Tom Sawyer (Kansas politician)

Tom Sawyer (born April 15, 1958) is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, currently representing the 95th district. Sawyer previously represented the 95th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2008.

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Born in Wichita, Kansas, Sawyer graduated from Wichita State University with a BBA in Accounting in 1984. Sawyer was first elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1987. He became the party's House Leader, and through his initial 12-year legislative career served as both the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader. He is only the fourth Democrat to ever be elected Majority Leader of the Kansas House and the only Wichitan to hold that position in the last 30 years.

In 1998 Sawyer won his party's nomination as candidate for governor, easily beating his next closest rival, the evangelical preacher Fred Phelps. In the general election, Sawyer lost and only managed to win 23% of the popular vote against popular incumbent Republican governor Bill Graves.

After serving as State Chairman of the Kansas Democratic Party for four years, Sawyer was once again elected to the state legislature in 2002, and was re-elected in 2004, 2006 and 2008. He served as chair of the Sedgwick County Legislative Delegation in 2005.

He resigned from the Kansas House of Representatives in 2009 to serve on the state Parole Board.

In the 2012 Kansas House of Representatives election, Sawyer defeated Republican incumbent Benny Boman, returning him to his position as the representative for the 95th district.