Vic Miller Explained

Vic Miller
Office:Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives
Term Start:January 9, 2023
Predecessor:Tom Sawyer
State House1:Kansas
District1:58th
Term Start1:January 11, 2021
Predecessor1:Freda Warfield
Term Start2:January 9, 2017
Term End2:January 14, 2019
Predecessor2:Ben Scott
Successor2:Freda Warfield
State Senate3:Kansas
District3:18th
Predecessor3:Laura Kelly
Term Start3:January 14, 2019
Term End3:January 11, 2021
State House4:Kansas
District4:53rd
Term Start4:January 8, 1979
Term End4:January 14, 1985
Preceded4:Jim Slattery
Succeeded4:Bill Roy Jr.
Birth Date:19 October 1951
Birth Place:Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Party:Democratic

Victor W. Miller (born October 19, 1951) is an American politician who currently serves in the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 58th district and a former Kansas state senator.[1]

Political career

Miller was originally elected to the Kansas House in 1978 from the 53rd House district, serving from 1979 to 1984. In 1984, he ran for the Kansas State Senate in the 18th Senate district, but was defeated by Republican Jeanne Hoferer. After leaving the House in 1984, he served as a County Commissioner in Shawnee County, Kansas, then as a Topeka Municipal Court Judge.

In 2016, he re-entered the legislature, winning election to the 58th House district. He served one term there before being appointed to the 18th Senate district in January of 2019, after the seat was left vacant when Laura Kelly resigned to serve as Governor of Kansas. Miller finished out the remaining two years of Kelly's term, and then returned to his House seat, successfully running for the House in 2020.[2] [3] During his tenure in the Kansas Senate, he served as Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4]

Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments 2021-2022[1]

Kansas Senate Committee Assignments 2019-2020[4]

Kansas House of Representatives Committee Assignments 2017-2018[5]

Personal

On May 7, 2019, he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving when he drove his car into a Topeka ditch.[6] He was charged with DUI on November 25, 2019 by a special prosecutor assigned the case to avoid conflicts of interest.[7] Miller agreed to enter a diversion program to resolve the charge on July 14, 2020.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/members/rep_miller_vic_1/ Vic Miller House District 058
  2. http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/members/rep_miller_vic_1/ Vic Miller House District 058
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=L_o7AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Victor+W.+Miller%22+1951+kansas+topeka
  4. http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2020/b2019_20/members/sen_miller_vic_1/ Vic Miller Senate District 018
  5. http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/members/rep_miller_vic_1/ Vic Miller House District 058
  6. https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article230132874.html Kansas state senator arrested on suspicion of DUI after police find car in ditch
  7. https://www.cjonline.com/news/20191126/special-prosecutor-charges-kansas-sen-vic-miller-with-dui Special Prosecutor charges Kansas Senator Vic Miller with DUI
  8. https://www.cjonline.com/news/20200716/state-sen-vic-miller-accepts-diversion-agreement-in-dui-case State Sen. Vic Miller accepts diversion agreement in DUI case