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Brandon Woodard

Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2025
Preceded by	Vic Miller
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 30th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2019
Preceded by	Randy Powell

Personal details
Born	(1990-09-01) September 1, 1990 (age 34) Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Kansas (BA)
Website	Campaign website

Brandon Woodard is an American politician and Co-Vice Chair of the Kansas Future Caucus under the Millennial Action Project currently serving in the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 30th House District as a member of the Democratic Party.^[1] Woodard was elected House Minority Leader in December 2024.^[2]

Openly gay, he was elected alongside Susan Ruiz as one of the state's first-ever LGBT state legislators.^[3] 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.^[4]

He has been the Ranking Minority Member of the House Higher Education Budget Committee since January 2020, succeeding Democrat Brandon Whipple, who left the Kansas House of Representatives after being elected Mayor of Wichita, Kansas.^[5]

2019-2020 House Committee Assignments^[6]

Ranking Minority Member of Higher Education Budget (2020)
Federal and State Affairs
Insurance
Member of Higher Education Budget (2019)

References

^ "Kansas election results: Laura Kelly, others who won key races in the 2018 midterms". Kansas City Star, November 6, 2018.
^ "Kansas House Republicans, Democrats nominate leadership teams for 2025 session". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
^ "Kansas House: First openly gay members win, helping Dems cut into Republican control". Kansas City Star, November 6, 2018.
^ "Democrat running for Kansas House seat cited for drunken driving not once, but twice". Kansas City Star, October 15, 2018.
^ "Brandon Woodard Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
^ "Representative Brandon Woodard". Kslegislature.org. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2019-12-26.

External links

Official website

Kansas House of Representatives
Preceded by Vic Miller	Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives 2025–present	Incumbent

v t e Statewide political officials of Kansas
U.S. senators	Jerry Moran Roger Marshall
State government	Laura Kelly, Governor David Toland, Lieutenant Governor Scott Schwab, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Attorney General Steven C. Johnson, Treasurer Vicki Schmidt, Insurance Commissioner
Senate	Ty Masterson, President Tim Shallenburger, Vice President Chase Blasi, Majority Leader Dinah Sykes, Minority Leader
House	Daniel Hawkins, Speaker Blake Carpenter, Speaker pro tempore Chris Croft, Majority Leader Brandon Woodard, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Marla Luckert, Chief Justice Eric Rosen Daniel Biles Caleb Stegall Evelyn Wilson K. J. Wall Melissa Standridge, Justices

Floor leaders of state houses

v t e Majority leaders
United States House of Representatives: ▌Steve Scalise (R)
AL ▌Scott Stadthagen (R) AK ▌Chuck Kopp (R) AZ ▌Michael Carbone (R) AR ▌Marcus Richmond (R) CA ▌Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) CO ▌Monica Duran (D) CT ▌Jason Rojas (D) DE ▌Kerri Harris (D) FL ▌Tyler Sirois (R) GA ▌Chuck Efstration (R) HI ▌Sean Quinlan (D) ID ▌Jason Monks (R) IL ▌Robyn Gabel (D) IN ▌Matt Lehman (R) IA ▌Matt Windschitl (R) KS ▌Chris Croft (R) KY ▌Steven Rudy (R) LA ▌Mark Wright (R) ME ▌Matt Moonen (D) MD ▌David Moon (D) MA ▌Mike Moran (D) MI ▌Bryan Posthumus (R) MN ▌Harry Niska (R) MS ▌Vacant (R) MO ▌Alex Riley (R) MT ▌Steve Fitzpatrick (R) NE ▌Ben Hansen (R)* NV ▌Sandra Jauregui (D) NH ▌Jason Osborne (R) NJ ▌Louis Greenwald (D) NM ▌Reena Szczepanski (D) NY ▌Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D) NC ▌John R. Bell IV (R) ND ▌Mike Lefor (R) OH ▌Marilyn John (R) OK ▌Mark Lawson (R) OR ▌Ben Bowman (D) PA ▌Matthew Bradford (D) RI ▌Christopher Blazejewski (D) SC ▌Davey Hiott (R) SD ▌Scott Odenbach (R) TN ▌William Lamberth (R) TX ▌Tom Oliverson (R) UT ▌Jefferson Moss (R) VT ▌Lori Houghton (D) VA ▌Charniele Herring (D) WA ▌Joe Fitzgibbon (D) WV ▌Eric Householder (R) WI ▌Tyler August (R) WY ▌Scott Heiner (R) Federal districts: DC ▌Phil Mendelson (D)* Territories: AS GU ▌Jesse A. Lujan (R) MP ▌Marissa Flores (D) PR ▌Pichy Torres (NPP/R) VI ▌Kurt Vialet (D)*
Political party affiliations ▌Republican: 28 states ▌Democratic: 21 states, 3 territories, 1 district ▌Popular Democratic: 1 territory

v t e Minority leaders
United States House of Representatives: ▌Hakeem Jeffries (D)
AL ▌Anthony Daniels (D) AK ▌Mia Costello (R) AZ ▌Oscar De Los Santos (D) AR ▌Tippi McCullough (D) CA ▌James Gallagher (R) CO ▌Rose Pugliese (R) CT ▌Vincent Candelora (R) DE ▌Tim Dukes (R) FL ▌Fentrice Driskell (D) GA ▌Carolyn Hugley (D) HI ▌Lauren Matsumoto (R) ID ▌Ilana Rubel (D) IL ▌Tony McCombie (R) IN ▌Phil GiaQuinta (D) IA ▌Jennifer Konfrst (D) KS ▌Brandon Woodard (D) KY ▌Pamela Stevenson (D) LA ▌Matthew Willard (D) ME ▌Billy Bob Faulkingham (R) MD ▌Jason C. Buckel (R) MA ▌Bradley Jones Jr. (R) MI ▌Ranjeev Puri (D) MN ▌Melissa Hortman (D) MS ▌Robert Johnson III (D) MO ▌Ashley Aune (D) MT ▌Katie Sullivan (D) NE Vacant NV ▌P. K. O'Neill (R) NH ▌Alexis Simpson (D) NJ ▌John DiMaio (R) NM ▌Gail Armstrong (R) NY ▌William Barclay (R) NC ▌Robert T. Reives II (D) ND ▌Zac Ista (D-NPL) OH ▌Allison Russo (D) OK ▌Cyndi Munson (D) OR ▌Jeff Helfrich (R) PA ▌Bryan Cutler (R) RI ▌Michael Chippendale (R) SC ▌Todd Rutherford (D) SD ▌Erin Healy (D) TN ▌Karen Camper (D) TX ▌Gene Wu (D) UT ▌Angela Romero (D) VT ▌Patricia McCoy (R) VA ▌Todd Gilbert (R) WA ▌Drew Stokesbary (R) WV ▌Sean Hornbuckle (D) WI ▌Greta Neubauer (D) WY ▌Mike Yin (D) Federal districts: DC None* Territories: AS GU ▌Vacant (D)* MP ▌Patrick H. San Nicolas (R) PR ▌Héctor Ferrer Santiago (PPD) VI ▌Dwayne M. DeGraff (I)*
Political party affiliations ▌Democratic: 27 states ▌Republican: 21 states, 2 territories ▌Independent: 1 state ▌ New Progressive: 1 territory

An asterisk (*) indicates a unicameral body.

v t e Members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Daniel Hawkins (R) Speaker pro tempore Blake Carpenter (R) Majority Leader Chris Croft (R) Minority Leader Brandon Woodard (D)
▌Dale Helwig (R) ▌Kenneth Collins (R) ▌Chuck Smith (R) ▌Ricky James (R) ▌Carrie Barth (R) ▌Samantha Poetter Parshall (R) ▌Dan Goddard (R) ▌Chris Croft (R) ▌Fred Gardner (R) ▌Suzanne Wikle (D) ▌Ron Bryce (R) ▌Doug Blex (R) ▌Duane Droge (R) ▌Charlotte Esau (R) ▌Lauren Bohi (R) ▌Linda Featherston (D) ▌Jo Ella Hoye (D) ▌Cindy Neighbor (D) ▌Stephanie Clayton (D) ▌Mari-Lynn Poskin (D) ▌Jerry Stogsdill (D) ▌Lindsay Vaughn (D) ▌Susan Ruiz (D) ▌Jarrod Ousley (D) ▌Rui Xu (D) ▌Chip VanHouden (R) ▌Sean Tarwater (R) ▌Carl Turner (R) ▌Heather Meyer (D) ▌Laura Williams (R) ▌Louis Ruiz (D) ▌Pam Curtis (D) ▌Mike Thompson (R) ▌Valdenia Winn (D) ▌Wanda Brownlee Paige (D) ▌Lynn Melton (D) ▌Melissa Oropeza (D) ▌Timothy H. Johnson (R) ▌Angela Stiens (R) ▌David Buehler (R) ▌Pat Proctor (R) ▌Lance Neelly (R) ▌Bill Sutton (R) ▌Barbara Ballard (D) ▌Mike Amyx (D) ▌Brooklynne Mosley (D) ▌Ronald Ellis (R) ▌Dan Osman (D) ▌Nikki McDonald (D) ▌Kyle McNorton (R) ▌Megan Steele (R) ▌Jesse Borjon (R) ▌Kirk Haskins (D) ▌Ken Corbet (R) ▌Tobias Schlingensiepen (D) ▌Virgil Weigel (D) ▌John Alcala (D) ▌Alexis Simmons (D) ▌Rebecca Schmoe (R) ▌Mark Schreiber (R) ▌Francis Awerkamp (R) ▌Sean Willcott (R) ▌Allen Reavis (R) ▌Lewis Bloom (R) ▌Shawn Chauncey (R) ▌Sydney Carlin (D) ▌Angelina Roeser (R) ▌Nathan Butler (R) ▌Clarke Sanders (R) ▌Scott Hill (R) ▌Steven Howe (R) ▌Avery Anderson (R) ▌Rick Wilborn (R) ▌Mike King (R) ▌Will Carpenter (R) ▌Bradley Barrett (R) ▌Kristey Williams (R) ▌Robyn Essex (R) ▌Webster Roth (R) ▌Bill Rhiley (R) ▌Blake Carpenter (R) ▌Leah Howell (R) ▌Henry Helgerson (D) ▌Ford Carr (D) ▌Patrick Penn (R) ▌Silas Miller (D) ▌Susan Estes (R) ▌Sandy Pickert (R) ▌KC Ohaebosim (D) ▌Steve Huebert (R) ▌Emil Bergquist (R) ▌John Carmichael (D) ▌Brian Bergkamp (R) ▌Leo Delperdang (R) ▌Tom Sawyer (D) ▌Tom Kessler (R) ▌Nick Hoheisel (R) ▌Cyndi Howerton (R) ▌Susan Humphries (R) ▌Daniel Hawkins (R) ▌Joe Seiwert (R) ▌Kyler Sweely (R) ▌Angela Martinez (D) ▌Paul Waggoner (R) ▌Jill Ward (R) ▌Lisa Moser (R) ▌Dawn Wolf (R) ▌Brandon Woodard (D) ▌Troy Waymaster (R) ▌Ken Rahjes (R) ▌Barb Wasinger (R) ▌Sherri Brantley (R) ▌Brett Fairchild (R) ▌Kevin Schwertfeger (R) ▌Gary White (R) ▌Kyle Hoffman (R) ▌Adam Turk (R) ▌Jim Minnix (R) ▌Jason Goetz (R) ▌Adam Smith (R) ▌John Resman (R) ▌Lon Pishny (R) ▌Bob Lewis (R) ▌Marty Long (R) ▌Shannon Francis (R)
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