Renee Erickson
Kansas State Senator, District 30 since 2020. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 6 yrs
- Since 2020
- Bills became law
- 0
- 11 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.0%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 98%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +21.8
- 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.
- Education · chair
- Education Funding Task Force · chair
- Government Efficiency · chair
- Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council · chair
- Child Welfare System Oversight
- Health and Social Services Special
- Public Health and Welfare
- Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight
- Special Education and Related Services Funding Task Force
- State Budget Special
- Veterans Affairs Select
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Erickson sits in the Kansas State Senate
Erickson is closer to the center than 13% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Beverly Gossage, Virgil Peck, Doug Shane
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Erickson’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans98%
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: Erickson’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Erickson | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 27–13 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 29–11 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 21–18 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 27–13 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 29–10 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Erickson 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 State Senate, District 30 | Won | R+21.8 |
| 2020 | Kansas State Senate, District 30 | Won | R+3.5 |
| 2018 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 87 | Won | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Erickson has held
- Kansas State Senate, District 30 · since 2020
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 87 · 2018–2020
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Erickson has run against
- Richard Smith (D) · 2024 general, won
- Melissa Gregory (D) · 2020 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Erickson
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/3093633a-62dc-4e93-a305-258a20bfd0f2
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET