RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

Nathan (Nate) Butler

Kansas State Representative, District 68 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 68

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 2; 18 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.5%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 84%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +37.9; Won 2024
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.

Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Taxation
Veterans and Military

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 18 sponsored · 2 became law

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

HB 2444 Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case,…
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · Became law Apr 2026

HB 2005 Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing an income tax credit or refund for…
Military · Failed in the House Apr 2026

HB 2421 Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school…
Schools · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2670 Prohibiting video streaming services from transmitting commercial advertisements with the audio louder than…
Telecommunications · 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 Butler sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Butler is closer to the center than 92% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Lauren Bohi, Carrie Barth, Angel Roeser

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

With Butler’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans84%

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

Date	Bill	Butler	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Apr 11, 2026	HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily…	No	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…	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 Butler 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 68

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 68	Won	—	R+35.0	—
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 68	Won	R+37.9	R+35.0	+2.9
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 68	Won	R+35.5	R+34.6	+0.9