Larry Alley
Larry Alley is an American politician who has served in the Kansas Senate from the 32nd district since 2017. Following the removal on April 9, 2021 of Gene Suellentrop from the office of Majority Leader, Alley, who was the Republican Assistant Leader, succeeded him in an acting capacity.
Early life
Alley received a BSIT degree from Kansas State College of Pittsburg. He is the former CEO of Eastside Development, in Winfield, Kansas, and a former project manager for Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kansas.Political career
In 2014, Alley ran as a Republican for state representative of the 79th district, barely winning in initial vote counts, but ultimately lost to incumbent Democrat Ed Trimmer by 17 votes. In 2017, he ran as for state senator of the 79th district and won.Alley served as Senate Assistant Majority Leader in 2021. In April 2021, he was suddenly elevated to Acting Senate Majority Leader, immediately following the arrest of Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop. Rather than Suellentrop resigning his caucus position, Senate President Ty Masterson had said most of Suellentrop's duties would be temporarily assigned to Alley, in the words of Suellentrop, "...until matters that I am currently dealing with are resolved." The Republican caucus elected Alley permanent majority leader at the end of the 2021 legislative session. Alley indicated his priority was focused on redistricting.
In 2024, Alley declared intent to run for re-election.