Deena Horst Explained

Deena Horst
State House:Kansas
State:Kansas
District:69th
Term Start:1995
Term End:2010
Successor:Tom Arpke
Party:Republican
Birth Date:14 February 1944[1]
Alma Mater:Kansas State Teachers College (BSE); Emporia State University (MA
Residence:Salina, Kansas

Deena Horst (born February 14, 1944) is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 69th district. She served from 1995 until 2010, when she was defeated in a primary by Tom Arpke, who would win the seat in the general election.[2] [3]

Horst currently serves on the Kansas Board of Education, representing district 6, after defeating Salina Democrat Carol Viar in the 2012 general election.[4] She has also served as Precinct Committee Woman for the Saline County Kansas Republican Party, and has previously worked as secretary for the Saline County Republican Party Central Committee.

A teacher by profession, she has been an Art Teacher/Department Chair with Unified School District 305, South Middle School, Salina, Kansas since 1968. Horst has a BSE from Kansas State Teachers College, an MA from Emporia State University, and is currently working towards her EdD at Kansas State University.[5]

Issue positions

On July 22, 2020, Horst serving as Kansas State Board of Education District 6 member cast a vote that blocked Governor Laura Kelly's order, precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, to keep public schools closed until after Labor Day, at such later time as state health authorities believed primary and secondary schools could safely resume classroom education. The tied vote effectively overrode the governor's order. It also drew Horst a primary write-in opponent shortly in a race where she had not face a primary or general election candidate.[6]

Committee membership

Major donors

Horst raised $21,585 in 2010. The top five donors to Horst's 2008 campaign:[7]

Horst raised $11,031 in 2010.The top five donors to Horst's 2010 campaign:[8]

Horst raised $8,809 in 2012. The top five donors to Horst's 2012 campaign:[9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kansas Legislators: Past and Present - Horst, Deena . State Library of Kansas . December 21, 2022.
  2. Web site: Salina Journal - Horst ousted (accessed 14 March 2013) . 14 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111030111005/http://www.salina.com/news/story/deena . October 30, 2011 . dead .
  3. http://www.kssos.org/elections/10elec/2010_General_Election_Results.pdf Kansas Secretary of State - 2010 General Election Results
  4. http://www.kssos.org/elections/12elec/2012_General_Election_Results.pdf Kansas Secretary of State - 2012 General Election Results
  5. http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=6974 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Deena Horst Biography
  6. https://www.kansas.com/article244632827.html Often neglected, Kansas board of education races receive attention after COVID vote
  7. http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108020 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions
  8. http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=126757 Follow the Money - 2010 Campaign Contributions
  9. http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=152456 Follow the Money - 2012 Campaign Contributions

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