title: Ralph Ostmeyer
text: # Ralph Ostmeyer
  
  Ralph Ostmeyer (May 6, 1943) is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 40th district from 2005 through January 2017. Previously, he served as a Representative in the House (2001–2005). He is a farmer and rancher from Grinnell, and is married to Kay Ostmeyer.
  
  ## Committee assignments
  
  Ostmeyer served on these legislative committees:
  
  * Agriculture (vice-chair)
  * Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations
  * Federal and State Affairs
  * Local Government
  
  ## Major donors
  
  Some of the top contributors to Ostmeyer's 2008 campaign, according to OpenSecrets, were:
  
      Koch Industries, Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansas Contractors Association, John G. Lewis, Dana C. Lewis, Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee
  
  Financial, insurance and real estate were his largest donor group, followed by energy and natural resources companies.
  
  