{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder |name = John Vratil |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|10|28}} |birth_place = Great Bend, Kansas, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |state_senate = Kansas |district = 11th |term_start = November 16, 1998 |term_end = January 14, 2013 |preceded = Keith Schraad |succeeded = Jeff Melcher |party = Republican |spouse = Teresa |children = 4 |education = University of Exeter<br>University of Kansas School of Law (BS)<br>University of Southampton<br>University of Kansas (BS) }}
'''John Vratil''' (October 28, 1945) is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 11th district from 1998 to 2013. He was the Senate Vice-President from 2003 to 2013.
==Electoral history== Vratil was appointed to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Keith Schraad.<ref name="kslib">{{cite web |url=https://kslib.info/BusinessDirectoryii.aspx?ysnShowAll=0&lngNewPage=0&txtLetter=&txtZipCode=&txtCity=&txtState=&txtBusinessName=Vratil&lngBusinessCategoryID=0&txtCustomField1=&txtCustomField2=&txtCustomField3=&txtCustomField4=&txtAreaCode= |title=Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Vratil, John |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=kslib.info |publisher=State Library of Kansas |access-date=November 2, 2022}}</ref> He was elected in his own right in 2000, and won re-election in 2004 and 2008.
==Committee assignments== Vratil served on these legislative committees: * Education (vice-chair) * Ways and Means (vice-chair) * Interstate Cooperation * Judiciary * Organization, Calendar and Rules * Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations
==Major donors== Some of the top contributors to Vratil's 2008 campaign, according to the ''National Institute on Money in State Politics'':<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108198 John Vratil 2008 campaign contributions]</ref> :Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansas Medical Society, Hallmark Cards, Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Contractors Association, and others
Finance, insurance and real estate companies were his largest donor group.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090821204242/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=4460 Kansas Senate] *[http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=1875 Project Vote Smart profile] * Follow the Money campaign contributions ** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32060 1998], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32387 2000], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=73547 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74310 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83045 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108198 2008] *[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/John_Vratil Ballotpedia] *[https://ksoralhistory.org/interview/interview-of-john-vratil-september-13-2022/?_sf_s=Vratil Kansas Oral History Project]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vratil, John}} Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators Category:Living people Category:1945 births Category:University of Kansas School of Law alumni Category:University of Kansas alumni Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature Category:20th-century members of the Kansas Legislature