Robert G. "Bob" Knight (born July 31, 1941) was the Republican

mayor of Wichita, Kansas The mayor of the City of Wichita is the head of the Executive (government), executive branch of the Wichita, Kansas#Government, Wichita, Kansas city government. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. List Fo ...

for seven terms. He first ran for office, Wichita City Council, in 1979. He also served under Democratic Governor

Joan Finney Joan Marie Finney (née McInroy; February 12, 1925 – July 28, 2001) was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995. Prior to her tenure as governor, Finney served four terms as the Kansas state treasure ...

as Kansas Secretary of Commerce and Housing. He is generally known as "Bob Knight."Dorothy L. Thompson Lecture Series Profile at Kansas State University

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