Christine Downey

Christine Downey
Christine Downey
Member of the Kansas Senate; from the 31st district
	In office; 1993 – January 10, 2005
Preceded by	Norma Daniels
Succeeded by	Carolyn McGinn
Personal details
Born	March 26, 1949 (age 75); Abilene, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence(s)	Newton, Kansas; Inman, Kansas
Alma mater	Wichita State University

Christine Downey (born March 26, 1949) is a former American politician who served as a Democrat in the Kansas State Senate from 1993 to 2004.

Downey was born in Abilene, Kansas and attended Wichita State University, where she received both bachelor's and master's degrees in education. She worked as a teacher at several different levels of education before entering the State Senate.

When Norma Daniels retired from the Kansas Senate, Downey was recruited to run for office by Charles Benjamin, a county commissioner.^[2] She spent three terms in the Kansas Senate, where she worked on legislation regulating pollution from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), as well as bills that would consolidate and reform Kansas's public university system.^[2] She declined to run for re-election in 2004, and was succeeded by Carolyn McGinn.

After leaving the Senate, Downey was appointed to the Kansas Board of Regents by Governor Kathleen Sebelius in 2005, and served there until 2013.

References

^ "Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Downey, Christine". kslib.info. State Library of Kansas. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Goter, Dale (August 2, 2019). "Interview of Christine Downey". ksoralhistory.org. Kansas Oral History Project. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

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[kslib-1] "Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Downey, Christine". kslib.info. State Library of Kansas. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[oralhistory-2] Goter, Dale (August 2, 2019). "Interview of Christine Downey". ksoralhistory.org. Kansas Oral History Project. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

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