Rick Billinger | |
State Senate: | Kansas |
District: | 40th |
Term Start: | January 9, 2017 |
Preceded: | Ralph Ostmeyer |
State House1: | Kansas |
District1: | 120th |
Term Start1: | January 12, 2015 |
Term End1: | January 9, 2017 |
Preceded1: | Ward Cassidy |
Succeeded1: | Adam Smith |
State House2: | Kansas |
District2: | 121st |
Term Start2: | January 10, 2011 |
Term End2: | January 14, 2013 |
Preceded2: | James Morrison |
Succeeded2: | Arlen Siegfreid |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1951 |
Birth Place: | Quinter, Kansas, U.S. |
Spouse: | Rita |
Children: | 3 |
Profession: | farmer |
Residence: | Goodland, Kansas |
Alma Mater: | Fort Hays State University |
Richard L. Billinger (born December 16, 1951) is an American politician serving as a member of the Kansas Senate for the 40th district.
Billinger represented the 121st district of the Kansas House of Representatives, was redistricted and ran for the 120th in 2012 and lost his primary to Ward Cassidy, then won the 120th in 2014.[1] [2] [3]
Billinger succeeded Ralph Ostmeyer in the Kansas Senate in 2017.[4] The senate district covers the entirety of Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Trego, and Wallace Counties and also part of Phillips County.[5]