Mark Taddiken

{{Infobox officeholder |name = Mark Taddiken |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|1|27}} |birth_place = Clay Center, Kansas, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |state_senate = Kansas |district = 21st |term_start = January 8, 2001 |term_end = January 14, 2013 |preceded = Janice Hardenburger |succeeded = Greg Smith |party = Republican |spouse = Debra |children = 3 |education = Fort Hays State University }}

'''Mark Taddiken''' (January 27, 1950) is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 21st district from 2001 until 2013. He has also been a member of the Clay County Extension Council since 1997.

==Committee assignments== Taddiken serves on these legislative committees:<ref>[http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=4471 Profile from the Kansas Legislature] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915231625/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=4471 |date=2009-09-15 }}</ref> * Agriculture (chair) * Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy * Financial Institutions and Insurance * Natural Resources * Utilities * Ways and Means

==Major donors== Some of the top contributors to Taddiken's 2008 campaign, according to the ''National Institute on Money in State Politics'':<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108183 Mark Taddiken 2008 campaign contributions]</ref> : Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Kansas Contractors Association, QC Holdings, Kansas Association of Realtors, Senate Republican Leadership Committee of Kansas

Financial, insurance and real estate companies were his largest donor group, followed by political parties.

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090915231625/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=4471 Kansas Senate] *[http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=34595 Project Vote Smart profile] * Follow the Money campaign contributions ** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=32370 2000], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=73543 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74293 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=83042 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108183 2008] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081007230218/http://www.statesurge.com/members/1682-mark-taddiken-kansas Taddiken on State Surge]}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taddiken, Mark}} Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators Category:Living people Category:1950 births Category:Fort Hays State University alumni Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature