# Blake Carpenter

Blake Carpenter is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 81.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 81
- Serving since: 2022-05-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/38998536-e18f-44bb-8e80-01bfee04e991

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38998536-e18f-44bb-8e80-01bfee04e991 (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

Carpenter reported $150 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Carpenter | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 100.0% | 9.3% | 1 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 31.9% | 2 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 100% (State House Republicans 18%); Law 100% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.05), from 76 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 7 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 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 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 6045: Providing for a session of the House of Representatives to hear a message from Ambassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6045/
- 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 6041: Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawk Theatre. (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6041/
- 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/
- HB 2670: Prohibiting video streaming services from transmitting commercial advertisements with the audio louder than that of the main video streaming content in which… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2670/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $150 (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.

- 2026-07-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/carpenter4ks/status/2076705814015008784

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_carpenter_blake_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.carpenterforkansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/carpenter4ks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakecarpenterpolitician
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-carpenter-46178665/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38998536-e18f-44bb-8e80-01bfee04e991