{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Keith Esau | image = | caption = | state_house = Kansas | state = Kansas | district = 14th | term_start = January 14, 2013 | term_end = January 14, 2019 | preceded = Lance Kinzer | succeeded = Charlotte Esau | party = Republican | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|6|10}} | birth_place = Buhler, Kansas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Charlotte Esau | profession = | alma_mater = }} '''Keith Esau''' (born June 10, 1960) is an American politician who served as the Kansas State Representative for the 14th district from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, his district covers the northern part of Olathe in Johnson County. In 2017, the American Conservative Union gave him a life time rating of 88%.<ref>[http://www.kssos.org/elections/12elec/2012_General_Election_Results.pdf General Elections Results] KSOS. Retrieved June 24, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/members/rep_esau_keith_1/ Representative Keith Esau] Kansas Legislative Sessions. Retrieved June 24, 2013.</ref>
He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Secretary of State of Kansas in 2018, placing fifth in a primary election that was won by Scott Schwab.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-14 |title=Kansas Secretary of State Keith Esau |url=https://www.cjonline.com/special/20180714/kansas-secretary-of-state-keith-esau |access-date=2019-12-08 |publisher=Topeka Capitol Journal}}</ref> He was succeeded in the state legislature by his wife, Charlotte Esau.<ref>[http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/members/rep_esau_charlotte_1/ Representative Charlotte Esau] Kansas Legislative Sessions. Retrieved December 8, 2019.</ref>
==Sources== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/members/rep_esau_keith_1/ Official Legislator Profile] *[http://www.keithesau.com/ Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604021249/http://keithesau.com/ |date=2013-06-04 }} *[https://archive.today/20130628022208/http://esau4ks.us/ Campaign Site] *[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Keith_Esau Ballotpedia] *[http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/140756/keith-esau Votesmart] *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=1415953 Follow the Money]
{{S-start}} {{s-par|us-ks-hs}} {{Succession box | before = Lance Kinzer | title = Member of the Kansas House of Representatives for District 14 | years = 2013–2019 | after = Charlotte Esau }} {{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Esau, Keith}} Category:Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Politicians from Olathe, Kansas Category:Candidates in the 2018 United States elections Category:Spouses of Kansas politicians Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature
{{Kansas-KSRepresentative-stub}}