Joe McLeland (born July 27, 1946) is a former
Republican member of the
Kansas House of Representatives
The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...
, representing the 94th district. He served from 2001 to 2013. In 2010, the Kansas Chapter of
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), founded in 2004, is a Libertarian conservatism, libertarian conservative political advocacy group in the United States affiliated with brothers Charles Koch and the late David Koch. As the Koch family's primary pol ...
gave him a freedom index score of 72%. In 2010, it gave him a 100% evaluation on conservative issues.
McLeland, who has his BS in Mathematics from
Fort Hays State University
Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public university in Hays, Kansas, United States. It is the largest university in western Kansas, and the fourth largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with a total ...
, has worked as a computer network analyst.
He has been involved with the Catholic Family Federal Credit Union, Family Consultation Service, Kansas Research and Education Network, and the Knights of Columbus Council 4118.
Committee membership
* Appropriations
* Higher Education
* Education Budget (Chair)
* Joint Committee on Information Technology (Chair)
Major donors
The top 5 donors to McLeland's 2008 campaign:
Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions
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*1. Koch Industries
Koch, Inc. () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas, and is the second-largest privately held company in the United States, after Cargill. Its subsidiarie ...
$800
*2. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation $750
*3. Kansas Medical Society $500
*4. Kansas Contractors Assoc $500
*5. Kansas Optometric Assoc $500
References
External links
Official WebsiteKansas Legislature - Joe McLelandProject Vote Smart profileKansas Votes profile
*Campaign contributions
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Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Living people
Fort Hays State University alumni
1946 births
21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature