Stan S. Frownfelter (born May 12, 1951) is an American businessman and former Democratic 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 ...

, representing the 37th district in Wyandotte County. He was first elected in 2006 and took office on January 3, 2007. He served as the House Assistant Minority Leader from 2017 to 2019. Until 2020, he had never faced primary opposition. Frownfelter has a bachelor's degree from

Emporia State University Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Em ...

. Frownfelter is a member of Sigma Tau Gamma, and joined in 1969 while at Emporia State. In 2019, Frownfelter ran for the Wyandotte County Public Utilities Board and lost. During that campaign, Frownfelter told a debate audience that he would not run for reelection to the Kansas legislature in 2020. Frownfelter lost the August 4, 2020, Democratic primary election to

Aaron Coleman Aaron Coleman (born September 20, 2000) is an American politician. A Democrat, he represented District 37 in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. The district covers the Turner neighborhood and parts of the Argentine and Armou ...

. At the urging of some Democratic state legislators, Frownfelter pursued an unsuccessful write-in campaign for the November General election. Because of the controversy surrounding

, two other people, Wyandotte County Republican Central Committee Treasurer Kristina Smith, and Keith "T-Bone" Jordan, a DJ for KQRC-FM 98.9, “The Rock" also tried, unsuccessfully for write-in votes. As of 2020, Frownfelter's district has 4,928 registered Democrats and 2,155 Republicans, with Libertarians at 99 and 4,036 unaffiliated.

Committee memberships

2019–2020 *Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (ranking minority member) *Insurance *Financial Institutions and Pensions *Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications 2017–2018 * Legislative Budget (House) * Calendar and Printing

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Legislative profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frownfelter, Stan 1951 births 21st-century American businesspeople 21st-century American politicians Emporia State University alumni Living people Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Politicians from Kansas City, Kansas