# Henry Helgerson

Henry Helgerson is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 83.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 83
- Serving since: 2016-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d951217c-00c1-4957-842b-02ecf79ee70d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d951217c-00c1-4957-842b-02ecf79ee70d (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

Helgerson reported $700 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.26 (standard error 0.01), from 21 donors and 575 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 5 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 85 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 5034: Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas by revising article 11 by establishing the freedom from taxes fund, establishing the Kansas… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5034/
- 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/
- 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/
- HB 2298: Transferring $1,000,000,000 from the budget stabilization fund to the liability reduction fund of KPERS, using a portion of the interest earnings of the… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2298/
- HB 2296: Requiring that certain health insurance plans impose a no-cost sharing requirement for a diagnostic or supplemental breast cancer examination for breast… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2296/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $700 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_helgerson_henry_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.rephenryhelgerson.com/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d951217c-00c1-4957-842b-02ecf79ee70d