DemocratIn office since Nov 2018

Rui Xu

Kansas State Representative, District 25 since 2018. Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 4. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 25Born 1989

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 7 yrs; Since 2018
Bills became law: 1; 32 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.1%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 91%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +28.9; Won 2024
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.

Financial Institutions and Pensions · ranking member
Commerce Special
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight
Pensions, Investments and Benefits
Taxation

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 32 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 Xu sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Xu is closer to the center than 57% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Mike Amyx, Mari-Lynn Poskin, Jerry Stogsdill

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

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

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

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Kansas House of Representatives, District 25

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 25	Won	—	D+36.5	—
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 25	Won	D+28.9	D+36.5	−7.6
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 25	Won	—	D+34.3	—
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 25	Won	—	—	—
2018	Kansas House of Representatives, District 25	Won	D+0.9	—	—