DemocratIn office since Nov 2016

Jerry Stogsdill

Kansas State Representative, District 21 since 2016. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 21Born 1947

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 1; 25 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 12.4%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 92%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +23.9; Won 2020
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Education · ranking member
Taxation
Taxation Special
Water

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 25 sponsored · 1 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

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

HB 2296 Requiring that certain health insurance plans impose a no-cost sharing requirement for a diagnostic or…
Insurance · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2278 Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.
Taxation · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2074 Including homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims.
Taxation · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2598 Enacting the Kansas paid family leave act.
Funds · Failed in committee Apr 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Stogsdill sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Stogsdill is closer to the center than 66% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Virgil Weigel, Mari-Lynn Poskin, Mike Amyx

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

With Stogsdill’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats92%

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

Date	Bill	Stogsdill	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Apr 11, 2026	HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily…	No	No	Yes	Passed 74–47
Apr 10, 2026	SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling…	No	No	Yes	Passed 78–44
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -…	No	No	Yes	Passed 71–49
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction…	No	No	Yes	Passed 76–44
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and…	No	No	Yes	Passed 87–35

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Stogsdill 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 21

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 21	Won	—	D+33.2	—
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 21	Won	—	—	—
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 21	Won	—	—	—
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 21	Won	D+23.9	—	—
2018	Kansas House of Representatives, District 21	Won	—	—	—
2016	Kansas House of Representatives, District 21	Won	D+9.3	—	—