{{short description|American politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Steve Brunk | image = | caption = | state_house = Kansas | district = 85th | term_start = June 24, 2025 | term_end = | preceded = Patrick Penn | succeeded = | term_start1 = January 13, 2003 | term_end1 = December 17, 2015 | preceded1 = Anthony J. Powell | succeeded1 = Chuck Weber | birth_date = {{birth date and age|November 20, 1951}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | education = | spouse = Billie | children = 2 }}
'''Steven Brunk''' is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He first represented the 85th district in the State of Kansas from 2003 to 2015. In 2018 he was rated 100% by the American Conservative Union. In 2025 he was appointed to a new term, again representing the 85th district.<ref name="Affairs">{{Cite web|url=https://pro.stateaffairs.com/ks/elections/steve-brunk-kansas-patrick-penn-replacement|title=Brunk returns to House after Sedgwick County GOP elects him as Penn’s replacement|publisher=State Affairs|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref>
==Biography== Brunk served in the 85th district of the Kansas House from 2003 to 2016.<ref name="Journal">{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Brad |title=Former lawmaker to seek House seat |url=https://sunflowerstatejournal.com/former-lawmaker-to-seek-house-seat/ |website=Sunflower State Journal |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref>
Brunk resigned from the house to become the director of the Kansas Family Policy Alliance a group that advocates against abortion and same-sex marriage and for religion in government.<ref name="Journal"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Brunk, Kansas lawmaker, resigning to head conservative policy group |url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2015/12/17/steve-brunk-kansas-lawmaker-resigning-head-conservative-policy-group/16606990007/ |website=The Topeka Capital-Journal |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref> However, he would quickly resign from his position and work in real estate.<ref name="Journal"/> He attempted to stage a political comeback in 2018, running for a spot in the Sedgwick County Commission<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lefler |first1=Dion |title=Former legislator Steve Brunk trying for political comeback |url=https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article197753959.html |website=The Wichita Eagle |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref>
Brunk staged another political comeback by being appointed to his old seat again, after Patrick Penn resigned to become undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture.<ref name="Journal"/>
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==External links== * [http://stevebrunk.org/default.asp?nc=7895&id=123 Official website] * [http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4442 Kansas Legislature - Steven Brunk] * [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=34567 Project Vote Smart profile] * [http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15487 Kansas Votes profile]
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