Reid Petty (born May 14, 1985) is an American politician who served in the

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as a Republican for one term in 2013 and 2014. Petty challenged

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Republican Carl Holmes in the 2012

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; Petty won by only 9 votes, taking 904 ballots (50.2%) to Holmes' 895 (49.7%). The general election was not contested, and Petty took office in January 2013. He served for only one term, declining to run for re-election in 2014, and was succeeded by fellow Republican Shannon Francis.

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Living people 1985 births Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives People from Liberal, Kansas 21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature {{Kansas-politician-stub