{{short description|American politician}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Deena Horst | state_house = Kansas | state = Kansas | district = 69th | term_start = 1995 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = | successor = Tom Arpke | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|2|14}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kslib.info/BusinessDirectoryii.aspx?ysnShowAll=0&lngNewPage=0&txtLetter=&txtZipCode=&txtCity=&txtState=&txtBusinessName=Horst%2C+Deena&lngBusinessCategoryID=0&txtCustomField1=&txtCustomField2=&txtCustomField3=&txtCustomField4=&txtAreaCode= |title=Kansas Legislators: Past and Present - Horst, Deena |website= |publisher= State Library of Kansas |accessdate=December 21, 2022}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | profession = | alma_mater = Kansas State Teachers College (BSE); Emporia State University (MA }}

'''Deena Horst''' (born February 14, 1944) is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 69th district. She served from 1995 until 2010, when she was defeated in a primary by Tom Arpke, who would win the seat in the general election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://salina.com/news/story/deena |title=Salina Journal - ''Horst ousted'' (accessed 14 March 2013) |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030111005/http://www.salina.com/news/story/deena |archive-date=October 30, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kssos.org/elections/10elec/2010_General_Election_Results.pdf Kansas Secretary of State - 2010 General Election Results]</ref>

Horst currently serves on the Kansas Board of Education, representing district 6, after defeating Salina Democrat Carol Viar in the 2012 general election.<ref>[http://www.kssos.org/elections/12elec/2012_General_Election_Results.pdf Kansas Secretary of State - 2012 General Election Results]</ref> She has also served as Precinct Committee Woman for the Saline County Kansas Republican Party, and has previously worked as secretary for the Saline County Republican Party Central Committee.

A teacher by profession, she has been an Art Teacher/Department Chair with Unified School District 305, South Middle School, Salina, Kansas since 1968. Horst has a BSE from Kansas State Teachers College, an MA from Emporia State University, and is currently working towards her EdD at Kansas State University.<ref>[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=6974 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Deena Horst ''Biography'']</ref>

==Issue positions== On July 22, 2020, Horst serving as Kansas State Board of Education District 6 member cast a vote that blocked Governor Laura Kelly's order, precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, to keep public schools closed until after Labor Day, at such later time as state health authorities believed primary and secondary schools could safely resume classroom education. The tied vote effectively overrode the governor's order. It also drew Horst a primary write-in opponent shortly in a race where she had not face a primary or general election candidate.<ref>[https://www.kansas.com/article244632827.html Often neglected, Kansas board of education races receive attention after COVID vote], ''Wichita Eagle'', Jonathan Shorman, July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.</ref>

==Committee membership== * Education (Vice-chair) * Higher Education * Elections * Aging and Long Term Care * Joint Committee on Arts and Cultural Resources (chair)

==Major donors== Horst raised $21,585 in 2010. The top five donors to Horst's 2008 campaign:<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108020 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions]</ref> *1. Saline County Republican Central Cmte $1,005 *2. Kansas Contractors Assoc. $1,000 *3. Kansas Realtors Assoc. $900 *4. Kansas Optometric Assoc. $750 *5. Kansas Assoc of Insurance Agents $600

Horst raised $11,031 in 2010.The top five donors to Horst's 2010 campaign:<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=126757 Follow the Money - 2010 Campaign Contributions]</ref> *1. Kansas Farm Bureau $500 *2. Kansas Optometric Association $500 *3. Graves, Hl $500 *4. Blue Beacon Intnl $500 *5. Kansas Livestock Association $500

Horst raised $8,809 in 2012. The top five donors to Horst's 2012 campaign:<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=152456 Follow the Money - 2012 Campaign Contributions]</ref> *1. Horst, Deena $3,000 *2. Horst, Deena L. $3,000 *3. Graves, Helen $500 *4. Geary County Republican Central Cmte $250 *5. Blue Beacon International $250

== See also == * 2020 Kansas elections

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.deenagordonhorst.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607045119/http://www.deenagordonhorst.com/ |date=June 7, 2009 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904061231/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4424 Kansas Legislature - Deena Horst] * [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=6974 Project Vote Smart profile] * [http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15541 Kansas Votes profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309130914/http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15541 |date=March 9, 2012 }} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504124721/http://www.statesurge.com/members/1568-deena-horst-kansas State Surge - Legislative and voting track record]}} * Campaign contributions: [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=31886 1998],[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32190 2000], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=18141 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74098 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=91028 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108020 2008], * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=126757 2010], * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=152456 2012]

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