DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Lynn Melton

Kansas State Representative, District 36 since 2022. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 36

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 0; 29 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.1%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 91%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +38.5; Won 2026
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.

General Government Budget · ranking member
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
Local Government

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 29 sponsored · 0 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 2436 Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person…
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · Failed in the House 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 2598 Enacting the Kansas paid family leave act.
Funds · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2689 Enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees…
Children and Minors · 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 Melton sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Melton is closer to the center than 43% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Kirk Haskins, Lindsay Vaughn, Suzanne Wikle

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

With Melton’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats91%

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

Date	Bill	Melton	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…	Yes	No	Yes	Passed 87–35

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Melton 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 36

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 36	Won	D+38.5	D+13.5	+25.0
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 36	Won	D+21.9	—	—
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 36	Won	D+24.6	—	—