Jim Parrish (born August 25, 1946) is a businessman and former politician from the U.S. state of Kansas.
He married Nancy Buchele and moved to Topeka to attend law school in 1970.
[1] He was re-elected in 1978, but resigned his seat in January 1980 due to business concerns.
During the mid-1980s, Jim Parrish was named chair of the Kansas Democratic Party.
He also worked as a hotelier and commercial property manager and developer, and in 2010 was inducted into the Topeka Business Hall of Fame.