Tim Owens (born 1945) is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 8th district from 2008 to 2012.
Senator Owens made national news as a leading liberal-Republican in the Kansas Senate, blocking the state's Health Care Freedom Amendment, an effort to push back parts of the Affordable Care Act.
In 2018, Owens was the campaign treasurer for Kansas independent candidate Greg Orman, but he stepped down on October 30, after conceding that only moderate democrat Laura Kelly could beat anti-immigrant Republican Kris Kobach.
Running for an open senate seat, Owens defeated fellow House member Benjamin Hodge in the Republican primary and Democrat Judy Macy in the general election.
In the 2012 Republican primary, Owens lost to former Johnson county Sheriff, Jim Denning, who won the general election.