Kevin Braun | |
State Senate: | Kansas |
District: | 5th |
Term Start: | October 20, 2018 |
Term End: | January 11, 2021 |
Predecessor: | Steve Fitzgerald |
Successor: | Jeff Pittman |
Party: | Republican |
Education: | Friends University (MBA) |
Residence: | Kansas City, Kansas |
Website: | |
Kevin Braun is an American businessman, military instructor, and politician from the state of Kansas. A Republican, he represented the 5th district of the Kansas Senate, based in Leavenworth and western Kansas City from 2018 to 2021.[1] [2] He lost to Democrat Jeff Pittman in the 2020 election.[3] He lost to Lynn Melton in the 2022 Kansas House of Representatives election for district 36.[4]
In 2018, Steve Fitzgerald resigned from the Senate following an unsuccessful run for Congress, and Braun was appointed by the Leavenworth and Wyandotte County Republican parties to fill the seat.[5] Prior to his appointment, Braun served in the United States Army Reserve for 32 years, including 5 years as an instructor at Fort Leavenworth, and additionally worked at a pharmaceutical company.[6]