Rick Kloos
Kansas State Senator, District 3 since 2020. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 6 yrs
- Since 2020
- Bills became law
- 0
- 12 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.2%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 98%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +14.8
- 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.
- State Building Construction · chair
- Ways and Means · vice chair
- Campaign Contributions and Transparency Special
- Commerce
- Confirmation Oversight
- Federal and State Affairs Special
- Interstate Cooperation
- Kansas Security
- Legislative Budget
- Organization, Calendar and Rules
- Special Claims Against the State
- State Budget Special
- Transportation
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 Kloos sits in the Kansas State Senate
Kloos is closer to the center than 50% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Larry Alley, Jeff Klemp, Mike Petersen
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Kloos’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: Kloos’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Kloos | 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 Kloos 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 3 | Won | R+14.8 |
| 2020 | Kansas State Senate, District 19 | Won | R+2.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Kloos has held
- Kansas State Senate, District 3 · since 2024
- Kansas State Senate, District 19 · since 2020
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Kloos has run against
- Dena Sattler (D) · 2024 general, won
- Anthony Hensley (D) · 2020 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Kloos
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/5281ab3e-91a8-43be-bcc7-5d9d4c2a2545
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET