Jim Garner (American politician)

Jim Garner (born 1963) is an American politician, who served from 2003 to 2011 as the Kansas Secretary of Labor. Garner was appointed to the post by former Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

Jim Garner
Kansas Secretary of Labor
In office
January 7, 2003  January 7, 2011
GovernorKathleen Sebelius
Mark Parkinson
Succeeded byKarin Brownlee
Personal details
Born1963 (age 5657)
Coffeyville, Kansas
Alma materCoffeyville Community College
University of Kansas (B.A., J.D.)

Garner attended Coffeyville public schools, graduating from Field Kindley High School and Coffeyville Community College. He earned a B.A. in history from the University of Kansas and a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law[1].

Following law school, Garner served a two-year appointment as a research attorney for U.S. District Judge Dale E. Saffels of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Garner served six terms in the Kansas House of Representatives, having been first elected to the 11th District in November 1990. He served as the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, as Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee and as a member of the House Taxation Committee, the House Insurance Committee, and the House Business, Commerce and Labor Committee.

In December 1998, Garner was unanimously elected to serve as the House Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives and was re-elected to that position in 2000.

On January 7, 2003, Governor Kathleen Sebelius announced her selection of Garner to serve as Acting Secretary of the Kansas Department of Labor, and on March 28 the Governor selected him to serve as Secretary of Labor.

References

  1. "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
Political offices
Preceded by
Kansas Secretary of Labor
20032011
Succeeded by
Karin Brownlee
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