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Brandon Woodard

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

  1. ^ "Kansas election results: Laura Kelly, others who won key races in the 2018 midterms". Kansas City Star, November 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Kansas House Republicans, Democrats nominate leadership teams for 2025 session". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Kansas House: First openly gay members win, helping Dems cut into Republican control". Kansas City Star, November 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Democrat running for Kansas House seat cited for drunken driving not once, but twice". Kansas City Star, October 15, 2018.
  5. ^ "Brandon Woodard Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Representative Brandon Woodard". Kslegislature.org. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
Kansas House of Representatives
Preceded by Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives
2025–present 		Incumbent