Roderick Houston

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Roderick Houston

|image =

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|state_house = Kansas

|district = 89th

|alongside =

|preceded = Melody McCray-Miller

|successor = KC Ohaebosim

|term_start = January 14, 2013

|term_end = January 9, 2017

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|6|9}}

|birth_place = Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Patricia

|profession = pastor

|residence = Wichita

|children = 3

|relations =

|alma_mater = Cowley County Community College
Wichita State University
Kansas Southwest Bible College

}}

Roderick A. Houston (born June 9, 1962) is an American politician and pastor. He served as a Democratic member for the 89th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.kshousedems.com/members/roderick-houston |title=Roderick Houston District 89 State Representative |website=www.kshousedems.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307083542/http://www.kshousedems.com/members/roderick-houston |archive-date=2016-03-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/140830/roderick-houston|title = The Voter's Self Defense System}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kanfocus.com/FMPro.php?-DB=House_Profiles_KS&-Lay=Contact&-format=Contact_House.html&Name=Roderick%20A.%20Houston,%20D-89th&-find|title = KanFocus -- Error}} He is a senior pastor at the Mount Olive Tabernacle of Praise Church in Wichita.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-20 |title=Pastor Roderick Houston Testimony Kansas House Corrections and Juvenile HB 2352 February 20, 2017 |url=https://www.kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/committees/ctte_h_corr_juv_jus_1/documents/testimony/201702Safety%20Services%20Officer%20in%20the%20Wichita%20Public%20Schools0_22.pdf |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Kansas State Legislature}}

Biography

As of 2012, he had been a pastor for eight years at the Mount Olive Tabernacle of Praise Church of God. Prior to running for office, he worked for seventeen years at Wichita's school district.{{Cite web |last=Hobart |first=Ken |date=2012-07-19 |title=Democratic candidates in 89th District all leaders of faith |url=https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article1095847.html |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=The Wichita Eagle}}

= Kansas House of Representatives =

In 2012, he ran to succeed Democratic representative Melody McCray-Miller, where he faced a contested primary.

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