RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

Leah Howell

Kansas State Representative, District 82 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 82

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 1; 18 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 5.3%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 95%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +19.1; Won 2026
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.

Child Welfare System Oversight
Federal and State Affairs
Health and Human Services
Transportation and Public Safety Budget

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 18 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 Howell sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Howell is closer to the center than 60% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Kyler Sweely, Bob Lewis, Leo Delperdang

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

With Howell’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans95%

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

Date	Bill	Howell	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 -…	No	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 Howell was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028Kansas House of Representatives, District 82

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 82	Won	R+19.1	R+33.1	−14.0
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 82	Won	R+34.6	R+33.1	+1.5
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 82	Won	R+31.0	R+33.2	−2.2