Member of the Kansas Senate - District 4

About

Kansas City, Kansas native Senator David Haley is in his 14th year in the Kansas Legislature , having served six years in the Kansas House and eight years in the Kansas Senate.

During his five terms as an elected official, David has fought hard to end illegal racial profiling practices against African-Americans and other minority groups. In 2005, he co-sponsored legislation that officially banned racial profiling of motorists by law enforcement officers. As an appointee to the newly-created Kansas Racial Profiling Task Force, David continues to protect Kansans from this illegal practice and has been instrumental in increasing the number of Kansans who have reported instances of such crimes.

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the Democratic nominee for Kansas Secretary of State in 2006, David has also made implementing, holding and funding a presidential preference primary a top priority. After the record-breaking turnout at the Kansas Presidential Caucuses on February 5th, 2008, he had a direct impact in passing legislation that officially designates a 2012 presidential primary election in Kansas.

He has also steadfastly fought to require that all votes be cast on an electronic voting machine (“DRE”) so that a “paper trail” is available in controversial elections.

David continues to champion for a variety of other issues, including abolition of the death penalty, ending cruelty against animals, and finding viable solutions to the many health care challenges facing Kansas.

David was preceded in the Senate by his father, George, who was the first African-American to ever serve in the Kansas Senate. His mother, Doris, is a retired Sumner High School teacher.

The proud father of four, David is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, and of Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C.

David serves as the Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Health Care Strategies Committee and the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee. He is also a member the Senate President’s Task Force on Health Care, the Child Protective Services Task Force and several standing committees, including: Senate Judiciary, Senate Redistricting, Joint Health Policy Oversight, Joint Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Joint State-Trial Relations, Joint Children’s Issues, State Trauma Board, Criminal Recodification, and Aging Advisory.