who are the senators of kansas 2013?
Jerry Moran Sam Brownback Pat Roberts
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 In an unusual political circumstance , the 2001 legislative elections returned a senate with equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats , with each party having 20 senators . Both sides negotiated to choose two senators from their respective parties to serve as co @-@ presidents . Because of an 8 @-@ day gap between the seating of the new state legislature and the inauguration of Governor @-@ elect Jim McGreevey , four men held the position of acting governor : 

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 Two Kansas players announced that they would leave early for the NFL . Aqib Talib , the game 's MVP , and All @-@ American Anthony Collins announced they would enter the 2008 draft , capitalizing on their successful season . 

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 On November 14 , 2008 , Keyes filed a lawsuit — naming as defendants California Secretary of State Deborah Bowen , President @-@ elect Barack Obama , Vice President @-@ elect Joe Biden , and California 's 55 Democratic electors — challenging Obama 's eligibility for the U.S. Presidency . The suit requested that Obama provide documentation that he is a natural born citizen of the United States . 

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 On January 25 , 2006 , the United States Senate bestowed another honor on the team when Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison presented Senate Resolution 352 commending the team for winning their fourth national championship . 

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 Due to the controversy over the effects of the Seventeenth Amendment , advocates have emerged for both reform and / or repeal of the amendment . Under President Barack Obama 's administration in 2009 , four sitting Democratic senators left the Senate for appointed executive branch positions : Barack Obama ( President ) , Joe Biden ( Vice President ) , Hillary Rodham Clinton ( Secretary of State ) , and Ken Salazar ( Secretary of the Interior ) . Controversies developed about the successor appointments made by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and New York Governor David Paterson . New interest was aroused in abolishing the provision for the Senate appointment by the governor . 
