DemocratIn office since Nov 2020

Cindy Holscher

Kansas State Senator, District 8 since 2020. Ran in 4 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 4. Won the 2026 race for Kansas Governor.

Kansas State Senator, District 8Born 1969

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 6 yrs; Since 2020
Bills became law: 0; 35 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.2%; Chamber median 0.2%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +0.7; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 11:01 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Government Efficiency · ranking democratic member
Public Health and Welfare · ranking democratic member
Health Care Stabilization Fund Oversight
Health and Social Services Special
Legislative Post Audit
Pharmaceutical Studies Special
State Budget Special
Utilities
Ways and Means

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 35 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Holscher sits in the Kansas State Senate

Holscher is closer to the center than 0% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Pat Pettey, Dinah Sykes, Mary Ware

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

With Holscher’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats100%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Kansas State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Holscher’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Holscher	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -…	No	No	Yes	Passed 27–13
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction…	No	No	Yes	Passed 29–11
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations…	No	No	Yes	Passed 21–18
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and…	No	No	Yes	Passed 27–13
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily…	No	No	Yes	Passed 29–10

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Holscher was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Kansas House of Representatives, District 16 Kansas State Senate, District 8

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	Governor of Kansas	Won	D+0.7	R+16.4	+17.1
2024	Kansas State Senate, District 8	Won	D+22.3	D+21.1	+1.2
2020	Kansas State Senate, District 8	Won	D+8.7	—	—
2018	Kansas House of Representatives, District 16	Won	D+17.8	—	—
2016	Kansas House of Representatives, District 16	Won	D+11.4	—	—