# Cindy Neighbor

Cindy Neighbor is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 18
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eafd24b5-d096-4fa0-92c4-3b4ced58c40f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eafd24b5-d096-4fa0-92c4-3b4ced58c40f (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

0% of Neighbor’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

3 classified statements: 3 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 | Neighbor | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 33.3% | 39.2% | 481 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 100% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 0% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.02), from 72 donors and 572 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 14 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 8.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 86 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 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 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 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/
- HB 2597: Establishing a right to paid sick leave for Kansas employees and setting forth minimum requirements and rules for the provision of such sick leave. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2597/
- 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/
- HB 2436: Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical… (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2436/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,600 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% 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.

- 2025-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/cindy_neighbor/status/1962553892983484868
- 2025-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/cindy_neighbor/status/1933908057710588062
- 2025-05-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cindy_neighbor/status/1927113822298398970

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_neighbor_cindy_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.cindyneighbor.com/
- X: https://x.com/cindy_neighbor
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cindy.neighbor
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-neighbor-54117496/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eafd24b5-d096-4fa0-92c4-3b4ced58c40f