Audrey Langworthy | |
Office: | Member of the Kansas Senate from the 7th district |
Term Start: | January 14, 1985 |
Term End: | January 8, 2001 |
Predecessor: | Norman Gaar |
Successor: | David Adkins |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1934 |
Birth Place: | Grand Forks, North Dakota[1] |
Residence: | Westwood, Kansas |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | University of Kansas |
Audrey Langworthy (born April 1, 1934) is an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate from the 7th district from 1985 to 2001.[2] [3]
Langworthy attended the University of Kansas. Before her time in the Kansas Senate, Langworthy was elected as a city council member. In the Senate, Langworthy defeated and replaced longtime Kansas Senator Norman Gaar, who had been in the chamber since 1965.[4] [5] She self-identified as a moderate Republican, and unlike more conservative members of her party she took a pro-choice stance on abortion, which was a hotly contested issue in Kansas during her time in the Senate.[5] She declined to run for re-election in 2000.