Bob Lyon

Bob Lyon, an American politician, is a former Kansas State Senator from the city of Winchester. A civil engineer, Lyon is a graduate of the University of Virginia and George Washington University. [http://www.kssenategop.org/senators/lyon.shtml Kansas Senate Republicans] , Kansas Republican Party, 2004. Accessed 2007-08-20.]

A Republican, Lyon was elected to the Third District seat of the Kansas Senate in 2000. He defeated two Leavenworth residents to win the Republican nomination, [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20000731/ai_n11752709 Loads of candidates grace area ballots] , "The Topeka Capital-Journal", 2000-07-31. Accessed 2008-08-31.] and he beat Democratic nominee Mike Gibbens by somewhat more than 1,500 votes in the general election. [ [http://www.kssos.org/elections/elmpast/2kgwin1.html 2000 Kansas Official General Election Results] , Secretary of State of Kansas, 2000. Accessed 2008-08-31.] In his term in the Senate, he served on four committees:
*Federal and State Affairs (of which he was the vice chairman)
*Joint Legislative Educational Planning
*Transportation
*UtilitiesHe served a single four-year term, being succeeded by Roger Pine in 2005. [ [http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=2357 Kansas Senate] , Kansas Senate, 2007. Accessed 2007-08-20.]

With his wife Rita, Lyon has three daughters. He is an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, serving on the session of the denomination's Winchester congregation. ["Minutes of the Synod and Yearbook of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 2007". Pittsburgh: Crown & Covenant, 2008, p. 189.]

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