# Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 95.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 95
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e6ca4faa-17ec-4256-9265-fbba8afcbb0e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6ca4faa-17ec-4256-9265-fbba8afcbb0e (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

18% of Sawyer’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

11 classified statements: 11 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 | Sawyer | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 756 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 198 donors and 578 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 15 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 4.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 93 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 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 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/
- HCR 5030: Urging Congress to enact immigration reform. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HCR5030/
- 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/
- 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 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 $1,063 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 18% 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.

- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/2064191453258035685
- 2025-12-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/2006401139265114567
- 2025-12-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/2001111620039135629
- 2025-11-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/1990135501869711521
- 2025-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/1972215199995515014
- 2025-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/1965902915748630533
- 2025-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/1951471946002211042
- 2025-04-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/1907466118564073811
- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/1905106399962488905
- 2025-01-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTomSawyer/status/1881436115590344712

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_sawyer_tom_1/
- X: https://x.com/RepTomSawyer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rep.TomSawyer
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-sawyer-b99b9617/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e6ca4faa-17ec-4256-9265-fbba8afcbb0e