About Kyle

THE HOFFMANS

Kyle with his wife, Kristi, and two daughters, Anna and Abigail live south of Coldwater on the family farm he manage along with his father. A 1990 graduate of Coldwater High School, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in Agriculture Technology and Management from Kansas State University in 1994.

After college he became involved in Farm Bureau at the local level, and served as chairman for Comanche County Farm Bureau for several years. He also taught marketing through the Farm Bureau Market Mentors program in the late 1990's.

He was a member of the Comanche County Conservation District Board for 21 years, serving as chairman for nine of those years. He represented a 24 county area as Area II Director on the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts (KACD) board for three years. Before becoming a KACD Director, he was the chairman of the KACD Finance and Development Committee, and a member of the State Technical Committee representing KACD.

Kyle is a member of the Medicine Lodge Lion's Club and a founding board member of the Chief Community Theater, and volunteers at the theatre as time permits. He served as a Director on the Pratt Community College Foundation Board for six years and continues to be a strong advocate for community colleges in Kansas.  He and his wife also served in the past as Fellowship of Christian Athletes sponsors at Coldwater High School and later South Central High School for 10 years starting in 1996.  Kyle & Kristi are members of the Coldwater Assembly of God Church, where he serves as the treasurer.

Kyle has been a member of the Kansas House of Representatives since being elected in 2010. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, the K-12 Budget Committee, and the Joint Committee on Information Technology and a member of the Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee.  Kyle represents Kansas on the multi-state Energy Council and served as Chairman of the council in 2018-2019.  He is the past Chairman of the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee as well as the House Agriculture Budget Committee.  In 2013 and 2014, Kyle served as the House Majority Caucus Chair.

A fiscal and social conservative, Hoffman believes government growth and taxes should be held to a minimum in order to create business growth and state prosperity while still funding necessary services that only government can provide. Kyle is a firm believer in private industry and convinced that the government can't tax and spend the state to prosperity. Kyle understands the importance and value of both providing a strong public education system and complete parental choice in education. As a strong pro-life supporter, Kyle believes that life begins at conception. A life member of the NRA, he believes Kansan's should have the right to bear arms as stated in the second amendment and maintains a strong commitment to the rights of Kansas gun owners.