Patton M. Apple, known as Pat, (born August 31, 1957) was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 37th district from 2013 to 2014.
He resigned in April 2014 to become a member of the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), a state agency which regulates motor carriers, public utilities, pipelines and the oil and gas industries.
Sam Brownback on March 24, 2014, and confirmed by a Kansas Senate vote on April 6, 2014.
[8] Some of the top contributors to Apple's 2008 campaign, according to OpenSecrets:[9] Energy and natural resources companies were his largest donor group.
Apple defeated Daniel B. Campbell and Kansas House member Charlotte O'Hara in the August 7 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.