RepublicanIn office since Nov 2018

Barb Wasinger

Kansas State Representative, District 111 since 2018. Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 4. 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
Elections: 5; 2018–2026

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

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 of Representatives, District 111	Counting	R+27.2	R+40.5	−13.3
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+46.5	R+40.5	+6.0
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+21.0	R+39.0	−18.0
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+27.9	—	—
2018	Kansas House of Representatives, District 111	Won	R+0.4	—	—