# Bob Lyon

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Other people|Bob Lyon|Robert Lyon (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Bob Lyon
| order1       = Member of the [Kansas State Senate](/source/Kansas_State_Senate) from the 3rd District
| term_start1  = 2001
| term_end1    = 2004
| predecessor1 = [Donald Biggs](/source/Donald_Biggs)
| successor1   = [Roger Pine](/source/Roger_Pine)
| image        = Senator Bob Lyon of Kansas.jpg
| image_size   = 200px
| birth_date   = March 24, 1955<ref name="kslib">{{cite web |url=https://kslib.info/BusinessDirectoryii.aspx?ysnShowAll=0&lngNewPage=0&txtLetter=&txtZipCode=&txtCity=&txtState=&txtBusinessName=Lyon%2C+Bob&lngBusinessCategoryID=0&txtCustomField1=&txtCustomField2=&txtCustomField3=&txtCustomField4=&txtAreaCode= |title=Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Lyon, Bob |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=kslib.info |publisher=State Library of Kansas |access-date=October 31, 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place  = [Oak Park, Illinois](/source/Oak_Park%2C_Illinois)
| death_date   =
| death_place  = 
| party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| spouse       = Rita Lyon
| children     = 3 daughters
| alma_mater   = [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia), [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University) 
}}
'''Bob Lyon''' (born March 24, 1955), an American politician, is a former [Kansas State Senator](/source/Kansas_Senate) from the city of [Winchester](/source/Winchester%2C_Kansas). A [civil engineer](/source/civil_engineer), Lyon is a graduate of the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) and [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University).<ref name=Republicans>[http://www.kssenategop.org/senators/lyon.shtml Kansas Senate Republicans] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808050719/http://www.kssenategop.org/senators/lyon.shtml |date=2007-08-08 }}, [Kansas Republican Party](/source/Kansas_Republican_Party), 2004. Accessed 2007-08-20.</ref>

A [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), Lyon was elected to the [Third District](/source/Kansas's_3rd_Senate_district) seat of the Kansas Senate in 2000.<ref name=Republicans /> He defeated two [Leavenworth](/source/Leavenworth%2C_Kansas) residents to win the Republican nomination,<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20000731/ai_n11752709 Loads of candidates grace area ballots], ''[The Topeka Capital-Journal](/source/The_Topeka_Capital-Journal)'', 2000-07-31. Accessed 2008-08-31.</ref> and he beat [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nominee Mike Gibbens by somewhat more than 1,500 votes in the general election.<ref>[http://www.kssos.org/elections/elmpast/2kgwin1.html 2000 Kansas Official General Election Results], [Secretary of State of Kansas](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Kansas), 2000. Accessed 2008-08-31.</ref> In his term in the Senate, he served on four committees:<ref name=Republicans />
*Federal and State Affairs (of which he was the vice chairman)
*Joint Legislative Educational Planning
*Transportation
*Utilities
He served a single four-year term, declining to run for reelection and being succeeded by [Roger Pine](/source/Roger_Pine) in 2005.<ref>[http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=2357 Kansas Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824050525/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=2357 |date=2007-08-24 }}, [Kansas Senate](/source/Kansas_Senate), 2007. Accessed 2007-08-20.</ref>

With his wife Rita, Lyon has three daughters. He is an [elder](/source/Presbyterian_polity) in the [Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America](/source/Reformed_Presbyterian_Church_of_North_America),<ref name=Republicans /> serving on the session of the denomination's Winchester congregation.<ref>''Minutes of the Synod and Yearbook of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 2007''. [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania): Crown & Covenant, 2008, p. 189.</ref>

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