# Craig Bowser

Craig Bowser is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b4963502-06af-4855-bc95-8db7972d2e04

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b4963502-06af-4855-bc95-8db7972d2e04 (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 Bowser’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.07), from 44 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 14 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 19.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas Senate 18.3%; rank 23 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 1732: Commending Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and acknowledging the patriotic commitment of all Kansas employers who support their employees serving in… (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1732/
- SB 454: Enhancing the criminal penalty for committing certain crimes in the context of transnational repression and requiring the development of transnational… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB454/
- SB 453: Enacting the Kansas critical infrastructure protection act to prohibit access to state critical infrastructure by countries of concern and the acquisition of… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB453/
- SR 1724: Commemorating and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1724/
- SCR 1620: Recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and the threat to national security that such debt poses. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1620/
- SB 352: Creating the bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund and providing definitions, procedures and requirements for abandoned digital assets. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB352/
- SB 310: Regulating the acceptance of cryptocurrency as a form of campaign contribution. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB310/
- SCR 1615: Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SCR1615/
- 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 1719: Honoring the service and sacrifice of Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Danny J. Petersen. (introduced, 2025-04-11) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SR1719/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,300 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/sen_bowser_craig_1/
- Campaign site: https://craigbowser.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craigbowserforsenate

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b4963502-06af-4855-bc95-8db7972d2e04