RepublicanIn office since Nov 2018

Barb Wasinger

Kansas State Representative, District 111 since 2018. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

Kansas State Representative, District 111

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 7 yrs; Since 2018
Bills became law: 3; 19 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 1.9%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 97%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +46.5; Won 2024

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Administrative Rules and Regulations · vice chair
General Government Budget · chair
Appropriations
Commerce Special
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
State Budget Special

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 19 sponsored · 3 became law

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HB 2029 Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026

HB 2444 Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case,…
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · Became law Apr 2026

HB 2433 Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except…
Counties · Became law Mar 2026

HB 2599 Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal…
Economic Development · Failed in the House Apr 2026

HB 2272 Providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025, and creating…
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · Failed in committee Apr 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Wasinger sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Wasinger is closer to the center than 30% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Will Carpenter, Kyle Hoffman, Doug Blex

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

With Wasinger’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: Wasinger’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Wasinger	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 Wasinger was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Kansas House of Representatives, District 111

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	Seat	+/−
2026	Kansas House District 111	Counting	R+27.2	R+40.5	−13.3
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+46.5	—	—
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+21.0	—	—
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+27.9	—	—
2018	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+0.4	—	—