# Fred Gardner

Fred Gardner is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 9
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3ebdf5bf-c602-4181-914d-fd63b564ea2b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ebdf5bf-c602-4181-914d-fd63b564ea2b (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

Gardner reported $600 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.03), from 22 donors and 191 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 13 bills: 3 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 15.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 57 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 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/
- HR 6018: Recognizing March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day. (introduced, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6018/
- HR 6015: Supporting Irish-Kansas trade partnership. (introduced, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6015/
- 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/
- HR 6010: Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. (introduced, 2025-03-07) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6010/
- HR 6011: Recognizing August 22 as Antique Tractor Preservation Day. (introduced, 2025-03-07) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6011/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $600 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_gardner_fred_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.gardnerforkansas.com/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ebdf5bf-c602-4181-914d-fd63b564ea2b