DemocratIn office since Nov 2020

Jo Ella Hoye

Kansas State Representative, District 17 since 2020. Ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2024, winning 3. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

Kansas State Representative, District 17

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 6 yrs; Since 2020
Bills became law: 1; 25 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.0%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 88%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +33.4; Won 2024
Elections: 4; 2020–2026

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

J. Russell (Russ) Jennings Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight · ranking member
Transportation and Public Safety Budget · ranking member
Appropriations
Select Government Oversight
State Budget Special
Transportation

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

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Hoye sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Hoye is closer to the center than 74% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Brandon Woodard, Barbara Ballard, Cindy Neighbor

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

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

Date	Bill	Hoye	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…	Yes	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 Hoye was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

202020212022202320242025202620272028Kansas House of Representatives, District 17

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 17	Counting	D+24.1	D+12.6	+11.5
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 17	Won	D+33.4	D+12.6	+20.8
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 17	Won	D+9.1	D+13.3	−4.2
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 17	Won	D+5.1	—	—