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Lower Plains: Kansas, Nebraska

(Right) The state legisla- ture meets in this build- ing in Topeka. The build- ing was constructed in 1903. In early 2014 a $325 million project to renovate the capitol building was completed.

(Bottom right) The Kansas House of

Representatives meets in this chamber inside the capitol building.

Robert “Bob” Dole represented Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969, and in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1996. He is pictured here giving a speech dur- ing his 1996 presidential campaign.