Jeff King (politician)

Jeff King
Jeff King
Member of the Kansas Senate; from the 15th district
	In office; January 10, 2011 – January 10, 2017
Preceded by	Derek Schmidt
Succeeded by	Dan Goddard
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives; from the 12th district
	In office; January 8, 2007 – January 10, 2011
Preceded by	Frank C. Miller
Succeeded by	Jim Kelly
Personal details
Born	May 15, 1975 (age 50); Independence, Kansas, U.S.
Party	Republican
Education	Brown University (BA); University of Cambridge (MSc); Yale University (JD)

Jeffrey "Jeff" R. King (born May 15, 1975) is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing residents of Allen, Woodson, Anderson, Franklin, Coffey, Wilson, Montgomery, Elk, and Chautauqua counties in the 15th Senate district from 2011 until 2017.^[1] He was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Derek Schmidt in the Kansas Senate 15th district, following Schmidt's election as Kansas Attorney General.^[2] King assumed office in the Kansas Senate on January 10, 2011, resigning from the House, effective the same day.^[3] He previously served in the Kansas House of Representatives, first holding office in 2007. In 2016, the American Conservative Union gave him a lifetime evaluation of 79%.^[4]

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King earned his Bachelor of Arts in international relations and economy from Brown University, Master of Science in agricultural economics from Cambridge University, and J.D. from Yale Law School.^[5]

Prior to his election he has worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as a private practice attorney, and as a law clerk for Chief Judge Deanell Reece Tacha on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.^[6]

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