# Tom Kessler

Tom Kessler is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 96.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 96
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9cef565d-6e73-4090-80bc-a752310efc4c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9cef565d-6e73-4090-80bc-a752310efc4c (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 Kessler’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 20 donors and 451 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 14 bills: 6 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 14.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 63 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/
- 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/
- HR 6015: Supporting Irish-Kansas trade partnership. (introduced, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6015/
- HR 6016: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6016/
- HR 6010: Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. (introduced, 2025-03-07) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6010/
- HR 6011: Recognizing August 22 as Antique Tractor Preservation Day. (introduced, 2025-03-07) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6011/
- HR 6008: Supporting the Kansas Air National Guard's 190th Air Refueling Wing on being a recipient finalist for a KC-46A Pegasus mission and accompanying aircraft. (introduced, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6008/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,850 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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_kessler_tom_1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.kessler.75

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9cef565d-6e73-4090-80bc-a752310efc4c