300 Southwest 10th Avenue, Room 359-W
Topeka, KS 66612
1041 South Elizabeth
Wichita, KS 67213
Full Name:
Tom Sawyer
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
04/15/1958
Birth Place:
Wichita, KS
Home City:
Wichita, KS
Religion:
Methodist
BBA, Accounting, Wichita State University, 1984
Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 95, 1987-1998; 2003-2009; 2012-present
Minority Leader, Kansas State House of Representatives, 2019-2023
Candidate, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 95, 2022
Former House Minority Party Leader, 1993-1998
Candidate, Governor of Kansas, 1998
Former Majority Leader, Kansas State House of Representatives, 1991-1992
Majority Whip, Kansas State House of Representatives, 1990
Sedgwick County Clerk, 1984-1985
Member, Financial Institutions and Pensions Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations
Member, Legislative Post Audit Committee
Ranking Minority Member, Taxation Committee
Member, State Finance and Legislative Coordinating Council, Kansas State House of Representatives, present
Former Member, Appropriations Committee
Former Member, Council of State Governments Governing Board
Former Ranking Minority Member, Elections Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member, House Elections & Ethics Committee
Former Vice Chair, House Rules and Journal Committee
Former Member, Joint Committee on State and Tribal Relations
Former Member, Legislative Coordinating Council, Kansas State House of Representatives
Former Ranking Member, Legislative Post-Audit Committee
Former Vice Chair, Rules and Journal Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Special Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government, Kansas State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Special Select Committee on Contested Elections
Former Ranking Minority Member, Taxation Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives
Owner, Tom Sawyer Accounting Services, 1985-present
Owner, Austicle Lawn Mowing
Chief Deputy Company Clerk/Administrative Assistant, Sedgwick Company, 1979-1985
Administrative Assistant, Sedgewick Company Clerk, 1978-1979
Member, Kansas State Parole Board, State of Kansas, 2009-present
Member, Democratic State Committee, 1978-present
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, present
Member, City of Wichita Human Resources Board
Member, Committee to choose a New President for Wichita State University
Member, Council of State Governments
Chair, Fourth District Democratic Party
Member, National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO)
Member, National Conference of State Legislators
Chair, Sedgwick County Legislative Delegation
Member, United Methodist Urban Ministries Board of Directors
Member, West Side United Methodist Church
Member, Visioneering Wichita Committee Task Force, 2004
State Chair, Kansas State Democratic Party, 1991,2001
Former Member, American Diabetes Association Legislative Committee, 1992-1993
Member, Citizen Participation Organization Council Member, 1979-1987
State President, Kansas Young Democrats, 1984-1985
Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1980
Awards:
Outstanding Young American 1982