[[Image:{{Officeholder|name=Pat Roberts|image=Robertsofficialphoto.jpg|150pxparty=[[Republican]]|rightspouse=Franki Fann|thumbreligion=[[Methodist]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110610235247/http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=6472535&ct=9040651 GOP dominates church’s congressional group]</ref>'''Pat Roberts''' (born 1936) is a |offices= {{Officeholder/senator |state=Kansas |terms=January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2021 |preceded=[[RepublicanNancy Kassebaum]] Senator from |status=f |succeeded=[[KansasRoger Marshall]]. He graduated from }} {{Officeholder/representative |state=Kansas |district=1st |terms=January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1997 |preceded=Keith Sebelius |former=y |succeeded=[[Kansas State UniversityJerry Moran]] in 1958 with a degree in journalist, and pursued careers in both the }}|military and journalism profession for awhile before beginning his political career in 1967 by working on the staff of then-Kansas governor Frank Carlson. He served eight terms in the =y|rank=[[House of RepresentativesCaptain]] before being elected to the Senate in 1996. He was the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee until the |branch=[[Democratic PartyUnited States Marine Corps]] took over the Senate following the 2006 elections.|serviceyears=1958–1962|battles=}}
{{DEFAULTSORT: '''Charles Patrick “Pat” Roberts''', Patborn April 20, 1936 (age {{age|1936|4|20}}), is a former [[Republican]] senator from [[Kansas]]. Roberts was the Chairman of the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]] until the [[Category:United States SenatorsDemocratic Party]]took over the Senate following the 2006 elections.
==Early career==
Roberts graduated from [[Kansas State University]] in 1958 with a degree in journalism, and pursued careers in both the military and in journalism before beginning his political career in 1967 by working on the staff of then-Kansas governor Frank Carlson.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
Roberts served eight terms in the [[House of Representatives]] before being elected to the Senate in 1996.
==U.S. Senate==
Although his voting record has generally been conservative,<ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Pat_Roberts.htm Pat Roberts on the Issues]</ref> Roberts has at time sided with the [[establishment]] and taken certain [[RINO]] positions, such as enacting [[gun control]] measures.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (February 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/23/sen-pat-roberts-ban-that-bump-magazine-raise-minimum-ar-15-purchase-age-to-25/ Sen. Pat Roberts: Ban That ‘Bump Magazine,’ Raise Minimum AR-15 Purchase Age to 25]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2018.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Jerry Moran]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000307 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''
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