Ronald W. Ryckman Sr. (born December 16, 1948) is an American politician. He was a
Republican member of the
Kansas House of Representatives
The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature 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 craftin ...
representing the 115th District which includes a southern section of
Dodge City
Dodge City is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. It was named after nearby Fort Dodge, which was named in honor of Grenville Dodge. The city ...
, Ashland, Fowler, Meade, Plains, Copeland, Montezuma, Ensign, Ingalls and Cimarron in southwestern Kansas from 2011 to 2017. Ryckman's first term began in January 2011 when he was elected by precinct people to replace Garrett Love who was elected to the State Senate after defeating former Speaker Melvin Neufeld. Ryckman served in the United States Army from 1970-72 before beginning his twenty-nine-year career as a public school teacher. He served on the Meade School Board from 2009 until elected to the Kansas House.
On March 4, 2021, Ryckman was appointed to the Senate after the death of
Bud Estes.
Committee Memberships
* Judiciary
* Education
* General Government Budget
References
External links
Kansas LegislatureKansas Legislature Standing CommitteesRonald Ryckman Kansas Legislature Member Profiles
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Living people
1948 births
Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
School board members in Kansas
People from Meade County, Kansas
Republican Party Kansas state senators
21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature