A Representative from Kansas. Born in Holton, Jackson County, Kans. , June 10, 1963. A. A. , Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. , 1985. B. S. , Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 1985. Accountant. Member of the Kansas state house of representatives, 1999-2001. Member of the Kansas state senate, 2001-2003. Kansas state treasurer, 2003-2008. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2019). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.