# Ron Hein

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{{Short description|American politician (1949–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Ron Hein
|state_senate  = Kansas
|district      = [20th](/source/Kansas's_20th_Senate_district)
|term_start    = 1977
|term_end      = January 8, 1985
|predecessor   = [Bob Storey](/source/Bob_Storey_(Kansas_politician))
|successor     = [Alicia Salisbury](/source/Alicia_Salisbury)
|state_house1  = Kansas
|district1     = 52nd
|term_start1   = 1975
|term_end1     = 1976
|predecessor1  = 
|successor1    = 
|birth_date    = {{birth date|mf=yes|1949|11|7}}<ref name="kslib">{{cite web |url=https://kslib.info/BusinessDirectoryii.aspx?ysnShowAll=0&lngNewPage=0&txtLetter=&txtZipCode=&txtCity=&txtState=&txtBusinessName=Hein%2C+Ronald&lngBusinessCategoryID=0&txtCustomField1=&txtCustomField2=&txtCustomField3=&txtCustomField4=&txtAreaCode= |title=Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Hein, Ronald |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=kslib.info |publisher=State Library of Kansas |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>
|birth_place   = [Seneca, Kansas](/source/Seneca%2C_Kansas), U.S.
|death_date    = {{Death date and age|2022|12|21|1949|11|7}}
|death_place   = [Kansas City, Kansas](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Kansas), U.S.
|party         = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|spouse        = Catherine Lee Fischer (m. 1975); {{marriage|Julie J. Hein|1989}}
|education     = [Washburn University](/source/Washburn_University) ([B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts)); [Washburn University School of Law](/source/Washburn_University_School_of_Law) ([J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor))<ref name="oralhistory">{{cite web |url=https://ksoralhistory.org/interview/interview-of-ron-hein-by-alan-conroy-april-16-2021/?_sf_s=McCray |title=Interview of Ron Hein |author=Conroy, Alan |date=April 16, 2021 |website=ksoralhistory.org |publisher=Kansas Oral History Project |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>
}}

'''Ronald R. Hein''' (November 7, 1949 – December 21, 2022) was an American lobbyist and politician who served as a [Republican](/source/United_States_Republican_Party) in the [Kansas State Senate](/source/Kansas_State_Senate) from 1977 to 1984, and in the [Kansas House of Representatives](/source/Kansas_House_of_Representatives) from 1975 to 1976.

Hein was born in [Seneca, Kansas](/source/Seneca%2C_Kansas), and was active in student government and politics during his childhood. He studied [political science](/source/political_science) at [Washburn University](/source/Washburn_University), and immediately entered law school at [Washburn University School of Law](/source/Washburn_University_School_of_Law). He ran for the Kansas House in 1974, while also studying for the [bar exam](/source/bar_exam), and won a seven-way [primary](/source/Partisan_primary) with 35% of the vote.<ref name="oralhistory"/> He won the general election with relative ease, and served in the House for one term.

In 1976, he successfully challenged fellow Republican [Bob Storey](/source/Bob_Storey_(Kansas_politician)) in the primary for the [20th district](/source/Kansas's_20th_Senate_district) in the Kansas Senate. He served two terms there, and declined to run for re-election due to a desire for higher salary.<ref name="oralhistory"/> He unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) in 1978.<ref name = Cooper>{{cite news|url = https://sunflowerstatejournal.com/ron-hein-passes-away-at-73/|title = Ron Hein passes away at 73|last = Cooper|first = Brad|work = Sunflower State Journal|date = December 21, 2022|accessdate = December 22, 2022}}</ref> Hein was succeeded in the state senate by fellow Republican [Alicia Salisbury](/source/Alicia_Salisbury). Hein founded a [lobbying](/source/lobbying) firm after leaving office.<ref name = Cooper/>

Hein died at the [University of Kansas Hospital](/source/University_of_Kansas_Hospital) on December 21, 2022, at the age of 73.<ref name = Cooper/>

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Category:Washburn University School of Law alumni
Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators
Category:Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:American lobbyists
Category:People from Seneca, Kansas
Category:Candidates in the 1978 United States elections
Category:20th-century members of the Kansas Legislature

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