Roderick Houston | |
State House: | Kansas |
District: | 89th |
Preceded: | Melody McCray-Miller |
Successor: | KC Ohaebosim |
Term Start: | January 14, 2013 |
Term End: | January 9, 2017 |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1962 |
Birth Place: | Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Patricia |
Profession: | pastor |
Residence: | Wichita |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | Cowley County Community College Wichita State University Kansas Southwest Bible College |
Roderick A. Houston (born June 9, 1962) is an American politician and pastor. He served as a Democratic member for the 89th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.[1] [2] [3] He is a senior pastor at the Mount Olive Tabernacle of Praise Church in Wichita.[4]
As of 2012, he had been a pastor for eight years at the Mount Olive Tabernacle of Praise Church of God. Prior to running for office, he worked for seventeen years at Wichita's school district.[5]
In 2012, he ran to succeed Democratic representative Melody McCray-Miller, where he faced a contested primary.