Brandon Woodard is an American politician currently serving in the
Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 30th House District as a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
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.
Openly
gay, he was elected alongside
Susan Ruiz
Susan Ruiz is an American politician, who was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in the 2018 elections. She represents the 23rd House District as a member of the Democratic Party.
Openly lesbian, she was elected alongside Brandon Wo ...
as one of the state's first-ever
LGBT state legislators. During the campaign, he weathered a controversy when it was revealed that he had previously spent five days in jail for a second offense of
driving under the influence
Driving under the influence (DUI)—also called driving while impaired, impaired driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating under the influence (OUI), operating vehicle under the infl ...
.
He has been named the Ranking Minority Member of the House Higher Education Budget Committee starting in January 2020, succeeding Democrat
Brandon Whipple
Brandon Whipple (born July 13, 1982) is an American politician and academic serving as mayor of Wichita, Kansas. He previously served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 96th district, which included p ...
, who left the
Kansas House of Representatives after being elected Mayor of
Wichita, Kansas.
2019-2020 House Committee Assignments
*Ranking Minority Member of Higher Education Budget (2020)
*Federal and State Affairs
*Insurance
*Member of Higher Education Budget (2019)
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Living people
Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
LGBT state legislators in Kansas
Gay politicians
21st-century American politicians
People from Lenexa, Kansas
1990 births
21st-century LGBT people
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