Quick Facts
Biography
Shirley Palmer is a former Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, who represented the 4th district. She served from 2007 - 2011. Palmer ran for re-election in 2010, but was defeated by Republican Marty Read.
Palmer has undergraduate and Master's degrees in education from Pittsburg State University. Prior to being elected, she served as a teacher in Kansas for nearly 40 years, retiring in 2005.
She has also served as the National President of Pittsburg State University Alumni Association and has been married to her husband Ron for 45 years. They have two sons and two grandchildren.
Issue positions
Palmer's main issue has been public education. In addition she has worked to rebuild Southeast Kansas Communities damaged by flooding in 2007.
Committee membership
- Commerce and Labor
- Higher Education
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations.
Major donors
The top 5 donors to Palmer's 2008 campaign:
- 1. Bourbon Co Democratic Central Comm $1,000
- 2. Beachner Construction Co $1,000
- 3. Palmer, Ronald $1,000
- 4. Kansas Contractors Assoc $1,000
- 5. Kansas Medical Society $1,000