| Dr. Duane Droge, of Eureka, will replace Rep. Joe Newland for the District 13 Kansas House of Representative seat. Newland was recently elected state president of the Kansas Farm Bureau.
A single candidate was nominated, Dr. Duane Droge, a retired veterinarian from Eureka.
Republican precinct committee leaders on Tuesday night elected longtime southeast Kansas veterinarian Duane Droge of Eureka as the newest members of the House.
Droge replaces former Republican state Rep. Joe Newland of Neodesha, who resigned from the Legislature to become president of the Kansas Farm Bureau.
A veterinarian since 1980, Droge grew up in a farm family in Bern, in Nemaha County, and attended Kansas State University where he earned his degree in veterinary medicine
Dr. Duane Droge from Eureka. Droge has been involved in veterinary medicine since 1980. |