# Oletha Faust-Goudeau

Oletha Faust-Goudeau is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate for district 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2009-01-03
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9f48288b-b1a9-43a1-884b-5cc2abfa4e4f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f48288b-b1a9-43a1-884b-5cc2abfa4e4f (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 Faust-Goudeau’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 32 donors and 555 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 9 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas Senate 18.3%; rank 33 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 1733: Recognizing the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation, and the international… (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1733/
- SB 466: Providing tenants with relief from use by landlords of old eviction or rental arrears records to deny housing. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB466/
- SR 1725: Recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community… (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1725/
- SB 302: Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB302/
- SR 1717: Denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025. (introduced, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1717/
- SR 1715: Recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the capitol. (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1715/
- SR 1714: Recognizing the members of the Kansas Task Force 1 for their outstanding efforts as responders during Hurricanes Helene and Milton. (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1714/
- SR 1713: recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community… (introduced, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1713/
- SCR 1614: Urging the United States Congress to increase the penalties for violations of federal immigration laws and the United States Immigration and Customs… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1614/
- SR 1711: Honoring Michael Young for his outstanding work and contribution to our state as a talented artist and proud Kansas native. (introduced, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1711/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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/sen_faust_goudeau_oletha_1/
- Campaign site: https://oletha.org/
- X: https://x.com/oletha29
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oletha.faustgoudeau.7
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oletha-faust-goudeau-71b70b19/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f48288b-b1a9-43a1-884b-5cc2abfa4e4f