# Cindy Neighbor

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image       =
| name        = Cindy Neighbor
| state_house = Kansas
| state       = Kansas
| district    = 18th
| term_start  = January 9, 2017
| term_end    = 
| preceded    = [John Rubin](/source/John_Rubin)
| succeeded   = 
| term_start1 = January 8, 2007
| term_end1   = January 10, 2011
| preceded1   = [Mary Pilcher-Cook](/source/Mary_Pilcher-Cook)
| succeeded1  = [John Rubin](/source/John_Rubin)
| term_start2 = January 13, 2003
| term_end2   = January 10, 2005
| preceded2   = [Mary Pilcher-Cook](/source/Mary_Pilcher-Cook)
| succeeded2  = [Mary Pilcher-Cook](/source/Mary_Pilcher-Cook)
| party       = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1941|3|31}}
| birth_place = [Carbondale, Illinois](/source/Carbondale%2C_Illinois), U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| spouse      = Jim Neighbor
| occupation  = 
| alma_mater  =  
}}

'''Cindy Neighbor''' (born March 31, 1941) is a current Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, who represents the 18th district. She first served from 2003 to 2004 as a Republican, and then served as a Democrat from 2007 to 2011. Neighbor ran for re-election in 2010 and was defeated by Republican John Rubin. Neighbor ran again in 2016 and reclaimed her seat, from Erik Jenkins, the Republican who ran to replace the retiring Rubin.

Neighbor, who attended [Johnson County Community College](/source/Johnson_County_Community_College) and Kansas City Kansas Community College, has worked as a medical administrator as well as a public relations and marketing director.

She has served as Parent Teacher Association president and was on the founding committee of the Ronald McDonald House at the University of Kansas Medical Center.  She is also a member of the Board of Indigent Defense Services, Kansas State Board of Education, and the Teacher Credentialing Board.<ref>[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=34808 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Cindy Neighbor ''Biography'']</ref>

==Committee membership – 2018 session==
* Committee on Insurance, Ranking Minority Member
* Committee on Agriculture
* Committee on General Government Budget<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/members/rep_neighbor_cindy_1/|title=Representative Cindy Neighbor {{!}} Legislators {{!}} Kansas State Legislature|website=www.kslegislature.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref>

==Major donors==
The top 5 donors to Neighbor's 2008 campaign:<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108102 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions]</ref>
*1. Helena Whitlock Revocable Trust 	$20,000
*2. AT&T 	$1,500 
*3. Kansans for Lifesaving Cures 	$1,000
*4. Kansas National Education Assoc 	$1,000
*5. Kansas Medical Society 	$1,000

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cindyneighbor.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/members/rep_neighbor_cindy_1/ Kansas Legislature - Cindy Neighbor]
* [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=34808 Project Vote Smart profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726214302/http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15604 Kansas Votes profile]
* Follow the Money campaign contributions: [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=18212 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74204 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=85247 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108102 2008]

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Category:Members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:1941 births
Category:Living people
Category:Women state legislators in Kansas
Category:Johnson County Community College alumni
Category:Kansas Republicans
Category:Kansas Democrats
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature
Category:Kansas City Kansas Community College alumni

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