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."Kansas election results: Laura Kelly, others who won key races in the 2018 midterms". Kansas City Star, November 6, 2018. Woodard was elected House Minority Leader in December 2024.
Openly gay, he was elected alongside Susan Ruiz as one of the state's first-ever LGBT state legislators."Kansas House: First openly gay members win, helping Dems cut into Republican control". Kansas City Star, November 6, 2018. 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."Democrat running for Kansas House seat cited for drunken driving not once, but twice". Kansas City Star, October 15, 2018.
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.
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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