Raj Goyle

Rajeev Kumar Goyle (born June 9, 1975) is a Democratic politician from Kansas, who represented the 87th District in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. He was the 2010 Democratic nominee for Kansas's 4th congressional district.

Early life, education and career

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Goyle and his parents resettled in Wichita, Kansas when he was 9 months old. His parents, Dr. Vimal Goyle and Dr. Krishan Goyle, immigrated to the United States from the rural areas of Bathinda, India in 1971. His mother is an obstetrician and gynecologist and his father is a cardiologist who operates the Goyle Clinic in Wichita. When he was 15, Goyle was an organizer in a community-wide recycling program that removed hundreds of pounds of garbage from the county landfill and led to a cleanup of the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita. As a reporter for the Wichita Eagle, he worked with U.S.D. 259 to produce the annual ‘back-to-school’ issue and wrote a column on each high school in the city. At Wichita Collegiate School, he was active in sports, debate, and newspaper, and graduated as both valedictorian and student body president. He also interned on the Clinton/Gore presidential campaign in 1996.