# Samantha Poetter Parshall

Samantha Poetter Parshall is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 6
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/31351496-5fc5-44fc-911f-0e7547a50a72

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/31351496-5fc5-44fc-911f-0e7547a50a72 (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

Parshall has 19 classified statements in the KS 2025–26 session.

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

19 classified statements: 19 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 | Parshall | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 31.6% | 9.3% | 31 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 68.4% | 31.9% | 23 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 15.8% | 12.7% | 272 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 5.3% | 1.4% | 54 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 31% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 23% (State House Republicans 10%); Taxation 23% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 52 donors and 254 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 12 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 80 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 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/
- HB 2659: Requiring that all election audits and recounts be conducted using a hand count of paper ballots. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2659/
- HR 6024: Urging the Kansas Turnpike Authority to waive tolls for vehicles displaying Kansas special license plates related to injury, loss of life or valor in active… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6024/
- HB 2599: Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal property sold each calendar year and from local… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2599/
- HB 2525: Prohibiting the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of advance voting ballots. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2525/
- HB 2503: Repealing the mail ballot election act. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2503/
- HR 6015: Supporting Irish-Kansas trade partnership. (introduced, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6015/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.1K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 94% 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.

- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/2051805025039499664
- 2026-04-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/2044236733550559606
- 2026-02-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/2021393149369909600
- 2026-01-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/2012664634918994253
- 2025-11-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/1993064860167684578
- 2025-10-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/1982973936934563980
- 2025-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/1971382666160427203
- 2025-09-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/1969620414532927643
- 2025-09-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/1966639862162891023
- 2025-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/samanthapoetter/status/1964783695187059176

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_poetter_samantha_1/
- Campaign site: https://samantha4kansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/samanthapoetter
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spoetter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samantha.poetter/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-poetter-parshall-84aa08217/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/31351496-5fc5-44fc-911f-0e7547a50a72