# Dale Helwig

Dale Helwig is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 1
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9972db5e-e19b-48ab-9d3a-10983c96fc5c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9972db5e-e19b-48ab-9d3a-10983c96fc5c (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

Helwig reported $250 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.10), from 25 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.7% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 10 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 38 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/
- 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/
- HB 2599: Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal property sold each calendar year and from local… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2599/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $250 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/rep_helwig_dale_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.dalehelwigforkansas.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dalehelwigforkansas/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9972db5e-e19b-48ab-9d3a-10983c96fc5c