# Ken Rahjes

Ken Rahjes is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 110.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 110
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/782cdea1-59a1-4930-8126-ffd1264420f9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/782cdea1-59a1-4930-8126-ffd1264420f9 (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

Rahjes sits at +0.14 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 82% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 585 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 6 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 84 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 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 5033: Ratifying and providing for the continuation of the state of disaster emergency declaration issued on February 24, 2026, for certain counties. (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5033/
- 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/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.5K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 83% 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_rahjes_ken_1/
- Campaign site: https://kenforkansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/kenrahjes
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenrahjes
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-rahjes-0491229/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/782cdea1-59a1-4930-8126-ffd1264420f9