# Kirk Haskins

Kirk Haskins is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 53.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 53
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a81f29c0-88a5-4984-a36e-214eddb912fb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a81f29c0-88a5-4984-a36e-214eddb912fb (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

Haskins sits at −0.41 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State House Democrats.

## What Haskins says (KS 2025–26 session)

69 classified statements: 69 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Haskins | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.9% | 2.5% | 211 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 17.4% | 10.4% | 164 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 26.1% | 39.2% | 575 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.3% | 2.9% | 173 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 4.3% | 14.4% | 579 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 39% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 33% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 11% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Economics and Public Finance 5.6% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 190 donors and 187 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 19 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 100 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 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 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 2692: Establishing standards of conduct for agents of the United States immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) prohibiting facial covering of agents, requiring… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2692/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,131 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-04-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2040142691116241115
- 2026-03-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2037652064277250336
- 2026-03-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2035801379768336466
- 2026-03-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2035801381328548057
- 2026-03-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2035020595113476280
- 2026-03-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2035110919529734644
- 2026-03-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2033360908093685802
- 2026-03-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2033360912933867989
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2030769979419668860
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/haskinsforks/status/2030769984981336206

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_haskins_kirk_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.haskinsforkansas.com/about
- X: https://x.com/haskinsforks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haskinsforkansas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haskinsforkansas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkhaskins/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a81f29c0-88a5-4984-a36e-214eddb912fb