# Charlotte Esau

Charlotte Esau is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 14
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e9245d69-ed9f-456c-9c78-01fc5a1f4244

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9245d69-ed9f-456c-9c78-01fc5a1f4244 (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

100% of Esau’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 49 donors and 409 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 22 bills: 9 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 13.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 67 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 6034: Commemorating the life and service of Representative Robert Tomlinson. (introduced, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HR6034/
- HB 2687: Prohibiting any governmental agency from regulating landings, takeoffs or the operation of aquatic aircraft on waters of the state. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2687/
- HB 2670: Prohibiting video streaming services from transmitting commercial advertisements with the audio louder than that of the main video streaming content in which… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2670/
- HB 2637: Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception from such… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2637/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/rep_esau_charlotte_1/
- Campaign site: https://charlotteesau.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KSTermLimits/photos/thank-you-rep-charlotte-esau-district-14-for-signing-the-term-limits-on-congress/1022746266550520/?_rdr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charhoopalotte/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-esau-65b98711/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9245d69-ed9f-456c-9c78-01fc5a1f4244