Thomas Palenske
Republican · Kansas · 2026Running for Kansas House District 121, Kansas
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Capping property taxes
- Eliminating waste, fraud and government overreach
- Standing with law enforcement
Biography
Palenske is a retired Air Force brigadier general with a nearly four-decade military career, more than 3,500 hours as a command pilot, and command of two Wings, per the campaign site. Palenske enlisted in the Kansas Army National Guard while attending college, graduated from Friends University and was commissioned as a special operations helicopter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, per the campaign site.
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