RepublicanIn office since Nov 2016

Francis Awerkamp

Kansas State Representative, District 61 since 2016. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 61Born 1980

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 1; 9 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 12.2%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 94%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +29.9; Won 2024
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Welfare Reform · chair
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
Federal and State Affairs Special
Select Government Oversight
Taxation

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 9 sponsored · 1 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 2029 Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Awerkamp sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Awerkamp is closer to the center than 48% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Rick James, Lisa Moser, Dan Goddard

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

With Awerkamp’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans94%

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: Awerkamp’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Awerkamp	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…	No	Yes	No	Passed 87–35

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Awerkamp 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 61

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 61	Won	—	R+46.2	—
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 61	Won	R+29.9	R+46.2	−16.3
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 61	Won	—	R+40.9	—
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 61	Won	—	—	—
2018	Kansas House of Representatives, District 61	Won	—	—	—
2016	Kansas House of Representatives, District 61	Won	R+22.9	—	—