Bill Rhiley is an American politician, businessman, and former educator serving as a member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

from the 80th district. Elected in 2018, he assumed office in January 2019.

Education

Rhiley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a Bachelor of Arts in business education from the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Universit ...

, followed by a Master of Education from Southwestern College.

Career

Before entering politics, Rhiley worked a high school business and technology teacher, computer system integrator, and special education teacher. He was also the publisher of the ''Belle Plaine News'' and ''Oxford Registe''r, both in Belle Plaine, Kansas. He owns a bed and breakfast in Wellington, Kansas with his wife. In the 2018 election for the 80th district of the

, Rhiley defeated incumbent Anita Judd-Jenkins in the Republican primary. He did not face a Democratic challenger in the 2018 or 2020 election.

References

Living people University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Southwestern College (Kansas) alumni Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives People from Wellington, Kansas 21st-century American legislators Year of birth missing (living people) {{Kansas-politician-stub