Cindy Neighbor
Kansas State Representative, District 18 since 2002. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.
- In office
- 24 yrs
- Since 2002
- Bills became law
- 1
- 23 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 4.4%
- Chamber median 1.2%
- With party
- 88%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +16.4
- Won 2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Insurance · ranking member
- Child Welfare and Foster Care
- Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
- Legislative Modernization
- Pensions, Investments and Benefits
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · Failed in the House Apr 2026
Insurance · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Taxation · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Taxation · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Neighbor sits in the Kansas House of Representatives
Neighbor is closer to the center than 83% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: Dan Osman, Barbara Ballard, Brandon Woodard
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Neighbor’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats88%
Black tick: the average of Democrats 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: Neighbor’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Neighbor | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 | HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily… | Not voting | No | Yes | Passed 74–47 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling… | Not voting | No | Yes | Passed 78–44 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -… | Not voting | No | Yes | Passed 71–49 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction… | Not voting | No | Yes | Passed 76–44 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and… | Not voting | No | Yes | Passed 87–35 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Neighbor 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 | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas House District 18 | Counting | D+27.9 | D+12.5 | +15.4 |
| 2024 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+16.4 | — | — |
| 2022 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+14.7 | — | — |
| 2020 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+4.7 | — | — |
| 2018 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+7.0 | — | — |
| 2016 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+4.7 | — | — |
| 2014 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Lost | R+3.6 | — | — |
| 2014 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 (primary) | Won | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Lost | R+18.1 | — | — |
| 2008 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+4.8 | — | — |
| 2006 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+1.8 | — | — |
| 2002 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 | Won | D+12.3 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Campaign money, 2025–26
- Raised
- $12.7K
Source: Kansas Public Disclosure Commission filings through Oct 22, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 8:29 AM ET
Campaign committees
Open committees can still raise and spend money.
| Cindy Neighbor State | Active |
Source: Kansas Public Disclosure Commission filings through Oct 22, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 8:29 AM ET
Seats Neighbor has held
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 · since 2016
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 · since 2006
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 18 · since 2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Neighbor has run against
- Robert Whitman (R) · 2026 general
- Robert Whitman (R) · 2024 election, won
- Cathy Gordon (R) · 2022 election, won
- Eric Jenkins (R) · 2018 election, won
- John Rubin (R) · 2014 election, lost
- Mary Pilcher Cook (R) · 2006 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Neighbor
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/eafd24b5-d096-4fa0-92c4-3b4ced58c40f
- Wikidata Q5120571
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET