Susan O Estes
Kansas State Representative, District 87 since 2020. Ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2024, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 6 yrs
- Since 2020
- Bills became law
- 1
- 14 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.1%
- Chamber median 1.2%
- With party
- 98%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +8.6
- 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.
- Education · chair
- Education Funding Task Force · vice chair
- Appropriations
- K-12 Education Budget
- Unemployment Compensation Modernization and Improvement Council
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Roads and Highways · Became law Apr 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Estes sits in the Kansas House of Representatives
Estes is closer to the center than 13% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Sean Tarwater, Cyndi Howerton, Carolyn Caiharr
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Estes’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans98%
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: Estes’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Estes | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 | HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily… | Yes | 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 -… | 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… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 87–35 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Estes was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
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 87 | Won | — | R+4.6 | — |
| 2024 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 87 | Won | R+8.6 | R+4.6 | +4.0 |
| 2022 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 87 | Won | R+11.4 | R+4.4 | +7.0 |
| 2020 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 87 | Won | R+8.8 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Estes has held
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 87 · since 2020
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Estes has run against
- Mike Snider (D) · 2024 election, won
- Chris Strong (D) · 2022 election, won
- Matt Fox (D) · 2020 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Estes
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/075f264c-efcf-408f-baf8-b3f9306bae36
- Wikidata Q104813513
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET