title: Mike Burgess (Kansas politician)
text: # Mike Burgess (Kansas politician)
  
  Michael Brooks Burgess (November 19, 1975) is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 51st district. He has served from 2003 to 2013.
  
  Burgess, who works as a web developer, has a BA in Journalism/Mass Communication from Kansas State University.
  
  He is a board member of the Shawnee County Fair Association and past chair of the Public Relations Society of America Technology Section.
  
  ## Committee and caucus membership
  
  * Energy and Utilities
  * Transportation
  * Government Efficiency and Fiscal Oversight (Vice-Chair)
  * Joint Committee on Information Technology
  * Congressional Motorcycle Safety Caucus
  
  ## Major donors
  
  The top 5 donors to Burgess' 2008 campaign are mostly professional organizations:
  
  * 1. Kansas Contractors Assoc $1,000
  * 2. AT&T $500
  * 3. Kansas Medical Society $500
  * 4. Northeast Kansas Building & Construction Trades Council $500
  * 5. Lewis, John G $500
  