Nancy Elaine Buchele Parrish (born November 9, 1948) is an American former politician and judge from Kansas.
She worked as a public school teacher[3] and married Jim Parrish, a state legislator.
[4] When a Senator resigns, their replacement for the rest of the term is chosen by local party officials.
Nancy Parrish actively campaigned for her seat and won amongst the precinct committee members; she was then re-elected in her own right in 1982, 1986 and 1990.
Parrish resigned the seat herself in January 1993, when she was appointed Secretary of Revenue by newly elected governor Joan Finney.