{{Short description|American politician (born 1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jeff Pittman | state_senate = Kansas | district = 5th | term_start = January 11, 2021 | term_end = January 13, 2025 | predecessor = Kevin Braun | successor = Jeff Klemp | state_house1 = Kansas | district1 = 41st | term_start1 = January 9, 2017<ref name="ballotpedia">{{cite web |title=Jeff Pittman (Kansas) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Pittman_(Kansas) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> | term_end1 = January 11, 2021 | predecessor1 = Tony Barton | successor1 = Pat Proctor | party = Democratic | birth_name = Jeffrey Thomas Pittman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|03|03}} | birth_place = Leavenworth, Kansas<ref name="ballotpedia" /> | spouse = Holly<ref name="votesmart">{{cite web |title=Jeff Pittman's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/171873/jeff-pittman |website=Vote Smart |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> | children = 3<ref name="votesmart" /> | alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />Oxford University<ref name="ballotpedia" /> }}
'''Jeffrey Thomas Pittman''' (born 1971) is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 41st district from 2017 to 2021, and of the Kansas Senate, representing the 5th district from 2021 to 2025.<ref name="ballotpedia" />
== Political career ==
Pittman was elected to represent District 41 in the Kansas House of Representatives in 2016, defeating incumbent Tony Barton. He was re-elected in 2018, again defeating Barton.<ref name="ballotpedia" />
Pittman defeated incumbent Republican Kevin Braun in the 2020 election to represent District 5 in the Kansas Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/04/democrats-appear-to-fall-short-in-breaking-gop-supermajority/114687024/|title = Democrats appear to fall short in breaking GOP supermajority}}</ref> He narrowly lost his bid for re-election in 2024 to Republican Jeff Klemp.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sunflowerstatejournal.com/klemp-emerges-victorious-in-narrow-senate-district-5-race/|title=Klemp emerges victorious in narrow Senate District 5 race|work=Sunflower State Journal|date=November 15, 2024}}</ref>
=== Electoral record === {{update|date=February 2021}} {{Election box begin no change|title=2016 general election: Kansas House of Representatives, District 41<ref name="ballotpedia" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jeff Pittman|votes=3,433|percentage=55.00%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Tony Barton|votes=2,809|percentage=45.00%}} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2018 general election: Kansas House of Representatives, District 41<ref name="ballotpedia" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jeff Pittman|votes=3,037|percentage=57.4%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Tony Barton|votes=2,256|percentage=42.6%}} {{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2020 general election: Kansas State Senate District 5<ref name="ballotpedia" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (US)|candidate=Jeff Pittman|votes=16,753|percentage=53.1%}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Kevin Braun (incumbent)|votes=14,818|percentage=46.9%}} {{Election box end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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