Bill Otto is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Kansas House of Representatives

Kansas House of Representatives

The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kansas Legislature, the legislative body 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 crafting and voting on...

, representing the 9th district. He has been serving since 2005.

Prior to his election to the House, Otto served on the Southern Coffey County Site Council (2003-2006), LeRoy City Council (2002-2004), Unified School District 245 Site Council (2000-2003), and the Unified School District 247 Cherokee (1984).

Receiving both his bachelors and masters degrees from Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg State University, also called Pitt State or PSU, is a public university with approximately 7,100 students located in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. A large percentage of the student population consists of residents within the Pittsburg region; the gender proportion is relatively equal...

, Otto served as Principal at Central Heights Elementary (1976-1978) and McCune High School (1978-79). He also worked as a Performance Accreditation Director for USD 245 (1984-2004).

In 2009, Otto was criticized by a national civil rights organization for a video he had posted on YouTube, called "RedNeck Rap", in which he criticized Barack Obama while wearing a hat with the words "Opossum: The Other Dark Meat". Otto claimed that the criticism was unfair and that the slogan on his hat was a reference to his "Ozark-American" heritage, not Obama.

Committee membership

• Education
• Health and Human Services
• Elections
• Local Government
• Joint Committee on Children's Issues

Major donors

The top 5 donors to Otto's 2008 campaign were mostly professional associations:

• 1. Kansas Medical Society $1,000
• 2. Union Pacific Railroad $700
• 3. Kansas Dental Assoc $600
• 4. Kansas Contractors Assoc $600
• 5. Lewis, Diana C $500

External links

• Kansas Legislature - Bill Otto
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Kansas Votes profile
• State Surge - Legislative and voting track record
• Follow the Money campaign contributions:
  • 2004, 2006, 2008