# Dinah Sykes

Dinah Sykes is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2018-12-19
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/549c712e-1cc1-4ca7-9ef7-b09bb36d7229

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/549c712e-1cc1-4ca7-9ef7-b09bb36d7229 (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

100% of Sykes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

32 classified statements: 32 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sykes | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 12.5% | 10.3% | 107 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 42.9% | 137 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.1% | 3.4% | 139 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 18.8% | 16.1% | 127 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 25% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 19% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Education 19% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State Senate Democrats 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 799 donors and 589 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 45 bills: 27 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 2.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas Senate 18.3%; rank 34 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 1626: Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2026 regular session of the Legislature. (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1626/
- SR 1736: Strengthening the sister-state relations between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. (introduced, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1736/
- SCR 1622: Providing for the adjournment of the senate and the house of representatives for a period of time during the 2026 regular session of the legislature. (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1622/
- SB 474: Enacting the Kansas short-term, limited duration insurance act; establishing definitions, disclosure, premiums, renewal and underwriting requirements relating… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB474/
- SB 443: Requiring cause for evictions from residential property, modifying the petition and notice requirements for eviction cases and removing the requirement to… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB443/
- SB 442: Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB442/
- SB 444: Authorizing interior inspections of residential property without the consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or if there is probable… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB444/
- SB 423: Requiring certain cost-sharing assistance be applied toward a covered individual's deductible or annual out-of-pocket limit under the individual's health… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB423/
- SR 1724: Commemorating and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1724/
- SB 371: Requiring landlords to offer to sell certain rental properties to the tenants of such properties before offering such properties for sale to the public. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB371/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2026-06-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2064034650100568231
- 2026-06-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2063062040109887926
- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2061973542174867585
- 2026-06-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2061485453207863799
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2060462090783997984
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2059648366179463488
- 2026-05-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2059318580571775337
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2058977851487953195
- 2026-05-22 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/2057848125679612352
- 2025-03-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/dinah_sykes/status/1906012221861417389

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/sen_sykes_dinah_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.dinahsykes.com/
- X: https://x.com/dinah_sykes
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sykes4ks

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/549c712e-1cc1-4ca7-9ef7-b09bb36d7229