This is a portrait of Ron E. Thornburgh, born December 31, 1962, in Burlingame, Kansas. He was the 29th Secretary of State of Kansas. Thornburgh was elected to his first term in 1994 and was subsequently re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006. In July 2007, Thornburgh announced his intentions to run for governor in 2010. After polls showed him losing the Republican primary, Thornburgh dropped out of the race in June 2009. He resigned as Secretary of State on February 15, 2010 and accepted a position in the private sector.
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