Sean Tevis

Infobox Celebrity
name = Sean Tevis

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birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|7|22|df=yes
birth_place = Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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occupation = Politician, Web designer
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spouse = Michelle Tevis
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website = [http://seantevis.com/ seantevis.com]
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Sean Tevis (born Birth date and age|1969|7|22|df=yes, in Lawrence, Kansas, USA) of Olathe, Kansas, is a DemocraticSullinger, Jim. [http://tevis.s3.amazonaws.com/images/uploads/kcstar-notice-062108.jpg"Kansas ballots will feature more Democrats this year"] . "The Kansas City Star". June 20, 2008.] candidate for Kansas House of Representatives District 15 representing the city of Olathe against incumbent Arlen Siegfreid.Cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121729442687591943.html|title=Politics Is National in Local Web Campaign|date=2008-07-29|page=A8|accessdate=2008-07-31|first=Stephanie|last=Simon|work=Wall Street Journal]

Early career

Tevis attended Shawnee Mission West High School where he was elected Class President for two years before losing the election for Student Body President his senior year to friend and future actor Paul Rudd. Tevis majored in Journalism at the University of Kansas.Cite web|url=http://seantevis.com/kansas/olathe/about-sean-tevis|title=About Sean Tevis|accessdate=2008-08-10|work=Sean Tevis campaign] Subsequently he worked as a journalist for The Palm Beach Post and The Miami Herald. He helped start an internet business in 1999 and worked for three years for the municipal government of the city of Coconut Creek, Florida. He currently works as an Information Architect for SPX Cooling Technologies, a manufacturer of cooling towers. He has been married to his wife for fourteen years.

Political career

Tevis has generated internet attention with an online ad that pays homage to the webcomic xkcd. [cite web|url=http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/strangely_i_find_myself_wishin.php|title=Strangely, I find myself wishing I lived in Kansas|work=Pharyngula|first=PZ|last=Myers|date=2008-07-17|accessdate=2008-07-17] He raised $95,162.76 from more than 5,700 online donors as of July 28, 2008.Cite news|title=Kansan sticks it to election system|author=Huffstutter, P.J.|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-candidate28-2008jul28,0,3040195,full.story|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=2008-07-28|accessdate=2008-07-31]

Tevis's platform includes abolishing the sales tax on food, raising teacher pay, and protecting an individual's right to privacy. This is Tevis's first run for political office.

References

External links

* [http://seantevis.com/ Sean Tevis campaign website]
* [http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/running-for-office-xkcd-style/ Sean Tevis fundraising cartoon]
* [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121729442687591943.html Profile about Sean Tevis] in The Wall Street Journal