# Chris Croft

Chris Croft is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 8
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e0cd5e74-7229-4c04-be9e-aa688868e703

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0cd5e74-7229-4c04-be9e-aa688868e703 (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

Croft sits at +0.19 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 75% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 154 donors and 592 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 6 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 84 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 5036: Providing for the adjournment of the House of Representatives and the Senate for a period of time. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5036/
- HR 6046: Honoring and supporting United States veterans who served in Honduras between 1981 and 1992. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6046/
- 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 6042: Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan. (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6042/
- 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 6037: Providing for the assignment of seats in the House of Representatives for the 2026 legislative session. (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6037/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_croft_chris_1/
- X: https://x.com/croftkansas8
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/croftforkansas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/croftforkansas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-croft/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0cd5e74-7229-4c04-be9e-aa688868e703