# Stephanie Sawyer-Clayton

Stephanie Sawyer-Clayton is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 19
- Serving since: 2018-12-19
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6c410bc7-76fd-4488-aca4-5158a5a55d70

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c410bc7-76fd-4488-aca4-5158a5a55d70 (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 Sawyer-Clayton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## What Sawyer-Clayton says (KS 2025–26 session)

1,832 classified statements: 1,832 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sawyer-Clayton | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.3% | 2.5% | 303 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 17.3% | 10.4% | 165 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 59.3% | 39.2% | 118 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.9% | 2.9% | 381 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 28.1% | 14.4% | 106 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.0% | 303 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 17% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Education 9.5% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 9.3% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.3% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 406 donors and 402 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 34 bills: 26 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 2.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 106 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/
- HCR 5030: Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5030/
- HB 2679: Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2679/
- HB 2707: Modifying the definition of abuse in the protection from abuse act to include certain acts or threats related to pets and specifying that courts may include… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2707/
- HB 2678: Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2678/
- HB 2632: Increasing the household income and appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2632/
- HB 2630: Providing the authority for counties and cities to levy an additional liquor enforcement tax for property tax reduction. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2630/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,570 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2109992586278732149
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2109646697139753214
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2109714279712657910
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2109716338625413415
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2109784270197633498
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2103143280620032432
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2103177177634390164
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2102428847878652133
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2100380254262919566
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/sscjocoks/status/2095601069237686584

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_clayton_stephanie_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.clayton4ks.com/
- X: https://x.com/sscjocoks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clayton4kansas
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-clayton-37b26724

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c410bc7-76fd-4488-aca4-5158a5a55d70