# Dan Osman

Dan Osman is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 48.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 48
- Serving since: 2021-08-02
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d9b94e4b-d2b0-4139-8135-cba9ff03e8b7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9b94e4b-d2b0-4139-8135-cba9ff03e8b7 (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

The policy areas Osman talks about and legislates on agree at 0.10 on a 0–1 scale, the lowest of 503 State House Democrats.

## What Osman says (KS 2025–26 session)

69 classified statements: 69 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 | Osman | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.9% | 2.5% | 211 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 21.7% | 10.4% | 104 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 39.1% | 39.2% | 399 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 2.9% | 14.4% | 626 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.0% | 167 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 42% (State House Democrats 15%); Law 23% (State House Democrats 2.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 12% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.03), from 376 donors and 312 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 23 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 3.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 101 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 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 2689: Enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state, establishing the Kansas tri-share… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2689/
- HB 2656: Establishing the no kid hungry in schools program to reimburse school districts for the cost of providing certain meals to students attending public school. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2656/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,181 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% 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.

- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2095538999339241604
- 2026-07-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2082824485355336170
- 2026-07-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2078134495417418211
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2075996538942243028
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2075997065776075080
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2060428956235370796
- 2026-05-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2054662880868417693
- 2026-04-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2048867843777638677
- 2026-04-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2043019651026649360
- 2026-04-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Dan4Kan/status/2042664529037783077

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_osman_dan_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.danforkan.com/
- X: https://x.com/Dan4Kan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/osmanforop/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmandan/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9b94e4b-d2b0-4139-8135-cba9ff03e8b7