Emil M. Bergquist
Kansas State Representative, District 91 since 2018. Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 4. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.
- In office
- 7 yrs
- Since 2018
- Bills became law
- 1
- 15 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.3%
- Chamber median 1.2%
- With party
- 99%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +31.8
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 5
- 2018–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Local Government · chair
- Campaign Contributions and Transparency Special
- Elections
- Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
- Health and Human Services
- Insurance
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Bergquist sits in the Kansas House of Representatives
Bergquist is closer to the center than 12% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Susan Estes, Sean Tarwater, Cyndi Howerton
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Bergquist’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%
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: Bergquist’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Bergquist | 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 Bergquist 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 of Representatives, District 91 | Counting | R+14.7 | R+26.7 | −12.0 |
| 2024 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 91 | Won | R+31.8 | R+26.7 | +5.1 |
| 2022 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 91 | Won | R+31.5 | R+29.6 | +1.9 |
| 2020 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 91 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 91 | Won | R+46.0 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Bergquist has held
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 91 · since 2018
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Bergquist has run against
- Velma Davis (D) · 2026 election
- Keisha McClish Couts (D) · 2024 election, won
- Brooke Chong (D) · 2022 election, won
- David Loomis (I) · 2018 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Bergquist
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/06e5710d-2c6a-4baa-829f-803417539415
- Wikidata Q104373942
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET