From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.

governors based on spending and taxes. Her husband K. S.

Previously Kathleen Sebelius was Governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009 the second woman to hold that office. Sebelius was the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address and chair-emeritus of the Democratic Governors Association.