Jeff Pittman
{{Short description|American politician (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jeff Pittman
| state_senate = Kansas
| district = 5th
| term_start = January 11, 2021
| term_end = January 13, 2025
| predecessor = Kevin Braun
| successor= Jeff Klemp
| state_house1 = Kansas
| district1 = 41st
| term_start1 = January 9, 2017{{cite web |title=Jeff Pittman (Kansas) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Pittman_(Kansas) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=21 June 2020}}
| term_end1 = January 11, 2021
| predecessor1 = Tony Barton
| successor1 = Pat Proctor
| party = Democratic
| birth_name = Jeffrey Thomas Pittman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|03|03}}
| birth_place = Leavenworth, Kansas
| residence = Leavenworth, Kansas{{cite web |title=Jeff Pittman's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/171873/jeff-pittman |website=Vote Smart |access-date=21 June 2020}}
| alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oxford University
}}
Jeffrey Thomas Pittman (born 1971) is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 41st district from 2017 to 2021, and of the Kansas Senate, representing the 5th district from 2021 to 2025.
Political career
Pittman was elected to represent District 41 in the Kansas House of Representatives in 2016, defeating incumbent Tony Barton. He was re-elected in 2018, again defeating Barton.
Pittman defeated incumbent Republican Kevin Braun in the 2020 election to represent District 5 in the Kansas Senate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/04/democrats-appear-to-fall-short-in-breaking-gop-supermajority/114687024/|title = Democrats appear to fall short in breaking GOP supermajority}} He narrowly lost his bid for re-election in 2024 to Republican Jeff Klemp.{{cite news|url=https://sunflowerstatejournal.com/klemp-emerges-victorious-in-narrow-senate-district-5-race/|title=Klemp emerges victorious in narrow Senate District 5 race|work=Sunflower State Journal|date=November 15, 2024}}
= Electoral record =
{{update|date=February 2021}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2016 general election: Kansas House of Representatives, District 41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jeff Pittman|votes=3,433|percentage=55.00%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Tony Barton|votes=2,809|percentage=45.00%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2018 general election: Kansas House of Representatives, District 41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jeff Pittman|votes=3,037|percentage=57.4%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Tony Barton|votes=2,256|percentage=42.6%}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2020 general election: Kansas State Senate District 5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jeff Pittman|votes=16,753|percentage=53.1%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Kevin Braun (incumbent)|votes=14,818|percentage=46.9%}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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Category:Politicians from Leavenworth, Kansas
Category:Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:Democratic Party Kansas state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature
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