Carl Turner
Carl Turner (Republican Party) is a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 28. He assumed office on January 11, 2021. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Turner (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives to represent District 28. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Turner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Carl Turner lives in Leawood, Kansas. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Central Missouri in 1981 and a graduate degree from Rockhurst College in 1995.[1]Turner's career experience includes working as a financial, process improvement, and project management professional. He has volunteered with the Rotary Club and the Heartland Honor Flight.[2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Turner was assigned to the following committees:
- Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee, Vice Chair
- Health and Human Services Committee
- Legislative Modernization
- Taxation Committee
- Information Technology Committee
- Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee
2021-2022
Turner was assigned to the following committees:
- Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee
- Taxation Committee
- Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Committee
- Health and Human Services Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Carl Turner defeated Ace Allen in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carl Turner (R)  | 50.6 | 6,604 |
 | Ace Allen (D) | 49.4 | 6,449 | |
| Total votes: 13,053 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Ace Allen advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ace Allen | 100.0 | 1,076 |
| Total votes: 1,076 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Carl Turner advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Turner | 100.0 | 1,540 |
| Total votes: 1,540 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Carl Turner defeated Ace Allen in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Turner (R) | 50.3 | 5,151 |
| Ace Allen (D) | 49.7 | 5,091 | |
| Total votes: 10,242 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Ace Allen advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ace Allen | 100.0 | 2,983 |
| Total votes: 2,983 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Carl Turner advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Turner | 100.0 | 4,408 |
| Total votes: 4,408 | |||
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2020
See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Carl Turner defeated Sally Jercha in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Turner (R) | 53.2 | 7,638 |
 | Sally Jercha (D) | 46.8 | 6,732 | |
| Total votes: 14,370 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Sally Jercha advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sally Jercha | 100.0 | 1,899 |
| Total votes: 1,899 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28
Carl Turner defeated Fred Lehman in the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 28 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Turner | 62.6 | 2,638 |
 | Fred Lehman | 37.4 | 1,574 | |
| Total votes: 4,212 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Carl Turner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Turner's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My wife and I have 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren that are 5 years old and younger. My family is my joy, my support and my motivation. I have been a Leawood resident for 34 years. We love living here and I care deeply about our community so in addition to being state representative, I have served as president of my HOA for 5 years and volunteer with civic and charitable groups. I graduated from Raytown High School and earned a degree in Accounting at the University of Central Missouri. I then started my career and took night classes to earn my MBA in Finance at Rockhurst College. Then later in my career, I got my certification as a Project Management professional (PMP). My background of building teams and solving problems fits well with the role of State Representative. I enjoy helping people and have worked with hundreds in the district as they visit the capitol to sit and discuss ideas or need help navigating state agencies to get results.
- Defend and improve our quality of life here in the district. By that I mean thriving businesses, safe streets and strong neighborhoods. People enjoy the great quality of life we have here and they don’t want what they see happening in Kansas City, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Chicago and other progressive cities/states coming here.
- Promote Quality Education – give every Kansas kid the best opportunity to get the best education possible. Toward that, last session we passed a bill called Blueprint for Literacy to address the fact that 40% of Kansas kids can’t read at grade level. Our kids are our future and we cannot fail them.
- Lower the cost of living through lower taxes, affordable and reliable energy and affordable health care.
Taxation, education, health care, public safety, energy
Integrity, honesty, open and fair-minded critical thinking, building productive relationships, effective communications
Constituent services, communication, developing legislation and having the ability to get it passed through committee and both chambers, reading bills and testimony to be prepared for committee meetings and floor debate
Mowing lawns and then working in a gas station through high school
Open dialogue, joint planning
The Ogallala aquifer (ground water) in western and central Kansas needs attention, ensuring a reliable and affordable supply of energy, controlling the growth and cost of government.
All legislators bring work and personal experience and points of view to the process. All are beneficial.
Yes, not only beneficial but required to be an effective and successful legislator
Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Farm Bureau, KC BizPAC (Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce), NFIB (National Federation of Independent Businesses - the small business community)
Energy Utilities and Telecommunications (where I serve as Vice Chair), Tax, Health, Legislative Modernization (where we look at improving internal processes)
I strongly support both
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2022
Carl Turner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Carl Turner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2023
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In 2023, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 28.
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2022
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In 2022, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 23.
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2021
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In 2021, the Kansas State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 26.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Kansas House of Representatives District 28 |
Officeholder Kansas House of Representatives District 28 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
- ↑ Carl Turner for State Representative, "Meet Carl," accessed January 12, 2021
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| Preceded by Kellie Warren (R) |
Kansas House of Representatives District 28 2021-Present |
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