Stephen Owens (Kansas politician)
{{Short description|American politician and businessman}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Stephen Owens
| state_senate = Kansas
| district = 31st
| term_start = January 13, 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| state_house1 = Kansas
| district1 = 74th
| term_start1 = January 14, 2019
| term_end1 = January 13, 2025
| predecessor1 = Don Schroeder
| successor1 = Mike King
| children = 3
| spouse = Rose
| party = Republican
| education = Bethel College (BS)
Southwestern College (MBA)
}}
Stephen Owens is an American politician and businessman. He served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 74th district from 2019 to 2025, and has been a member of the Kansas Senate since 2025.
Education
Owens earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and accounting from Bethel College and a Master of Business Administration from Southwestern College.{{Cite web|title=Stephen Owens|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Stephen_Owens|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}
Career
From 1997 to 2015, Owens served as a captain in the Hesston, Kansas, Fire Department. From 2000 to 2003, he also worked as a CPA. From 2014 to 2018, Owens was the vice president of the Kansas Bail Bonds Association. He co-founded Axis Monitoring LLC, a company that provides alcohol, GPS and house arrest monitoring services. Owens also owns a bail bonds company with locations in Wichita and Emporia.{{Cite news|last=Voorhis|first=Dan|date=September 6, 2014|title=A conversation with Stephen Owens|work=THE WICHITA EAGLE|url=https://www.kansas.com/news/business/business-q-a/article1577350.html}} He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in November 2018 and assumed office in January 2019.{{Cite web|title=Representative Stephen Owens {{!}} Legislators {{!}} Kansas State Legislature|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2020/b2019_20/members/rep_owens_stephen_1/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=www.kslegislature.org}} In 2024, he was elected to the Kansas Senate.{{cite web|url=https://sos.ks.gov/elections/24elec/2024-General-Election-Official-Vote-Totals.pdf|title=2024 General Election Official Vote Totals|work=Kansas Secretary of State|year=2024}}
References
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Category:Bethel College (Kansas) alumni
Category:Southwestern College (Kansas) alumni
Category:Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators