Alicia Dawn Straub (born May 17, 1978) is an American politician from the state of

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. She served as a Republican member of the

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, representing the 113th district from 2019 to 2021, and of the

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, representing the 33rd district from 2021 to 2025. A resident of

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, she was selected by Republican precinct committee members on March 12, 2019, to succeed Representative Greg Lewis, who resigned due to health issues. Senator Straub was formally appointed by Governor

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to the seat on March 14 and was sworn in by Kansas Secretary of State

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on March 19. Prior to her election to the House of Representatives, she served as a county commissioner in

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and was the commission chairman from January to March 2019. She resigned from the county commission from a meeting on March 18, 2019, in order to take her seat in the

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. During the party convention to succeed Representative Lewis, Senator Straub received 51 votes, with 22 votes going to Doug Keesling, a farmer from

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and 18 votes going to Donna Hoener-Queal, a retired court services officer from

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. Straub defeated Sen. Mary Jo Taylor in the Aug. 4, 2020 Republican primary for the 33rd district of the

. She did not seek re-election in 2024, instead losing a campaign to unseat the incumbent Barton County clerk. 2021-2022 Kansas Senate Committee Assignments *Vice Chairman of Agriculture and Natural Resources *Education *Local Government *Commerce *Transparency and Ethics *Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State 2019-2020 Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments *Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget *Local Government *Agriculture

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