Janis Lee

Janis K. Lee (born July 11, 1945) was the chief hearing officer for the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals from 2011 until 2013. She was a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate representing the 36th district from 1989 until 2011. She was Assistant Minority (Democratic) Leader of the Kansas Senate from 1997 until her appointment as a hearing officer. She was also the vice-president of the Unified School District 238 Board of Education.

In 2019, she was appointed by Governor Laura Kelly to co-chair the governor's Council on Tax Reform alongside former state Sen. Steve Morris.

Committee assignments
Sen. Lee served on these legislative committees:
 * Utilities
 * Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations
 * Agriculture
 * Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
 * Joint Committee on Energy and Environmental Policy
 * Joint Committee on Kansas Security
 * Natural Resources
 * Ways and Means

Major donors
Some of the top contributors to Sen. Lee's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:
 * Kansas Contractors Association, Senate Democrats Committee, Pioneer Communications, Kansas National Education Association, Kansas Bankers Association

Energy and natural resources companies were her largest donor group.