on the front page of The New York Times as one of a young generation of conservatives questioning Republican Party orthodoxy. On January 12, 2009, Stegall began his first term as Jefferson County District Attorney. He has been characterized by the blog Firedoglake as a "rising religious-right political star," has been suggested as a possible candidate for US Senate in 2010 by Rod Dreher, and has been described as representing a new path for the Republican Party in the post-Bush years. In 2022, Stegall left his adjunct position at the University of Kansas School of Law, citing handling of a controversy over a conservative campus speaker. Religion Stegall is a ruling elder in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He has been described as a "lifelong conservative Presbyterian" whose faith and life are "strongly countercultural to mainstream Evangelicalism" although he still identifies himself as an evangelical. Stegall and his wife, Ann homeschool, their children. Writings In 2003, Stegall created and founded, with others, an online journal of religion, politics, and culture called The New Pantagruel. In 2006, Stegall and The New Pantagruel were featured in Rod Dreher's book, Crunchy Cons, as leaders in the resurgence of traditionalist conservatism. Though The New Pantagruel was discontinued at the end of 2006, Stegall's writing continues to appear in conservative papers, magazines, and journals including National Review Online, Christianity Today, The Intercollegiate Review, The American Conservative, Taki's Magazine, and Touchstone Magazine. Stegall authors a semi-regular column on Kansas politics for the independent publication Kansas Liberty. Stegall has authored chapters in several books, including the chapter on "Community" in the book American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia''. Notes External links Official Kansas Courts Biography 1971 births Living people American evangelicals American non-fiction writers American Presbyterians District attorneys in Kansas Geneva College alumni Kansas Court of Appeals Judges Kansas Republicans Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court Politicians from Topeka, Kansas University of Kansas School of Law alumni Writers from Topeka, Kansas People from Perry, Kansas 21st-century American judges Conservatism in the United States