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Edward Berger

Republican Party

August 4, 2020

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Edward Berger (Republican Party) was a member of the Kansas State Senate, representing District 34. He assumed office on January 9, 2017. He left office on January 11, 2021.

Berger (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Kansas State Senate to represent District 34. He lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.

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Biography

Edward Berger, as of February 2020, lived in Harvey County, Kansas. He earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in history from Wichita State University and a doctor of education from Kansas State University in 1990. Berger’s career experience includes working as an administrator with Seward County Community College, as the Dean of Continuing Education and the president of Hutchinson Community College, and as the president of Berger Training and Consulting.[1]

Committee assignments

Berger was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2020

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2020

Mark Steffen defeated Shanna Henry in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 34 on November 3, 2020.

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Shanna Henry advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 34 on August 4, 2020.

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Mark Steffen defeated incumbent Edward Berger in the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 34 on August 4, 2020.

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2016

Elections for the Kansas State Senate took place 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.

Edward Berger defeated Homer Gilson in the Kansas State Senate District 34 general election.[2][3]

Homer Gilson ran unopposed in the Kansas State Senate District 34 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Edward Berger defeated incumbent Terry Bruce in the Kansas State Senate District 34 Republican primary.[4][5]

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. Terry Bruce was one of 14 Republican incumbents who were defeated in the 2016 primary.

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

Berger's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[6]

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2020

In 2020, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 13 to May 21. A special session convened from June 3 to June 4.

2019

In 2019, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 14 through May 29.

2018

In 2018, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 8 through April 7.

2017

In 2017, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 9 through June 26.

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