RepublicanIn office since Nov 2020

Samantha M. Poetter Parshall

Kansas State Representative, District 6 since 2020. Ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2024, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 6

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 6 yrs; Since 2020
Bills became law: 0; 18 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 10.9%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 76%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +25.7; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 18 sponsored · 0 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 2503 Repealing the mail ballot election act.
Elections · Failed in the Senate Apr 2026

HB 2599 Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal…
Economic Development · Failed in the House Apr 2026

HB 2525 Prohibiting the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of advance voting ballots.
Elections · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2010 Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful…
Abortion · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2176 Requiring the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system…
Schools · 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 Parshall sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Parshall is closer to the center than 96% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Jesse Borjon, Angel Roeser, Carrie Barth

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

With Parshall’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans76%

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

Date	Bill	Parshall	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…	No	Yes	No	Passed 78–44
Apr 10, 2026	HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -…	Yes	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 Parshall was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

202020212022202320242025202620272028Kansas House of Representatives, District 6

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 6	Won	R+25.7	R+39.6	−13.9
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 6	Won	R+41.5	R+39.6	+1.9
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 6	Won	R+35.9	R+40.2	−4.3
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 6	Won	—	—	—