Kevin Braun

Kevin Braun is an American businessman, military instructor, and politician from the state of Kansas. A Republican, he represented the Kansas's 5th [Senate district|5th district] of the Kansas Senate, based in Leavenworth and western Kansas City from 2018 to 2021. He lost to Democrat Jeff Pittman in the 2020 [Kansas Senate election|2020 election]. He lost to Lynn Melton in the 2022 [Kansas House of Representatives election] for district 36.

Career

In 2018, Steve Fitzgerald resigned from the Senate following an unsuccessful 2018 [United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas#District 2|run for Congress], and Braun was appointed by the Leavenworth and Wyandotte County Republican parties to fill the seat. Prior to his appointment, Braun served in the United States Army Reserve for 32 years, including 5 years as an instructor at Fort Leavenworth, and additionally worked at a pharmaceutical company.