers Association

Financial, insurance and real estate companies were his largest donor group.

Elections

2012

Donovan was unopposed in the 2012 Republican primary. He defeated Democratic nominee Diana Cubbage in the general election, by a margin of 20,773 to 10,922 — 65.5 percent to 34.5 percent. In their primaries, Donovan had won 7,455 votes; Cubbage 1,044 votes.

Cubbage, a Wichita educator, had been unopposed in the 2012 Democratic Primary.[7][8] She had been endorsed by the Kansas Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers-Kansas and the AFL-CIO.[9]

References

1. House profiles kanfocus.com ^[dead link‍]
2. "Senator Les Donovan | Legislators | Kansas State Legislature". kslegislature.org.
3. "Legislation". Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
4. "SB 1612" (PDF).
5. "SB 1614" (PDF).
6. "Leslie Donovan 2008 campaign contributions".
7. "2012 Primary Election. Official vote totals" (PDF). sos.ks.gov. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
8. "Kansas Secretary of State. 2012 Kansas General Election Results". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
9. "2012 Voter Guide" (PDF). utw-ks.org.

External links

• Kansas Senate
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Follow the Money campaign contributions
  • 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008