Terri Lois Gregory (born 1958) is a former politician from the

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. Gregory served for one term as a Republican member of the

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representing the 10th district from 2011 to 2013. Gregory was born in the rural town of

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. She attended college at the

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. In 2004, she became

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for Mike Kiegerl, who was running for the Kansas House in the 43rd district; after his victory, he hired her as a legislative aide, where she worked for six years. In 2010, she ran for office herself in the 10th district; she easily triumphed in the Republican

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, winning with 69% of the vote, and narrowly defeated

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Tony Brown in the general election, winning 53% to his 47% of the vote. In 2012, Gregory faced

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and chose to run in the 59th House district, where she lost the primary to Blaine Finch; she was replaced in the 10th district by Democrat John Wilson after he defeated Republican Erica Anderson.

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