Kevin Yoder
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 3rd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Dennis Moore |
| Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 20th district |
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In office 2003–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gerry Ray |
| Succeeded by | Rob Bruchman |
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Kevin Wayne Yoder January 8, 1976 Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Brooke Yoder |
| Residence | Overland Park, Kansas |
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University of Kansas University of Kansas Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Website | House website |
Kevin Wayne Yoder (born January 8, 1976) is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Kansas's 3rd congressional district, since 2011. A Republican, Yoder was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2003 to 2011.
Yoder was born and raised on a grain and livestock farm in Yoder, Kansas, a small farming town outside of Hutchinson. He is the son of Susan Elizabeth Peck (née Alexander) and Wayne E. Yoder. His ancestry includes Northern Irish, German, and English.
Yoder graduated from Hutchinson High School and, in 1999, from the University of Kansas with a dual major in English and Political Science. He served as KU Student Body president, president of the Kansas Union Memorial Corporation Board of Directors, and as a board member of the KU Athletics Corporation. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, served as president, and received the 2012 Order of Achievement award from Lambda Chi Alpha. While at KU, Yoder interned with the Kansas State Legislature. In 2002, he received a law degree from the University of Kansas Law School where he served for two years as Student Bar Association President. Yoder has served on the KU Law School Board of Governors. He was a 2007 graduate of Leadership Kansas.
Yoder worked as a law clerk for Payne and Jones from 2000 to 2001, then as a special assistant in the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Counternarcotics in Washington, D.C., in 2001. He joined Speer and Holliday LLP, a small law firm in Olathe, as an associate and became a partner in 2005. Yoder is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders and the Kansas Bar Association, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Johnson County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Congressional Cement Caucus.
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