Elaine Bowers
Kansas State Senator, District 36 since 2012. Ran in 7 elections between 2006 and 2024, winning 7. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 14 yrs
- Since 2012
- Bills became law
- 0
- 11 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.0%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 90%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +70.2
- Won 2016
- 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.
- Local Government, Transparency and Ethics · chair
- Campaign Contributions and Transparency Special
- Capitol Preservation
- J. Russell (Russ) Jennings Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
- Judiciary
- State-Tribal Relations
- Telecommunications Special
- Transportation
- Utilities
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Taxation · Failed in the House Apr 2026
Children and Minors · Failed in the House Apr 2026
Roads and Highways · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Schools · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Military · Failed in committee Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Bowers sits in the Kansas State Senate
Bowers is closer to the center than 83% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Mike Fagg, Ron Ryckman, Rick Billinger
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Bowers’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: Bowers’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Bowers | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -… | No | 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 Bowers 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 36 | Won | — | R+65.3 | — |
| 2020 | Kansas State Senate, District 36 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Kansas State Senate, District 36 | Won | R+70.2 | — | — |
| 2012 | Kansas State Senate, District 36 | Won | R+65.8 | — | — |
| 2010 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 107 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2008 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 107 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2006 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 107 | Won | R+41.3 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Bowers has held
- Kansas State Senate, District 36 · since 2012
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 107 · 2006–2012
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Bowers has run against
- Brian G. Angevine (D) · 2016 election, won
- Marquis Clark (D) · 2012 election, won
- C. Richard Comfort (D) · 2006 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Bowers
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/416dbc91-431f-4dc6-8c8a-ca2db2cd3300
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET