# Rui Xu

Rui Xu is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 25.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 25
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c4495c7d-3d3a-4651-9c8b-e3c975c0b84c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c4495c7d-3d3a-4651-9c8b-e3c975c0b84c (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

Xu reported $1,380 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## What Xu says (KS 2025–26 session)

570 classified statements: 570 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 | Xu | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.9% | 2.5% | 332 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.7% | 10.4% | 292 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 20.7% | 39.2% | 626 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 2.9% | 337 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.6% | 14.4% | 662 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.0% | 282 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 22% (State House Democrats 11%); Taxation 20% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Housing and Community Development 14% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Health 8.5% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.02), from 835 donors and 593 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 27 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 105 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/
- HCR 5030: Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5030/
- HB 2679: Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2679/
- 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/
- HR 6028: A RESOLUTION condemning the violent, aggressive, and hostile presence of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6028/
- HB 2678: Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2678/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,380 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 77% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2114360302485807489
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113442416313217047
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113448977563586692
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113608998561710309
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113609044128932105
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113617904692531222
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113619308517736697
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113675248097017904
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2113311814477840425
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ruixuks/status/2112523796968362367

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_xu_rui_1/
- X: https://x.com/ruixuks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruixuks/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruixuks/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rui-xu-209a1328/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c4495c7d-3d3a-4651-9c8b-e3c975c0b84c