A state senator from Wichita who was convicted of drunk driving last year has told Republican leaders that he will resign from office.
70-year-old Gene Suellentrop represents District 27, which includes northwest Wichita and the cities of Andale and Colwich. He was arrested in March, 2021 for driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 near downtown Topeka. He pleaded no contest to drunk driving and reckless driving, and he was sentenced to two days in jail plus a year of probation.
Suellentrop is expected to step down in January. He served in the Kansas House before he was elected to the state senate in 2016, and he became Senate Majority Leader. He lost that title after his arrest.
Sedgwick County Republicans are expected to choose a replacement for the District 27 seat.
