Todd Tiahrt (pronounced TEE-hart, born June 15, 1951), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing Kansas's 4th congressional district (map). The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita.
Tiahrt has announced he will be running in 2010 for the United States Senate seat held by Sam Brownback.
Tiahrt was born ...
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Todd Tiahrt (pronounced TEE-hart, born June 15, 1951), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing Kansas's 4th congressional district (map). The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita.
Tiahrt has announced he will be running in 2010 for the United States Senate seat held by Sam Brownback.
Tiahrt was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. He attended and earned a bachelor's degree from Evangel College and received an M.B.A. from Southwest Missouri State University. He worked for Boeing, where he worked on numerous government contracts, from 1981 until his election to Congress.
He was elected to the Kansas State Senate in 1992. After only one term, he won the Republican nomination for the 4th District and was elected to the House in an upset over 18-year Democratic incumbent Dan Glickman. One factor in the win was the 1990s reapportionment, in which...
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