# Susan Estes

Susan Estes is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 87.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 87
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/075f264c-efcf-408f-baf8-b3f9306bae36

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/075f264c-efcf-408f-baf8-b3f9306bae36 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Estes sits at +0.18 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 77% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 469 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 12.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 73 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 6046: Honoring and supporting United States veterans who served in Honduras between 1981 and 1992. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6046/
- HR 6043: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Melody McCray-Miller. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6043/
- HR 6044: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Harold Lane. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6044/
- HR 6042: Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6042/
- HR 6040: Commemorating the life and service of Representative John Resman. (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6040/
- HR 6034: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6034/
- HCR 5034: Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas by revising article 11 by establishing the freedom from taxes fund, establishing the Kansas… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5034/
- HR 6022: Congratulating and commending the members of the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year team. (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6022/
- HR 6018: Recognizing March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day. (introduced, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6018/
- HR 6016: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6016/

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_estes_susan_2/
- X: https://x.com/polpun
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SusanOliverEstes

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/075f264c-efcf-408f-baf8-b3f9306bae36