Tom Dent

{{Short description|American politician (born 1950)}}

{{Other people|Thomas Dent}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tom Dent

| image = Tom Dent NRCS.jpg

| caption =

| state_house = Washington

| district = 13th

| alongside = Alex Ybarra

| term_start = {{Start date|2015|01|12}}

| term_end =

| predecessor = Judith Warnick

| successor =

| birth_name = Thomas Emmett Dent

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|01|11}}

| birth_place = Nampa, Idaho, U.S.

| party = Republican

| children = 3

| alma_mater = Big Bend Community College

|signature=Tom Dent Signature.png

| website = [http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/tom-dent/ Official]

}}

Thomas Emmett Dent (born January 11, 1950) is an American politician who serves as a member of the Washington House of Representatives representing the 13th Legislative District. He was elected in 2014 to the House seat vacated by Judy Warnick, who retired to run for the Washington State Senate. He is a former chairman of the Grant County Republican Party.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/members/warnick-to-run-for-open-senate-seat-tom-dent-of/article_281068ae-9f18-11e3-a9ad-001a4bcf887a.html|agency=Daily Record|title=Warnick to run for open Senate seat, Tom Dent of Moses Lake files for vacant House seat|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=February 10, 2015}}

Dent has been a pilot since 1975, founding Tom Dent Aviation in Othello in 1977. The company moved to Moses Lake in 1984. He was appointed as a commissioner for Moses Lake Municipal Airport in 1994. He is also a cattle and bison rancher.{{cite web|url=https://hroc.us/candidates/tom-dent/|publisher=House Republican Organizational Committee|title=Tom Dent|access-date=February 10, 2015}}