Representative Avery Anderson

I'm proud to have the endorsement of Sedgwick Mayor Bryan Chapman! Mayor Chapman knows what it takes to serve a community well, and I'm grateful for his support.

Congratulations to my friend and current KBI Director Tony Mattivi on his confirmation by the United States Senate as the newest US District Judge for Kansas. President Trump made an excellent choice with this nomination. Kansas is lucky to have Tony on the bench.

As Chairman of the House Transportation and Public Safety Budget Committee, I sent a letter this afternoon to Governor Laura Kelly urging her to reject the clemency petitions filed on behalf of the Carr brothers and other Kansas death row inmates.

Jonathan and Reginald Carr were found guilty by a jury of their peers and sentenced to death under Kansas law for one of the most heinous crimes in Kansas history. Ann Walenta, Aaron Sander, Brad Heyka, Jason Befort, and Heather Muller deserve justice. Their families have waited over 20 years. They are still waiting.

These petitions are a coordinated, statewide effort timed deliberately for the final months of this administration. Governor Kelly must stand with the victims and not the men who took their lives.

My full letter is below.