| Bob Lyon | |
| Order1: | Member of the Kansas State Senate from the 3rd District |
| Term Start1: | 2001 |
| Term End1: | 2004 |
| Predecessor1: | Donald Biggs |
| Successor1: | Roger Pine |
| Birth Date: | March 24, 1955[1] |
| Birth Place: | Oak Park, Illinois |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Rita Lyon |
| Children: | 3 daughters |
| Residence: | Winchester, Kansas |
| Alma Mater: | University of Virginia, George Washington University |
Bob Lyon (born March 24, 1955), an American politician, is a former Kansas State Senator from the city of Winchester. A civil engineer, Lyon is a graduate of the University of Virginia and George Washington University.[2]
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,[3] and he beat Democratic nominee Mike Gibbens by somewhat more than 1,500 votes in the general election.[4] In his term in the Senate, he served on four committees:
He served a single four-year term, declining to run for reelection and being succeeded by Roger Pine in 2005.[5]
With his wife Rita, Lyon has three daughters. He is an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, serving on the session of the denomination's Winchester congregation.[6]