2022 Guide to Government
Emporia/Lyon County Kansas
- S. Congress
Senators
Jerry Moran, 521 Dirksen Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510; 202-224-6521
Roger Marshall, Suite B33 Russell Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510; 202-224-4774
1st District Representative
Tracey Mann, 522 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515; 202-225-2715
State of Kansas
https://governor.kansas.gov/
Four-year terms expire Jan. 2023
Gov. Laura Kelly
300 SW 10th Ave., Topeka 66612
785-368-8500
David Toland, Lieut. Governor, 785-368-8500
Scott Schwab, Sec. of State, 785-296-4564
Derek Schmidt, Attorney Gen, 785-296-2215
Lynn Rogers, Treasurer, 785-296-3171
Vicki Schmidt, Insurance Comm, 785-296-3071
Kansas Legislature
Senate, 17th District
Four-year term expires Jan. 2025
Jeff Longbine, 235E, State Capitol
Topeka 66612; 785-296-7367; Jeff.Longbine@senate.ks.gov
620-343-1614 (home)
Kansas House District 51 (2-year term)
Ron Highland, 458W, State Capitol
Topeka 66612; 785-296-7310
785-456-9799 (home)
House District 60 (2-year term)
Mark Schreiber (R), 149S, State Capitol
Topeka 66612; 785-296-2721
620-342-6954 (home)
House District 76 (2-year term)
Eric Smith, 512N, State Capitol
Topeka 66612; 785-296-7557
620-490-1458 (home)
City of Emporia
Trey Cocking, City Manager
111 E. Sixth Ave./P.O. Box 928
Emporia 66801; 620-343-4250
Emporia City Commission
111 E. Sixth Ave./P.O. Box 928
Emporia 66801; 620-343-4250
Four-year terms, elected in odd-numbered years
Susan Brinkman, sbrinkman@emporia-kansas.gov
James A. Sauder, jsauder@emporia-kansas.gov
Danny Giefer, dgiefer@emporia-kansas.gov
Rob Gilligan, rgilligan@emporia-kansas.gov
Becky Smith, bsmith@emporia-kansas.gov
Lyon County Commission
430 Commercial St., Emporia 66801
620-341-4380
Four-year terms elected in even-numbered years
Scott Briggs, 1st District (term expires 2022)
Doug Peck, 2nd District (term expires 2024)
dpeck@lyoncounty.org
Rollie Martin, 3rd District (term expires 2024)
Elected County Officials
Four-year terms expire in 2024
Jeff Cope, Sheriff, 620-341-3205
http://lyoncounty.org/sheriff/contact-us
Tammy Vopat, County Clerk, 620-341-3245
Sharon Gaede, County Treasurer, 620-341-3255
Wendy Weiss, Register of Deeds, 620-341-3242
Marc Goodman, County Attorney, 620-341-3263
Lyon County District Court
430 Commercial Street, 620-341-3283
Chief Judge Merlin G. Wheeler; 620-341-3296
Judge Lee Fowler; 620-341-3293
Judge Jeffry Larson; 620-341-3292
Judge Douglas Jones; 620-341-3289
Nyla Rogers, Clerk of the District Court
courtclerk@5thjd.org; 620-341-3283
Ruth Wheeler, District Court Administrator
ctadmin@5thjd.org; 620-340-8295
USD 253 – Emporia Public Schools
Mary Herbert Education Center
1700 W. 7th Ave., Emporia 66801
Allison Anderson-Harder, Superintendent
Casey Jones, Secretary to the Superintendent & Clerk of the Board, 620-341-2201
USD 253 Board of Education
Four-year terms, elected in odd-numbered years
Jeremy Dorsey (term expires Jan.‘24)
Art Gutierrez (term expires Jan.‘24)
Lillian Lingenfelter (term expires Jan. ‘26)
Lillian.Lingenfelter@usd253.net
Jami Reever (term expires Jan.‘26)
Grant Riles (term expires Jan.’24)
Leslie Seeley (term expires Jan.‘24)
Jennifer Thomas (term expires Jan.’26)
Lyon County Schools
USD 251 – North Lyon County
Robert W. Blair, Superintendent
620-481-2085; blairb@usd251.org
Board of Education
Angela Anderson, 620-481-9547 andersona@usd251.org (term ends ’23)
David Goldsmith, Jr., 913-526-8253, goldsmithd@usd251.org (term ends ’23)
Josh Hamlin, 620-341-0842
hamlinj1@usd251.org (term ends ’25)
Gary Heine, 620-344-0446
heineg@usd251.org (term ends ’23)
Russ Heins, 620-481-9418
heinsr@usd251.org (term ends ’25)
Matt Horton, 620-344-0173
hortonm@usd251.org (term ends ’23)
Perry Petersen, 620-794-6494
petersenp@usd251.org (term ends ’25)
USD 252 – South Lyon County
Mike Argabright, Superintendent
620-392-5510, margabright@usd252.org
Board of Education
Timothy Bailey, tbailey@usd252.org
(term expires 1/2026)
Melissa Carson, mcarson@usd252.org
(term expires 1/2026)
Emily Darbyshire, edarbyshire@usd252.org (term expires 1/2024)
Kevin Flott, kflott@usd252.org
(term expires 1/2024)
Ryan Gasche, rgasche@usd252.org
(term expires 1/2026)
Charles Steffes, csteffes@usd252.org
(term expires 1/2024)
Gene Windle, gwindle@usd252.org
(term expires 1/2024)
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