Member of the Kansas Senate - District 2

• maf@sunflower.com

phone: 1 785-842-6402

About

Senator Marci Francisco represents the Lawrence and Lecompton communities, having been elected to the Kansas Senate’s 2nd District seat in 2004.

As a state senator, Marci serves as the Ranking Democratic Member on both the Senate Agriculture Committee and Senate Natural Resources Committee. She is also a member of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, the Senate Utilities Committee, the Joint Committees on Legislative & Educational Planning and the Joint Committee on Arts & Cultural Resources.

Marci is also involved in several local organizations, including the Headquarters Counseling Center, the Lawrence Preservation Alliance, the East Lawrence and Oread Neighborhood Associations and the University of Kansas Student Housing Association. In April 2008, she was awarded the Helen Fluker Open and Accessible Government Award by the Lawrence-Douglas County League of Women Voters, an organization of which she is also a member.

As a two-term Mayor of Lawrence and former City Commissioner, Marci led efforts to protect the downtown, plan for new and existing neighborhoods and start the city’s recycling program.

Marci graduated from the University of Kansas in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design and again in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture. When she is not serving the Kansas Legislature, Marci works as a Space Facilities Manager at KU. She and her husband, Joe Bickford, reside in Lawrence.