Will Carpenter
Kansas State Representative, District 75 since 2012.
- In office
- 14 yrs
- Since 2012
- Bills became law
- 3
- 16 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 1.2%
- Chamber median 1.2%
- With party
- 97%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +51.2
- Won 2020
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Health and Human Services · chair
- Health and Social Services Special · chair
- Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight · chair
- Social Services Budget · vice chair
- Appropriations
- Health Care Stabilization Fund Oversight
- Legislative Budget
- Pharmaceutical Studies Special
- Select Government Oversight
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026
Funds · Became law Apr 2026
HB 2505 · Became law Apr 2026
Open Records · Vetoed Apr 2026
Wildlife and Parks · Failed in the House Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Carpenter sits in the Kansas House of Representatives
Carpenter is closer to the center than 31% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Barb Wasinger, Kyle Hoffman, Doug Blex
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Carpenter’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans97%
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: Carpenter’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Carpenter | 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 -… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 71–49 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction… | Yes | 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 Carpenter 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 75 | Won | — |
| 2022 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 75 | Won | — |
| 2020 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 75 | Won | R+51.2 |
| 2018 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 75 | Won | — |
| 2014 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 75 | Won | R+38.1 |
| 2012 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 75 | Won | R+30.5 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Carpenter has held
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 75 · since 2018
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 75 · since 2012
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Carpenter has run against
- Ethan D. Caylor (D) · 2020 general, won
- Keri Ratliff (D) · 2014 general, won
- Suzanne Scribner (D) · 2012 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Carpenter
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/695c8e66-9ee6-4431-8bd4-b7435b04e2c7
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET