1954 - Born on the 29th of May in Great Bend, Kansas.
1989 - He served for eight years in the Kansas Senate, the last two as majority leader.
1995 - Majority leader of Kansas senate.
1997 - Representative from Kansas.
- He was elected to Congress and has been reelected five times in the strongly Republican district.
2003 - He received 97 percent of the vote, and in 2006, his opponent for the 2006 midterm election was John Doll whom he defeated, receiving almost 79 percent of the vote.