Ron Estes

Ron Estes

39th Treasurer of Kansas
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2011
Governor	Sam Brownback
Preceded by	Dennis McKinney
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-19) July 19, 1956 Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Susan Oliver
Children	1
Alma mater	Tennessee Technological University (BS, MBA)

Ron Estes (born July 19, 1956) is the Kansas State Treasurer. He was sworn in January 10, 2011, as the 39th Treasurer of the state of Kansas, having defeated the incumbent, Dennis McKinney, in the election. Ron Estes is the first statewide elected official from Wichita, Kansas in two decades. Prior to taking office as Kansas State Treasurer, he served two terms as Treasurer of Sedgwick County, Kansas, having been elected to that post in 2004, and subsequently reelected in 2008. During his political career, he also served as the Treasurer for the Kansas County Treasurer's Association, and in several posts in the Republican Party including Vice Chair of the Kansas Republican Party.

Prior to becoming Sedgwick County Treasurer, he worked in consulting and management roles in the aerospace, oil and gas, automotive, and several other manufacturing and service industries.

His educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's Degree in Business Administration, both from Tennessee Technological University.

Ron was born in Topeka and is a 5th generation Kansan. His family continues to run a farm in Osage County. Ron and his wife, Susan, have three children.^[1]

Political offices

Treasurer, State of Kansas, 2011–present
Elected, Treasurer, State of Kansas, November 2010
Treasurer, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Electoral history

Kansas Treasurer Election, 2010
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Ron Estes	481,704	58.5
Democratic	Dennis McKinney (inc.)	341,324	41.4

Kansas Treasurer Election, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Ron Estes (inc.)	570,110	67.5
Democratic	Carmen Alldritt	274,257	32.4

References

↑ "Meet Ron Estes". Kansas State Treasurer. Office of the Kansas State Treasurer and the people of Kansas. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

External links

Official Website

Political offices
Preceded by Dennis McKinney	Treasurer of Kansas 2011–present	Incumbent

State Treasurers of the United States

United States Secretary of the Treasury: Jack Lew (D)

AL Young Boozer (R) AK Randall Hoffbeck (I) AZ Jeff DeWit (R) AR Dennis Milligan (R) CA John Chiang (D) CO Walker Stapleton (R) CT Denise Nappier (D) DE Ken Simpler (R) FL Jeff Atwater (R) GA Steve McCoy (R) HI Wesley Machida (D) ID Ron Crane (R) IL Mike Frerichs (D) IN Kelly Mitchell (R) IA Michael Fitzgerald (D) KS Ron Estes (R) KY Allison Ball (R) LA John Kennedy (R) ME Terry Hayes (I) MD Nancy Kopp (D) MA Deb Goldberg (D) MI Kevin Clinton (R) MN Myron Frans (D) MS Lynn Fitch (R) MO Clint Zweifel (D) MT Mike Kadas (D) NE Don Stenberg (R) NV Dan Schwartz (R) NH William Dwyer (D) NJ Ford Scudder (R) NM Tim Eichenberg (D) NY Thomas DiNapoli (D) NC Janet Cowell (D) ND Kelly Schmidt (R) OH Josh Mandel (R) OK Ken Miller (R) OR Ted Wheeler (D) PA Tim Reese (I) RI Seth Magaziner (D) SC Curtis Loftis (R) SD Rich Sattgast (R) TN David Lillard (R) TX Glenn Hegar (R) UT Richard Ellis (R) VT Beth Pearce (D) VA Manju Ganeriwala (I) WA James McIntire (D) WV John Perdue (D) WI Matt Adamczyk (R) WY Mark Gordon (R) DC Jeff DeWitt (D) Territories: AS GU MP PR Juan Zaragoza (D) VI

Political party affiliations: 27 Republican 21 Democratic 4 Independent italics indicate closest equivalent to treasurer in this state

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