For more than three decades, Marci Francisco is making a difference in our city, county, and state. She has brought diverse points of view together to arrive at creative solutions.

As a Democrat in the Kansas Senate, Marci has worked with our governor to strengthen the foundations of the Kansas economy by:

   1. Improving Health Care for Kansans
   2. Funding Public Education
   3. Caring for Our Natural Resources

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FAMILY

Marci and her husband, Joe Bickford, a long time employee of the K-Mart Distribution Center, have worked together to save and renovate homes in Lawrence neighborhoods.
ACHIEVEMENTS & PUBLIC SERVICE

   1. 38 years at the University of Kansas
   2. Bachelor’s of Architecture degree, 1977
   3. Career in facilities and space management
   4. Lawrence City Commission, 1979-1983
   5. Mayor of Lawrence, 1981-1983
   6. Community Block Grant Advisory Board
   7. Recycling & Resource Conservation Board
   8. Received the 2008 Helen Fluker Open an Accessible Government Award by the Lawrence-Douglas County League of Women Voters

COMMUNITY, COUNTY & STATE

   1. Headquarters Counseling Center Participant
   2. Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc.
   3. Kansas Preservation Alliance
   4. Lawrence and Douglas County Preservation Alliances
   5. League of Women Voters Lawrence-Douglas County
   6. League of Women Voters of Kansas
   7. Ranking Minority Member, Senate Agriculture Committee
   8. Ranking Minority Member National Resources Committee
   9. Member, Federal and State Affairs
  10. Member, Midwest Higher Education Compact
  11. Member, Joint Committee on Arts and Cultural Resources
  12. Member, Committee on Utilities
  13. Member, Legislative Educational Planning Committee

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