{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Ron Worley |image = |caption = |state_house = Kansas |district = 30th |term_start = January 8, 2007 |term_end = January 14, 2013 |preceded = David C. Huff |succeeded = Lance Kinzer |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = Kansas State University |spouse = Dana Worley |children = }} '''Ron Worley''' is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 30th district. He served from 2007 through 2013, having been defeated in the 2012 Republican primary<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kssos.org/elections/12elec/2012%20Primary%20Election%20Results.pdf|title=Kansas Secretary of State - 2012 Primary Election Results|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> by Rep. Lance Kinzer of Olathe, after Kinzer and Worley were put in the same district after re-districting. Kinzer then subsequently retired in 2014, endorsing Randy Powell as his successor. Worley challenged Powell for his old seat in the primary,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kssos.org/elections/14elec/2014_Primary_Election_Results_OFFICIAL.pdf|title=Kansas Secretary of State - 2014 Primary Election Results|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> but was subsequently defeated.
Prior to being elected, Worley worked for 14 years as a building official in Lenexa, and has served in the U.S. Air Force. He received his Bachelor's in Business Administration from Kansas State University.
Worley is a member of the Kansas City Catbackers Club, Leadership Lenexa Alumni Association, Lenexa Chamber of Commerce, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.<ref>[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68020 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Ron Worley ''Biography'']</ref>
==Committee membership== * Commerce and Labor * Transportation * Aging and Long Term Care * Economic Development and Tourism
==Major donors== The top five donors to Worley's 2008 campaign:<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108221 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions]</ref> *1. Kansans for Lifesaving Cures $1,000 *2. Kansas Contractors Assoc. $1,000 *3. Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce $900 *4. AT&T $500 *5. Kansas Medical Society PAC State Fund $500
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==External links== * [http://www.ronworley.com/ Official website] * [http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4382 Kansas Legislature - Ron Worley] * [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=68020 Project Vote Smart profile] * [http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15550 Kansas Votes profile] * Follow the Money campaign contributions: ** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=85277 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108221 2008]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Worley, Ron}} Category:Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Category:Living people Category:People from Lenexa, Kansas Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Kansas State University alumni Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature