Background
Finney was born in Wichita, Kansas.
Finney was born in Wichita, Kansas.
She is a graduate of Southeast High School, has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wichita State University and an Master of Business Administration from Friends University.
She has served since 2009. Finney has served on the Wichita Chamber of Commerce"s Visioneering Racial, Diversity, Opportunities, and Harmony Board. The District 1 Advisory Board, Precinct Committee Woman, and the Governor"s Kansas African American Advisory Commission.
Issue positions
On her website, Finney lists her legislative priorities as:
Ensuring a quality education for all Kansas children,
Bringing the cost of health care and prescription drugs down,
Working with all levels of government and the private sector to grow our economy and expand our job base.
2016 committee memberships
Her assignments for the 2015 - 2016 Session Committees are:
House Appropriations
House Corrections and Juvenile Justice
House Transportation and Public Safety Budgets, Ranking Democrat
Sponsored legislation
H 5003 Kansas constitutional amendment. Equal rights; no discrimination based on sexual
January 23, 2009
H 5014 Expanded rail service. Kansas City to Fort Worth, Texas.
Congratulating Kansas Department of Transportation and others
Urging action. March 17, 2009
Major donors
The top 5 donors to Finney"s 2008 campaign are mostly individual donors:
1. Finney, Gail $4,991
2.
Kansas Contractors Association $750
3.
Kansans for Lifesaving Cures $750
4. Finney Junior, Jerrold $500
5. Finney Senior, Jerrold $500.