DemocratIn office since Nov 2024

Nikki McDonald

Kansas State Representative, District 49 since 2024. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

Kansas State Representative, District 49

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 1 yr; Since 2024
Bills became law: 1; 31 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.0%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 86%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +1.2; Won 2024

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Education Funding Task Force
Health and Human Services
K-12 Education Budget
Legislative Modernization

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 31 sponsored · 1 became law

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

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 2074 Including homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims.
Taxation · 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 McDonald sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

McDonald is closer to the center than 89% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Dan Osman, Cindy Neighbor, Barbara Ballard

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

With McDonald’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats86%

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

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

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Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)