district state_senate birth_place party profession birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name alma_mater
8th kansas great bend , kansas republican businessman 13 august 1956 2013 marearl denning jim denning
 kansas jim denning fort hays state university
jim denning

jim denning is a republican member of the kansas senate , representing the 8th district since 2013 .
previously he was a member of the kansas house of representatives , representing district 19 from 2011 to 2013 .
