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Kansas State Missed
Votes Scorecard

6%
In Kansas, the average Senate missed 6% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
KS SD-38 R Bud Estes
100%
46 46 1
KS SD-40 R Richard Billinger
18%
54 304 2
KS SD-27 R Gene Suellentrop
17%
51 304 3
KS SD-22 D Tom Hawk
8%
24 304 4
KS SD-03 D Tom Holland
7%
22 304 5
KS SD-02 D Marci Francisco
6%
19 304 6
KS SD-06 D Pat Pettey
6%
18 304 7
KS SD-37 R Molly Baumgardner
6%
17 304 8
KS SD-31 R Carolyn McGinn
6%
17 304 8
KS SD-24 R J. R. Claeys
5%
16 304 10
KS SD-39 R John Doll
5%
15 304 11
KS SD-29 D Oletha Faust-Goudeau
5%
15 304 11
KS SD-17 R Jeff Longbine
5%
15 304 11
KS SD-32 R Larry Alley
5%
14 304 14
KS SD-04 D David Haley
4%
13 304 15
KS SD-11 R Kellie Warren
4%
13 304 15
KS SD-18 R Kristen O'Shea
4%
12 304 17
KS SD-01 R Dennis Pyle
3%
10 304 18
KS SD-16 R Ty Masterson
3%
9 304 19
KS SD-25 D Mary Ware
3%
8 304 20
KS SD-10 R Mike Thompson
2%
7 304 21
KS SD-23 R Robert Olson
2%
6 304 22
KS SD-34 R Mark Steffen
2%
6 304 22
KS SD-35 R Richard Wilborn
2%
6 304 22
KS SD-33 R Alicia Straub
2%
5 304 25
KS SD-30 R Renee Erickson
1%
4 304 26
KS SD-13 R Richard Hilderbrand
1%
4 304 26
KS SD-08 D Cindy Holscher
1%
4 304 26
KS SD-38 R Ronald Ryckman
1%
2 190 29
KS SD-36 R Elaine Bowers
1%
3 304 30
KS SD-09 R Beverly Gossage
1%
3 304 30
KS SD-15 R Virgil Peck
1%
3 304 30
KS SD-20 R Brenda Dietrich
1%
2 304 33
KS SD-28 R Mike Petersen
1%
2 304 33
KS SD-07 D Ethan Corson
0%
1 304 35
KS SD-19 R Richard Kloos
0%
1 304 35
KS SD-05 D Jeffrey Pittman
0%
1 304 35
KS SD-21 D Dinah Sykes
0%
1 304 35
KS SD-12 R Caryn Tyson
0%
1 304 35
KS SD-14 R Michael Fagg
0%
0 304 40
KS SD-26 R Dan Kerschen
0%
0 304 40
Methodology

The 2021 Kansas Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – KANSAS 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Kansas’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 304 votes in the Kansas Senate and 322 votes in the Kansas House during the 2021 regular session. The votes were cast from 1/14/2021 – 5/26/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding. 

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