Jerry Lunn
Jerry Lunn is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 28 from 2013 to 2017. He was defeated in the August 2016 Republican primary.
Biography
Lunn's professional experience includes founding Brush Creek Partners, a consulting firm focusing on community and economic development.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lunn served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Education, Vice Chair |
| • Appropriations |
| • Taxation |
| • Administrative Rules and Regulations |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lunn served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Appropriations |
| • Education |
| • Taxation |
Issues
Presidential endorsements
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ Lunn endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[2]
- See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2016
Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives were held in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.
Joy Koesten ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 28 general election.[3][4]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 28 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Joy Koesten (unopposed) | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||
Joy Koesten defeated incumbent Jerry Lunn in the Kansas House of Representatives District 28 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 28 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Joy Koesten |
54.21% | 1,591 | |
| Republican | Jerry Lunn Incumbent | 45.79% | 1,344 | |
| Total Votes | 2,935 | |||
Primary election
In the primary elections held on August 2, 2016, six incumbents were defeated in the state Senate, while nine incumbents were defeated in the state House. Outside of the one incumbent Democrat who was defeated in the House, moderates defeated 14 conservative Republican incumbents in the primary. Before the 2016 primary, moderate Republicans had been losing ground in the state legislature since the 2010 election of Gov. Sam Brownback (R), shifting from a more moderate Republican-controlled state legislature to a more conservative one after the 2012 elections. Eighteen Republican incumbents were defeated in the conservative wave in 2012. Jerry Lunn was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.
2014
Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Jerry Lunn was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election.[7][8]
2012
Lunn won election in the 2012 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 28. He defeated James Azeltine and Mark Hagen in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated Kelly Jackson (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jerry Lunn |
57.2% | 6,328 | |
| Democratic | Kelly Jackson | 42.8% | 4,742 | |
| Total Votes | 11,070 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Jerry Lunn |
47.5% | 1,198 |
| James Azeltine | 27.5% | 693 |
| Mark Hagen | 25% | 632 |
| Total Votes | 2,523 | |
Campaign themes
2012
Lunn's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11][12][13]
Jobs & The Economy
- Excerpt: "Lower taxes encourages economic growth. Our tax and regulatory burden has put us at a competitive disadvantage in the region resulting in 10 years of net job losses in Kansas. By reducing these burdens our small businesses will have more capital for expansion and job creation."
Spending Reform
- Excerpt: "Over the last decade politicians went on a spending binge, inflating the state budget to $14 billion and piling up more than $4 billion in debt. We must spend within our means, eliminate waste, determine necessary services and deliver them more efficiently."
Education
- Excerpt: "Reform the state funding formula to keep more of our tax dollars in the Blue Valley School District. Currently, 70 cents of every Johnson County tax dollar dollar is exported to Topeka… our tax dollars should stay in our classrooms to benefit our kids! Attract, retain and reward teacher excellence and outcomes. Invest in early childhood development."
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
Kansas Freedom Index
The Kansas Policy Institute, Kansas’s "first free market think tank," releases its legislator scorecard as a part of its Kansas Freedom Index for Kansas state representatives and senators once a year. The Score Card gives each legislator a score from 1%-100% based on how they voted in the prior legislative term on specific issues which the Kansas Policy Institute thought were pro-limited government policies.[14]
2013
Jerry Lunn received a score of 64.0% in the 2013 index.[15]
Personal
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Lunn and his wife, Tracy, have one child.[1]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Jerry + Lunn + Kansas + Legislature
See also
- Kansas House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Joint Committees
- Kansas state legislative districts
- Kansas State Legislature
External links
- Kansas Legislature - Representative Jerry Lunn
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Jerry Lunn on Facebook
- Jerry Lunn on Twitter
- Campaign Contributions: 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jerry Lunn for Kansas, "About Jerry," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Topeka Capital-Journal, "Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan, 18 state legislators endorse Marco Rubio," March 2, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed September 15, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Jerry Lunn for Kansas, "Jobs & The Economy," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Jerry Lunn for Kansas, "Spending Reform," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Jerry Lunn for Kansas, "Education," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Policy Institute, "Freedom Index," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "2013 Kansas Policy Index," accessed March 10, 2015
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Pat Colloton (R) |
Kansas House of Representatives District 28 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by Joy Koesten (R) |
