# Kevin Braun

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Kevin Braun
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|state_senate=Kansas
|district=[5th](/source/Kansas's_5th_Senate_district)
|term_start=October 20, 2018
|term_end=January 11, 2021
|predecessor=[Steve Fitzgerald](/source/Steve_Fitzgerald)
|successor=[Jeff Pittman](/source/Jeff_Pittman)
|party=[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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|education=[Friends University](/source/Friends_University) ([MBA](/source/Master_of_Business_Administration))
|website= {{URL|http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/members/sen_braun_kevin_1/|Official website}} <br/>
{{URL|https://kevinbraunks.com|Campaign website}}
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'''Kevin Braun''' is an American businessman, military instructor, and politician from the state of [Kansas](/source/Kansas). A [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he represented the [5th district](/source/Kansas's_5th_Senate_district) of the [Kansas Senate](/source/Kansas_Senate), based in [Leavenworth](/source/Leavenworth%2C_Kansas) and western [Kansas City](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Kansas) 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](/source/Jeff_Pittman) in the [2020 election](/source/2020_Kansas_Senate_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](/source/Lynn_Melton) in the [2022 Kansas House of Representatives election](/source/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](/source/Steve_Fitzgerald) resigned from the Senate following an unsuccessful [run for Congress](/source/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kansas), and Braun was appointed by the [Leavenworth](/source/Leavenworth_County%2C_Kansas) and [Wyandotte County](/source/Wyandotte_County%2C_Kansas) 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](/source/United_States_Army_Reserve) for 32 years, including 5 years as an instructor at [Fort Leavenworth](/source/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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