# Dan Hawkins

Dan Hawkins is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 100.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 100
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/26eb8f32-d499-4b8b-82c6-8fef014633a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26eb8f32-d499-4b8b-82c6-8fef014633a3 (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

57% of Hawkins’s statements discuss policy, 1.8 times the State House Republican average of 32%.

## What Hawkins says (KS 2025–26 session)

638 classified statements: 638 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hawkins | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.7% | 2.9% | 332 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 18.3% | 9.3% | 122 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 56.9% | 31.9% | 59 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 1.8% | 298 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 24.9% | 12.7% | 112 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 358 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 21% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 17% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Health 12% (State House Republicans 10%); Finance and Financial Sector 11% (State House Republicans 1.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 178 donors and 598 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 5 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 14.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 59 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 6047: recognizing and honoring Thomas Day. (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6047/
- HCR 5036: Providing for the adjournment of the House of Representatives and the Senate for a period of time. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5036/
- 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 6037: Providing for the assignment of seats in the House of Representatives for the 2026 legislative session. (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6037/
- HR 6034: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6034/
- HCR 5020: Providing for joint sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the purposes of hearing messages from the Governor and the Chief Justice of… (introduced, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5020/
- HR 6020: Providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2026 session of the Legislature. (introduced, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6020/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2114801740038148206
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2114401602945864131
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2113729674417512831
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2113329539233337493
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2112634967263998037
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2112242381613326508
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2111619958979346649
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2111834915767513221
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2111457847867330860
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/danhawkinsks/status/2111564173452935613

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_hawkins_daniel_1/
- Campaign site: https://danhawkinskansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/danhawkinsks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vote4hawkins
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danhawkinsks/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhawkinskansas/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26eb8f32-d499-4b8b-82c6-8fef014633a3