# Francis Awerkamp

Francis Awerkamp is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 61.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 61
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aa7fa5a0-596b-4f52-9af5-732b76f875e9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa7fa5a0-596b-4f52-9af5-732b76f875e9 (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

27% of the 11 bills Awerkamp sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Kansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 2 donors and 573 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 5 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 7 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 6018: Recognizing March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day. (introduced, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6018/
- 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 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/
- HCR 5006: Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5006/
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (became law, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2029/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,250 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_awerkamp_francis_1/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrancisMAwerkamp

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa7fa5a0-596b-4f52-9af5-732b76f875e9