Susan Wagle

Background

Wagle, Susan was born on September 27, 1953 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Bachelor in Elementary Education cum laude, Wichita State University, 1979; post graduate, Wichita State University, 1979-1982.

Career

She was elected President of the Senate of Kansas in 2011. Wagle has a bachelor"s degree from Wichita State University. From 1979-1982 she was a teacher in the Wichita Public Schools.

She then became involved in real-estate investment.

She was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1990 and to the Kansas State Senate in 2000. She was elected Senate president on December

3, 2012, winning 23-9 over Senator. Steve Abrams of Arkansas City.

A cancer survivor, she is the Kansas Senate"s first female president, and the first Senate president from Wichita.

She began serving as Senate president in 2013. Wagle serves on the following committees:

Commerce, vice-chair

Confirmation Oversight

Ethics and Elections

Interstate Cooperation, chair

Legislative Coordinating Council, chair

Organization, Calendar and Rules, chair

During the 2013-2014 Legislative Sessions, Wagle served on the following committees:

Commerce, vice-chair

Confirmation Oversight

Interstate Cooperation, chair

Legislative Coordinating Council, vice-chair

Organization, Calendar and Rules, chair

Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Wagle includes:

Constitutional amendment to have supreme court justices" appointments subject to consent of the senate. A bill to ban dismemberment abortions

A bill to create a budget stabilization fund

A bill regarding the right to bear arms

Some of the top contributors to Wagle"s 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:

Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Medical Society, Kansas Hospital Association, Kansas Optometric Association, Koch Industries, Heart Public Affairs Committee

Health care companies were her largest donor group.

Achievements

• Susan Wagle has been listed as a noteworthy state legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Legislation Exchange Council (state chairman, national board directors, Outstanding Legislation of Year award 1994), Farm Bureau, National Federation Indiana Business, National Restaurant Association, Wichita Indiana Business Association.

Connections

M. John Thomas Wagle, April 3, 1980. Children: Julia Marie, Andrea Elizabeth, John Timothy, Paul Thomas.

child:

Paul Thomas Wagle

child:

Julia Marie Wagle

child:

John Timothy Wagle

child:

Andrea Elizabeth Wagle