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Revision as of 23:14, April 28, 2009
| Kathleen Sebelius | |||
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| Governor of Kansas From: January 13, 2003-April 28, 2009 | |||
| Predecessor | Bill Graves | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Gary Sebelius | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Kathleen Sebelius (born 1948) won Senate confirmation as Health and Human Services secretary on April 29, 2009 by a vote of 65-31. [1] Sebelius was a liberal governor of Kansas, and the chairwoman of the Democratic Governors' Association. She defeated Republican challenger Jim Barnett in 2006 when Democrats did well in elections nationwide. Her name came up occasionally as a possible running mate to a 2008 Democratic presidential nominee, but that position was ultimately taken by Joe Biden.
Sebelius is one of the most pro-abortion politicians in the United States,[2] and Kansas has long had an active abortion and partial birth abortion industry. Sebelius has also opposed the right to bear arms in the form of concealed-carry laws.[3] Also, more recently, she has vocally opposed the construction of a proposed coal plant in western Kansas that would provide many jobs in a portion of the state that has suffered from economic problems as of late.