Bob Lyon (born March 24, 1955), an American politician, is a former Kansas State Senator from the city of

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, Lyon is a graduate of the

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, 2004. Accessed 2007-08-20. A Republican, Lyon was elected to the Third District seat of the Kansas Senate in 2000. He defeated two Leavenworth residents to win the Republican nomination, and he beat Democratic nominee Mike Gibbens by somewhat more than 1,500 votes in the general election. In his term in the Senate, he served on four committees: *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 in 2005. With his wife Rita, Lyon has three daughters. He is an elder in the

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, serving on the session of the denomination's Winchester congregation.''Minutes of the Synod and Yearbook of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 2007''.

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: Crown & Covenant, 2008, p. 189.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyon, Bob 1955 births Living people American civil engineers American Presbyterians Republican Party Kansas state senators People from Jefferson County, Kansas Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group) University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni 21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature