Vic Miller
Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byTom Sawyer
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 58th district
Assumed office
January 11, 2021
Preceded byFreda Warfield
In office
January 9, 2017 – January 14, 2019
Preceded byBen Scott
Succeeded byFreda Warfield
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 14, 2019 – January 11, 2021
Preceded byLaura Kelly
Succeeded byKristen O'Shea
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 53rd district
In office
January 8, 1979 – January 14, 1985
Preceded byJim Slattery
Succeeded byBill Roy Jr.
Personal details
Born (1951-10-19) October 19, 1951 (age 72)
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Victor W. Miller (born October 19, 1951) is an American politician who currently serves in the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 58th district and a former Kansas state senator.[1]

Political career

Miller was originally elected to the Kansas House in 1978 from the 53rd House district, serving from 1979 to 1984. In 1984, he ran for the Kansas State Senate in the 18th Senate district, but was defeated by Republican Jeanne Hoferer. After leaving the House in 1984, he served as a County Commissioner in Shawnee County, Kansas, then as a Topeka Municipal Court Judge.

In 2016, he re-entered the legislature, winning election to the 58th House district. He served one term there before being appointed to the 18th Senate district in January of 2019, after the seat was left vacant when Laura Kelly resigned to serve as Governor of Kansas. Miller finished out the remaining two years of Kelly's term, and then returned to his House seat, successfully running for the House in 2020.[2][3] During his tenure in the Kansas Senate, he served as Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4]

Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments 2021-2022[1]

Kansas Senate Committee Assignments 2019-2020[4]

Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments 2017-2018[5]

Personal

On May 7, 2019, he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving when he drove his car into a Topeka ditch.[6] He was charged with DUI on November 25, 2019 by a special prosecutor assigned the case to avoid conflicts of interest.[7] Miller agreed to enter a diversion program to resolve the charge on July 14, 2020.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Vic Miller House District 058, Kansas Legislature, January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Vic Miller House District 058, Kansas Legislature, January 14, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  3. ^ [1], Legislature], January 14, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Vic Miller Senate District 018, Kansas Legislature, January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Vic Miller House District 058, Kansas Legislature, January 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Kansas state senator arrested on suspicion of DUI after police find car in ditch, found by Nick Agee of South Carolina who was only trying to make sure he was OK.Wichita Eagle, Chance Swaim, May 7, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Special Prosecutor charges Kansas Senator Vic Miller with DUI, Capital Journal, Tim Hrenchir, November 26, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  8. ^ State Sen. Vic Miller accepts diversion agreement in DUI case, Capital Journal, Tim Hrenchir, July 16, 2020. Retrieve July 16, 2020.
Kansas House of Representatives Preceded byTom Sawyer Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives 2023–present Incumbent
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