# Nikki McDonald

Nikki McDonald is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 49.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 49
- Serving since: 2023-12-20
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7bb01d00-be23-4fb4-ab33-074c2826b69e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7bb01d00-be23-4fb4-ab33-074c2826b69e (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

3.0% of the 33 bills McDonald sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.78 (standard error 0.04), from 1,426 donors and 4 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 20 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 105 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 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/
- HCR 5030: Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5030/
- 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 2629: Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2629/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/rep_mcdonald_nikki_1/
- Campaign site: https://mcdonaldforkansas.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McDonaldForKansas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcdonald_for_kansas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkilmcdonald/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7bb01d00-be23-4fb4-ab33-074c2826b69e