Carl Turner
Kansas State Representative, District 28 since 2020.
- In office
- 6 yrs
- Since 2020
- Bills became law
- 1
- 13 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.8%
- Chamber median 1.2%
- With party
- 94%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +1.2
- Won 2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Legislative Modernization · chair
- Taxation · vice chair
- Health and Human Services
- Information Technology
- Taxation Special
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Turner sits in the Kansas House of Representatives
Turner is closer to the center than 76% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Jim Minnix, Steve Howe, Tim Johnson
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Turner’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans94%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kansas House of Representatives.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Turner’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Turner | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 | HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 74–47 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 78–44 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -… | No | Yes | No | Passed 71–49 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction… | No | Yes | No | Passed 76–44 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 87–35 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Turner 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.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 28 | Won | R+1.2 |
| 2022 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 28 | Won | R+0.6 |
| 2020 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 28 | Won | R+6.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Turner has held
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 28 · since 2020
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Turner has run against
- Ace Allen (D) · 2024 general, won
- Ace Allen (D) · 2022 general, won
- Sally Jercha (D) · 2020 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Turner
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/71b474cb-1732-41fc-b525-4d53911cbbbe
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET