David Haley

David B. Haley (born October 29, 1958) is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 4th district (Kansas City, Kansas / eastern Wyandotte County) since 2001. From 1995 to 2001, he was a Kansas Representative. He ran unsuccessfully for Kansas Secretary of State in 2002 and 2006.

Haley (by 2023), became the longest-serving member currently in the Kansas Senate. As of February, 2025, he remains in office.

He is the son of politician George W. Haley and nephew of Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley.

Early life and education Haley was raised in Wyandotte County, Kansas (part of metropolitan Kansas City, Kansas). Haley's father, George W. Haley, was one of Kansas' first African-American state legislators—the first African-American ever elected to the Kansas Senate—and in the 1990s and early 2000s, the U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia. His mother, Doris, was a schoolteacher. Haley's uncle was Pulitzer Prize winner, Alex Haley (author of the influential African-American historical novel Roots and its associated historic TV mini-series, and co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X).

Issue positions Haley has advocated for criminal justice reforms (including abolition of the death penalty), the legalization of marijuana, and constantly urged increased investment in eastern Wyandotte County.