Cindy Neighbor Explained

Cindy Neighbor
State House:Kansas
State:Kansas
District:18th
Term Start:January 9, 2017
Preceded:John Rubin
Term Start1:January 8, 2007
Term End1:January 10, 2011
Preceded1:Mary Pilcher-Cook
Succeeded1:John Rubin
Term Start2:January 13, 2003
Term End2:January 10, 2005
Preceded2:Mary Pilcher-Cook
Succeeded2:Mary Pilcher-Cook
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:31 March 1941
Birth Place:Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse:Jim Neighbor
Residence:Shawnee Mission, Kansas, U.S.

Cindy Neighbor (March 31, 1941) is a current Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, who represents the 18th district. She first served from 2003 to 2004 as a Republican, and then served as a Democrat from 2007 to 2011. Neighbor ran for re-election in 2010 and was defeated by Republican John Rubin. Neighbor ran again in 2016 and reclaimed her seat, from Erik Jenkins, the Republican who ran to replace the retiring Rubin.

Neighbor, who attended Johnson County Community College and Kansas City Kansas Community College, has worked as a medical administrator as well as a Public Relations and marketing director.

She has served as Parent Teacher Association President and was on the founding committee of the Ronald McDonald House at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She is also a member of the Board of Indigent Defense Services, Kansas State Board of Education, and the Teacher Credentialing Board.[1]

Committee membership – 2018 session

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Major donors

The top 5 donors to Neighbor's 2008 campaign:[3]

References

  1. http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=34808 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Cindy Neighbor Biography
  2. Web site: Representative Cindy Neighbor Legislators Kansas State Legislature. www.kslegislature.org. en. 2018-03-28.
  3. http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108102 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions

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