Julia Lynn (born February 22, 1957) is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 9th district (Olathe, De Soto & Gardner) since 2006.
On December 3, 2012, she was elected by her Republican colleagues as Assistant Majority Leader, with 22 of 32 votes.
Soave oversaw the outsourcing of considerable work which had previously been done by state employees, to contractors.
She denied having any conflict of interest in that relationship, a position with which both Republican and Democratic legislators disagreed.
[4] In the 2020 Kansas Senate elections, she wanted to withdraw her name from the ballot as the Republican nominee for the 9th district citing "personal reasons."