George Thomas Holland II (born July 23, 1961) is a
Democratic member of the
Kansas Senate
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members ...
, representing the
3rd district since 2009. He was 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 crafti ...
from 2003 to 2008.
He is the ranking minority member on both the Senate Assessment and Taxation & Commerce committees and serves on the Joint Committee on Information Technology.
2010 gubernatorial race
He announced on February 17, 2010, that he would seek the 2010 Democratic nomination to be the next Kansas Governor. Holland was defeated by
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Fr ...
in the general election.
Major donors
The top contributors to Holland's 2008 Kansas Senate campaign:
:Kansas Democratic Party, Tom and Barbara Holland (personal campaign contributions), Senate Democratic Committee of Kansas, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee of Kansas, Carpenters Local 1329 union
His largest donor group was political party committees.
Professional career
Holland is a small business owner and entrepreneur. He is president of Holland Technologies, an informational technology services firm, and has run the business since 1994. He is also the founder of a Kansas farm winery and vineyard operation called Haven Pointe Winery LLC located in Baldwin City.
Personal life
Holland was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He and his wife Barbara have four children - Thomas, Derek, Brandon and Louisa Holland.
References
External links
Senator Tom Holland''official Kansas Legislature site''
Tom Holland/Kelly Kultala for Governor/Lt. Governor''official campaign site''
Holland Technologies
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1961 births
21st-century American politicians
Democratic Party Kansas state senators
Living people
Indiana University Bloomington alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives