Valdenia Winn
2001 - Present
2027
24
2015 - Present
2028
10
Valdenia Winn (Democratic Party) is a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 34. She assumed office in 2001. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Winn (Democratic Party) is also an at-large member of the Kansas City Public Schools. She assumed office in 2015. Her current term ends in 2028.
Winn (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives to represent District 34. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Winn is an at-large representative on the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Board of Education. She won her first term on the board in the general election on April 7, 2015.[1]
Biography
Winn earned her bachelor's in secondary education, her M.A. in history and her Ph.D. in history from the University of Kansas. Her professional experience includes working as a professor at Kansas City Community College.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Winn was assigned to the following committees:
- House Interstate Cooperation Committee
- K-12 Education Budget Committee
- House Legislative Budget Committee
- Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee
2021-2022
Winn was assigned to the following committees:
- Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee
- Higher Education Budget Committee
- House Interstate Cooperation Committee, Ranking Minority Member
- K-12 Education Budget Committee, Ranking Minority Member
2019-2020
Winn was assigned to the following committees:
- Administrative Rules and Regulations Committee
- K-12 Education Budget Committee, Ranking minority member
- House Interstate Cooperation Committee, Ranking minority member
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Education |
| • K-12 Education Budget |
| • Administrative Rules and Regulations |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Winn served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Education, Ranking Minority Member |
| • Education Budget, Ranking Minority Member |
| • Federal and State Affairs |
| • Administrative Rules and Regulations |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Winn served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Education Budget |
| • Children and Seniors |
| • Education |
| • Calendar and Printing |
| • Utilities and Telecommunications |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Winn served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Administrative Rules and Regulations |
| • Economic Development |
| • Education |
| • Education Budget |
| • Health and Human Services |
| • Legislative Educational Planning |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Winn served on the following committees:
| Kansas committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Education |
| • Higher Education |
| • Economic Development and Tourism |
| • Children's Issues Joint |
| • Economic Development Joint |
| • Legislative Educational Planning |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn (D) | 100.0 | 3,894 | |
| Total votes: 3,894 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn | 100.0 | 1,061 | |
| Total votes: 1,061 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Winn in this election.
2022
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn defeated Pepe Cabrera in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn (D) | 79.4 | 2,572 | |
| Pepe Cabrera (R) | 20.6 | 666 | ||
| Total votes: 3,238 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn | 100.0 | 1,882 | |
| Total votes: 1,882 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Pepe Cabrera advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Pepe Cabrera | 100.0 | 265 | |
| Total votes: 265 | ||||
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2020
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn (D) | 100.0 | 5,544 | |
| Total votes: 5,544 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn | 100.0 | 1,926 | |
| Total votes: 1,926 | ||||
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2018
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn (D) | 100.0 | 4,363 | |
| Total votes: 4,363 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Valdenia Winn advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 34 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Valdenia Winn | 100.0 | 1,627 | |
| Total votes: 1,627 | ||||
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2016
Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives were held in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.
Incumbent Valdenia Winn ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 34 general election.[2][3]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 34 General Election, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | ||
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State | ||
Incumbent Valdenia Winn ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 34 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | ||
2015
Four seats on the Kansas City Board of Education were up for election on April 7, 2015. At-large incumbents George Breidenthal, Brenda Jones, Gloria Willis, and Christal Watson's seats were up for election. Watson was the only incumbent not to file to run for re-election. The three incumbents seeking to retain their seats faced the following five challengers: Irene Caudillo, Korri Hall-Thompson, Janey Humphries, Valdenia Winn, and Maria Ysaac. Breidenthal, Jones, and Willis retained their seats, and Winn won her first term on the board as the fourth-highest vote recipient in the election.[6][7]
Results
| Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | 17.9% | 3,478 | ||
| Nonpartisan | 15.9% | 3,088 | ||
| Nonpartisan | 15.6% | 3,038 | ||
| Nonpartisan | 15% | 2,919 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Maria Ysaac | 10.5% | 2,049 | |
| Nonpartisan | Irene Caudillo | 10.3% | 2,003 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janey Humphries | 7.8% | 1,512 | |
| Nonpartisan | Korri Hall-Thompson | 6.7% | 1,294 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 62 | |
| Total Votes | 19,443 | |||
| Source: Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Election Office, "Election Summary Report Wyandotte County General Election 04-07-2015," April 13, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Winn reported no contributions or expenditures to the Wyandotte County Election Office as of February 12, 2015.
The Wyandotte County Election Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at elections@ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia was able to confirm no contributions or expenditures were reported as of February 12, 2015.[8]
Endorsements
Winn was endorsed by MainPAC.[9]
2014
Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Valdenia Winn was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[10][11]
2012
Winn won re-election in the 2012 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 34. Winn ran unopposed in the August 7 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[12]
2010
Winn won re-election to the 34th District Seat in 2010 with no opposition. She was also unopposed in the Democratic primary. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[13]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Winn was re-elected to the 34th District Seat in the Kansas House of Representatives with no opposition.[14] She raised $12,527 for her campaign.[15]
| Kansas House of Representatives, District 34 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| 6,072 | 100% | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Valdenia Winn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Valdenia Winn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 8 to April 30.
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2023
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In 2023, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 28.
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2022
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In 2022, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 23.
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2021
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In 2021, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 26.
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2020
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In 2020, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 13 to May 21. A special session convened from June 3 to June 4.
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2019
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In 2019, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 14 through May 29.
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2018
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In 2018, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 8 through April 7.
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2017
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In 2017, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 9 through June 26.
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2016
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In 2016, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 11 through June 1. A special session was held from June 23 to June 24 over education funding.
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2015
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In 2015, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 12.
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2014
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In 2014, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 13 through May 30.
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2013
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In 2013, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 20.
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Personal
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Winn is currently the chairman/treasurer for the Northeast Coalition, treasurer for the Northeast Cooperative Council and a member of the Struggler's Hill/Roots Neighborhood Association. She is a member of the Governor's Council on Travel & Tourism and a previous member of the Health for All Kansas Steering Commission, Kansas Incorporated Strategic Planning Steering Committee, Governor's Council on Development of Including Kansas and Kansas Sesquicentennial Steering Commission.[16]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population. This encompasses all elections appearing on the ballot within those cities. This board member is outside of that coverage scope. If you would like to help our coverage scope grow, please consider donating to Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election official results," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate list," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Official Kansas Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Election Office, "2015 City/School Election Unofficial Candidate List," January 27, 2015
- ↑ Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Election Office, "Unofficial 2015 City General Election Results," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Frances D. Sheppard, Wyandotte County Election Office Assistant Election Commissioner," February 12, 2015
- ↑ MainePAC, "MainPAC Endorsements," accessed March 25, 2015
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed September 15, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ C-SPAN, "Kansas - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 7, 2012
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2010 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2008 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Kansas 2008 - Candidates," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Valdenia Winn Biography
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| Preceded by - |
Kansas City Public Schools, At-large 2015-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Kansas House of Representatives District 34 2001-Present |
Succeeded by - |