Roger Reitz is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Kansas Senate

Kansas Senate

The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 Senators representing an equal amount of districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four year term....

, representing the 22nd District since 2004. He was previously a Representative on the Kansas House of Representatives

Kansas House of Representatives

The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...

 from 2002 to 2004. He has also served as the Mayor/Commissioner of the Manhattan City Commission and the President and member of the Unified School District 383 School Board.

Committee assignments

Reitz serves on these legislative committees:

• Local Government (chair)
• Federal and State Affairs (vice-chair)
• Joint Committee on Children's Issues
• Commerce
• Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy
• Ethics and Elections
• Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight
• Utilities

Major donors

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

Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Senator Reitz (self-finance), Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Contractors Association, AT&T

Political parties were his largest donor group.

External links

• Kansas Senate
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Follow the Money campaign contributions
  • 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
• Reitz's website