Representative, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 95, 1987-1998; 2003-2009; 2012-present

Minority Leader, Kansas State House of Representatives, 2019-2023

Candidate, Kansas State House of Representatives, District 95, 2022

Former House Minority Party Leader, 1993-1998

Candidate, Governor of Kansas, 1998

Former Majority Leader, Kansas State House of Representatives, 1991-1992

Majority Whip, Kansas State House of Representatives, 1990

Sedgwick County Clerk, 1984-1985

Member, Financial Institutions and Pensions Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations

Member, Legislative Post Audit Committee

Ranking Minority Member, Taxation Committee

Member, State Finance and Legislative Coordinating Council, Kansas State House of Representatives, present

Former Member, Appropriations Committee

Former Member, Council of State Governments Governing Board

Former Ranking Minority Member, Elections Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, House Elections & Ethics Committee

Former Vice Chair, House Rules and Journal Committee

Former Member, Joint Committee on State and Tribal Relations

Former Member, Legislative Coordinating Council, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Legislative Post-Audit Committee

Former Vice Chair, Rules and Journal Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Special Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government, Kansas State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Special Select Committee on Contested Elections

Former Ranking Minority Member, Taxation Committee, Kansas State House of Representatives

Owner, Tom Sawyer Accounting Services, 1985-present

Owner, Austicle Lawn Mowing

Chief Deputy Company Clerk/Administrative Assistant, Sedgwick Company, 1979-1985

Administrative Assistant, Sedgewick Company Clerk, 1978-1979

Member, Kansas State Parole Board, State of Kansas, 2009-present

Member, Democratic State Committee, 1978-present

Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, present

Member, City of Wichita Human Resources Board

Member, Committee to choose a New President for Wichita State University

Member, Council of State Governments

Chair, Fourth District Democratic Party

Member, National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO)

Member, National Conference of State Legislators

Chair, Sedgwick County Legislative Delegation

Member, United Methodist Urban Ministries Board of Directors

Member, West Side United Methodist Church

Member, Visioneering Wichita Committee Task Force, 2004

State Chair, Kansas State Democratic Party, 1991,2001

Former Member, American Diabetes Association Legislative Committee, 1992-1993

Member, Citizen Participation Organization Council Member, 1979-1987

State President, Kansas Young Democrats, 1984-1985

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1980

Awards:

Outstanding Young American 1982