RepublicanIn office since Nov 2024

Bill Clifford

Kansas State Senator, District 39 since 2024. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Senator, District 39

In office
1 yr
Since 2024
Votes missed
0.0%
Chamber median 0.2%
With party
83%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+60.4
Won 2024
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Public Health and Welfare · vice chair
  • Federal and State Affairs
  • Health and Social Services Special
  • Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
  • Pharmaceutical Studies Special
  • Utilities
  • Veterans Affairs Select

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Clifford sits in the Kansas State Senate

Clifford is closer to the center than 90% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianCliffordMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Rick Billinger, Elaine Bowers, Mike Fagg

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET

With Clifford’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans83%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kansas State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Clifford’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Clifford was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2024Kansas State Senate, District 39WonR+60.4
2022Kansas House of Representatives, District 122Won—

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Clifford has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Clifford has run against

  • Isidro Marino (D) · 2024 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Clifford

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET