Caryn Tyson
Kansas State Senator, District 12 since 2012. Ran in 5 elections between 2010 and 2024, winning 5. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 14 yrs
- Since 2012
- Bills became law
- 0
- 7 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.0%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 90%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +62.8
- 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.
- Assessment and Taxation · chair
- Taxation Special · chair
- Administrative Rules and Regulations
- Commerce
- Commerce Special
- Federal and State Affairs
- Information Technology
- Interstate Cooperation
- Legislative Post Audit
- Organization, Calendar and Rules
- Transportation
- Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council
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 Tyson sits in the Kansas State Senate
Tyson is closer to the center than 0% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Mike Thompson, Virgil Peck, Beverly Gossage
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Tyson’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans90%
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: Tyson’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Tyson | 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… | No | 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 Tyson 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 | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas State Senate, District 12 | Won | R+62.8 | R+53.6 | +9.2 |
| 2020 | Kansas State Senate, District 12 | Won | R+48.8 | — | — |
| 2016 | Kansas State Senate, District 12 | Won | R+46.6 | — | — |
| 2012 | Kansas State Senate, District 12 | Won | R+31.6 | — | — |
| 2010 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 4 | Won | R+20.4 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Tyson has held
- Kansas State Senate, District 12 · since 2012
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 4 · 2010–2012
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Tyson has run against
- Cullene Lang (L) · 2024 election, won
- Mike Bruner (D) · 2020 election, won
- Christopher B. Johnston (D) · 2016 election, won
- Denise Cassells (D) · 2012 election, won
- Shirley J. Palmer (D) · 2010 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Tyson
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/cc84252c-b7c6-484d-a036-dd38a90b1b04
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET