# Virgil Weigel

Virgil Weigel is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 56.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 56
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/acb8f24a-aecd-43a5-887c-be8bbf963e3d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acb8f24a-aecd-43a5-887c-be8bbf963e3d (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

Weigel reported $1,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 23 donors and 574 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 9 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 5.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 92 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 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 2629: Increasing the amount of the standard deduction for Kansas income tax purposes. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2629/
- HB 2597: Establishing a right to paid sick leave for Kansas employees and setting forth minimum requirements and rules for the provision of such sick leave. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2597/
- HB 2600: Establishing the Affordable Healthcare for Kansans program to expand medicaid eligibility. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2600/
- HR 6018: Recognizing March 29, 2025, as Vietnam War Veterans Day. (introduced, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6018/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,000 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_weigel_virgil_1/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virgil-weigel-b49215141/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acb8f24a-aecd-43a5-887c-be8bbf963e3d