An Advocate for Change
McKechnie was elected to the Kansas House in 1990 at the age of 27. He quickly understood the value of time and how to manage projects, and how to shepherd a concept from an idea to law. Seen here in the spring of 2000 with RJ Wilson, who replaced McKechnie in the House, Ed has remained connected at the State level and has worked on transportation, higher education, and economic development projects since he retired from the Kansas House.
About Ed McKechnie
The most important thing in Ed’s life is his family of two boys, Austin, 19, and Jackson, 17. Together they have traveled the world and enjoyed world events, snow skiing, and the beach. Ed loves watching his boys having fun. Austin was a three-year, three-sport letterman in football, basketball, and track. Jackson is a special teams leader with punting and kicking in football and plays golf for his high school varsity team. Both boys enjoy singing; Austin has placed in regional choir contests, and Jackson sings regularly on Spotify and Apple Music.
Austin will be a freshman at the University of Arkansas in the fall of 2022, and Jackson will be a senior at Pittsburg High School.