Jean Schodorf - Not Your Typical Politician

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State Senator Jean Schodorf is a Republican candidate for Congress in the 4th Congressional District of Kansas. She was endorsed by her brother, Bill Kurtis on February 4th, 2010 in Wichita Kansas. Learn more about Senator Schodorf at www.jean4kansas.com or read more about her below. We would appreciate your vote on election day.

Because of her parents keen interest in world and current events, her brother, Bill Kurtis, became a journalist, and Jean turned to politics. She started her political career serving for 5 years on her Citizen Participation Organization, twice as president. She served on the Wichita School Board, USD 259 for 12 years, 3 years as president.

In 2000, Jean ran for the Kansas Senate and is serving her third term for the 25th District, which encompasses parts of Wichita and Maize.

Jean is the longest, standing member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and has in-depth knowledge and experience with the states budget. Her budget committees include: Aging, Education, Higher Education, Other Education, KDHE, Revenue, Racing and Gaming, the Lottery and others. In addition to Ways and Means, Jean is two-time chair of the Senate Education Committee. She also serves on Commerce, Judiciary, and Confirmations. Jean was also elected Assistant Majority Leader/Whip. She chaired the task force on deferred maintenance and also has chaired the Arts and Cultural Resources Committee and Legislative Educational Planning Committee. Jean helped author the school finance plan in 2005. She proposed the original funeral picketing bill and sponsored the bill to increase DUI penalties and establish a task force to rewrite the law. Jean is very concerned that students need to know financial literacy and she sponsored the bill to require financial literacy training to all students in school.

Jean worked with fellow Senator Mike Petersen and the Wichita Police Department to get passed the Gang bill, which has helped police crack down on gang violence.

Her main emphasis is to work with Regional groups and Wichita groups to secure programs and funding for south central Kansas and Wichita to help citizens and business. Those programs included: affordable airfares, National Institute of Aviation Research, the water recharge program, funding for the Cessna bonds and funding for the new Jabara Aviation Training Center on the Jabara campus.

Jean believes in hard work, independence, and an undying love for the prairie and the state of Kansas.

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