# Jo Ella Hoye

Jo Ella Hoye is a Democratic member of the Kansas House for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kansas House, district 17
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: KS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f66696d0-6a3c-4b91-9f41-ed016e74d4ef

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f66696d0-6a3c-4b91-9f41-ed016e74d4ef (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

The policy areas Hoye talks about and legislates on agree at 0.28 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

507 classified statements: 507 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 | Hoye | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.5% | 2.5% | 102 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 16.6% | 10.4% | 180 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 39.5% | 39.2% | 393 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 2.9% | 488 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.6% | 14.4% | 663 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.8% | 1.0% | 76 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 40% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.02), from 2,478 donors and 491 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (KS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 16 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 7.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Kansas House 13.7%; rank 87 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 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 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 2656: Establishing the no kid hungry in schools program to reimburse school districts for the cost of providing certain meals to students attending public school. (in committee, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2656/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,380 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 75% 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2113286012986093625
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2112206849957155198
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2112238110285168737
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2112245757453459514
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2112249453440892974
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2111841447037264168
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2110909555932594356
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2111090553051824588
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2111184075411030326
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joellahoye/status/2111188198244176044

## Links

- Official site: https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/members/rep_hoye_jo_ella_1/
- Campaign site: https://joellaforkansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/joellahoye
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jo.hoye
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joellahoye/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f66696d0-6a3c-4b91-9f41-ed016e74d4ef