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Audrey Langworthy
Member of the Kansas Senate from the 7th district
In office
January 14, 1985 – January 8, 2001
Preceded byNorman Gaar
Succeeded byDavid Adkins
Personal details
Born (1934-04-01) April 1, 1934 (age 90)
Grand Forks, North Dakota[1]
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceWestwood, Kansas
Alma materUniversity of Kansas

Audrey Langworthy (born April 1, 1934) is an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate from the 7th district from 1985 to 2001.[2][3]

Langworthy attended the University of Kansas. Before her time in the Kansas Senate, Langworthy was elected as a city council member. In the Senate, Langworthy defeated and replaced longtime Kansas Senator Norman Gaar, who had been in the chamber since 1965.[4][5] She self-identified as a moderate Republican, and unlike more conservative members of her party she took a pro-choice stance on abortion, which was a hotly contested issue in Kansas during her time in the Senate.[5] She declined to run for re-election in 2000.

References

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  1. ^ "Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Langworthy, Audrey". kslib.info. State Library of Kansas. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Garden City Telegram Archives, Feb 18, 1991, p. 5". Newspaperarchive.com. 1991-02-18. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  3. ^ "Community volunteerism led Langworthy to politics". Bizjournals.com. 1999-04-11. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  4. ^ "Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Gaar, Norman". kslib.info. State Library of Kansas. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Wagnon, Joan (October 18, 2019). "Interview of Audrey Langworthy". ksoralhistory.org. Kansas Oral History Project. Retrieved November 14, 2022.


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