Republican state Rep. Dan Goddard of Parsons died Thursday night.
House Speaker Dan Hawkins notified lawmakers on Thursday that he passed away.
No other details were available.
Goddard,a Republican, had decided to retire from the House after this year following two terms representing House District 7, which covered parts of Labette and Neosho counties.
He previously served in the Kansas Senate from 2017 to 2021.
He lost his bid for re-election to the Senate to Virgil Peck of Havana by 18 votes in 2020.
Goodard returned to the Legislature in 2023 when he replaced former Rep. Richard Proehl . . .
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