The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000,its members are responsible for crafting and voting on legislation,helping to create a state budget,and legislative oversight over state agencies. Representatives are elected to two-year terms. The Kansas House of Representatives does not have term limits. The legislative session convenes at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka annually.
Oletha A. Goudeau is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 29th district since 2009—the first African-American woman in the Kansas Senate. Most recently,she is the Senate Assistant Minority Leader.
Cindy Neighbor is a current Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represents the 18th district. She first served from 2003 to 2004 as a Republican,and then served as a Democrat from 2007 to 2011. Neighbor ran for re-election in 2010 and was defeated by Republican John Rubin. Neighbor ran again in 2016 and reclaimed her seat,from Erik Jenkins,the Republican who ran to replace the retiring Rubin.
Daryl D. Metcalfe is an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Metcalfe is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 12th legislative district from 1999 until 2023.
Arlen Herbert Siegfreid was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 15th district from 2003 to 2013 and the 121st district briefly from 2013 until his resignation a few months later.
Kevin Wayne Yoder is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,Yoder was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2003 to 2011. In his 2018 reelection bid,he was defeated by Democrat Sharice Davids by a nine percent margin.
Raymond F. Merrick is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing district 27 from 2013 to 2017. He was elected Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives in December 2012.
Stan S. Frownfelter is an American businessman and former Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 37th district in Wyandotte County. He was first elected in 2006 and took office on January 3,2007. He served as the House Assistant Minority Leader from 2017 to 2019. Until 2020,he had never faced primary opposition.
Tom Burroughs is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 33rd district,and formerly served as the House Minority Leader. A native of Kansas City,Kansas,he has served since 1997.
Owen Donohoe is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 39th district. He served three terms in the Kansas Legislature,from 2006 to 2012,before being elected the same seat again in 2018. Re-elected in 2020,Donohoe is currently in his fifth term.
Connie O'Brien is a Republican and a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 42nd district. A native of Kansas City,Missouri,she served from 2009 to 2017.
Barbara W. Ballard is a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 44th district. Born in Petersburg,Virginia,she has served since 1993.
Jo Ann Pottorff is a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 83rd district. She served from 1985 to 2013. Prior to her election she served as President of the Kansas Association of School Boards,as well as the Wichita School Board.
Bob Bethell was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 113th district. He served from 1999 until his death on May 20,2012.
John Faber is a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represented the 120th district. He served from 1997 to 2011. The Kansas Chapter of Americans for Prosperity gave him an evaluation of 90 on fiscally conservative issues.
Dennis D. Pyle is an independent member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 1st district since 2005. He ran for governor of Kansas in the 2022 election.
John Lance Harris is an American businessman and politician from Alexandria,Louisiana. He was a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 25 in Rapides Parish. In 2020,Harris ran for Congress in Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He was defeated by fellow Republican Luke Letlow in the runoff election.
Jeremy Ryan Claeys is a member of the Kansas Senate and a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
Daniel G. Huberty is an American businessman,who was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 127 in Harris County from 2011 to 2023.
Richard Wayne Smith,commonly known as Wayne Smith,is a former seven-term Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128. He was first elected in November 2002 and served until January 2017. On May 24,2016,Smith was unseated by 23 votes in the Republican runoff election by Briscoe Cain,3,050 (50.2%) to 3,027 (49.8%).
