Tony Brown is a former Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 member of the Kansas House of Representatives

Kansas House of Representatives

The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body of the U.S. State of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on...

, who represented the 10th district. He served from 2009 - 2011. Brown ran for re-election in 2010, but was defeated by Republican TerriLois Gregory.

Prior to his election to the House, Brown served on the Baldwin City

Baldwin City, Kansas

Baldwin City is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States about south of Lawrence and west of Gardner. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,515. It is part of the Lawrence, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...

City Council from 2004-2008. He received Master's and Doctoral degrees from Vanderbilt University, and has worked as a professor at Baker University.

A member of the local Chamber of Commerce and Lions club, Brown lives in Baldwin City with his wife Becky and daughter Halley.

Major donors

The top 5 donors to Brown's 2008 campaign:

• 1. Brown, Tony $51,644
• 2. Kansas Democratic Party $26,500
• 3. Kansas National Education Assoc $1,000
• 4. Kansas AFL $500
• 5. Kansas Trial Lawyers Assoc $500

External links

• Official Campaign Site
• Kansas Legislature - Tony Brown
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Kansas Votes profile
• Follow the Money campaign contributions:
  • 2008