Alicia Salisbury
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Alicia Salisbury | |
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| Member of the Kansas Senate from the 20th district | |
| In office 1985 – January 8, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Hein |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Jenkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1939[1] Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | University of Kansas |
Alicia Laing Salisbury (born September 20, 1939) is an American former politician who served as a Republican in the Kansas State Senate from 1984 to 2000.
Salisbury was born in Topeka into a political family; her father, Herbert Laing, was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, and her grandfather, Henry Laing, was a longtime state senator.[2] She attended the University of Kansas, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1961.[3] Prior to her service in the state legislature, Salisbury spent four years on the Kansas Board of Education.[2]
In 1984, Salisbury was elected to the Kansas Senate, and she was re-elected in 1988, 1992 and 1996. She was considered a centrist in the Kansas Republican Party, opposed to the more conservative wing of the party; in 2000, she lost her primary election to a more-conservative challenger.[2] After her time in the Senate, she won a seat on the Republican National Committee. Her split with the conservative wing continued and she endorsed Democratic Governor Laura Kelly's re-election in April 2022.[4]
