{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Kevin Braun |image= |state_senate=Kansas |district=5th |term_start=October 20, 2018 |term_end=January 11, 2021 |predecessor=Steve Fitzgerald |successor=Jeff Pittman |party=Republican |birth_date= |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |alma_mater= |profession= |spouse= |children= |education=Friends University (MBA) |website= {{URL|http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/members/sen_braun_kevin_1/|Official website}} <br/> {{URL|https://kevinbraunks.com|Campaign website}} }}
'''Kevin Braun''' is an American businessman, military instructor, and politician from the state of Kansas. A Republican, he represented the 5th district of the Kansas Senate, based in Leavenworth and western Kansas City from 2018 to 2021.<ref name="Leg">{{Cite web|url= http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/members/sen_braun_kevin_1/|title= Senator Kevin Braun |publisher=Kansas Legislature|access-date=October 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_Braun|title=Kevin Braun|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=October 13, 2020}}</ref> He lost to Democrat Jeff Pittman in the 2020 election.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/04/democrats-appear-to-fall-short-in-breaking-gop-supermajority/114687024/ | title=Democrats appear to fall short in breaking GOP supermajority }}</ref> He lost to Lynn Melton in the 2022 Kansas House of Representatives election for district 36.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynn Melton |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Lynn_Melton |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== In 2018, Steve Fitzgerald resigned from the Senate following an unsuccessful run for Congress, and Braun was appointed by the Leavenworth and Wyandotte County Republican parties to fill the seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20181019/braun-selected-for-appointment-to-senate|title=Braun selected for appointment to Senate|website=Leavenworth Times|author=John Richmeier|date=October 19, 2018|access-date=October 13, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416190842/https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20181019/braun-selected-for-appointment-to-senate|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to his appointment, Braun served in the United States Army Reserve for 32 years, including 5 years as an instructor at Fort Leavenworth, and additionally worked at a pharmaceutical company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kevinbraunks.com/about/|title=Meet Kevin|publisher=Kevin Braun for State Senate|access-date=October 13, 2020|archive-date=July 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730033902/https://kevinbraunks.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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