# Carolyn Caiharr

Carolyn Caiharr is a Republican member of the Kansas House for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Kansas House, district 33
- Serving since: 2025-09-05
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f1e5ad82-52f7-4a6a-b028-40df8a3f929b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1e5ad82-52f7-4a6a-b028-40df8a3f929b (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 Caiharr’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Kansas, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.08), from 33 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 5 bills: 1 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 38 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/
- HB 2444: Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is… (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2444/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1e5ad82-52f7-4a6a-b028-40df8a3f929b