DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Tobias Schlingensiepen

Kansas State Representative, District 55 since 2022. Ran in 4 elections between 2012 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kansas State Representative, District 55

Official website Wikipedia FEC filings

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 1; 23 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 5.1%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 93%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +42.6; Won 2026
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.

Corrections and Juvenile Justice · ranking democratic member
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
J. Russell (Russ) Jennings Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
Local Government
Pensions, Investments and Benefits

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 23 sponsored · 1 became law

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

HB 2090 Establishing the Kansas employee emergency savings account (KEESA) program to allow eligible employers to…
Commerce, Department of · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2707 Modifying the definition of abuse in the protection from abuse act to include certain acts or threats…
Civil Procedure and Civil Actions · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2151 Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Labor and Employment · Failed in committee Apr 2026

HB 2620 Increasing the eligible credit amount for the earned income tax credit.
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 Schlingensiepen sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Schlingensiepen is closer to the center than 51% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Lindsay Vaughn, Kirk Haskins, Linda Featherston

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

With Schlingensiepen’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats93%

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

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

201220142016201820202022202420262028Kansas House of Representatives, District 55

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 55	Won	D+42.6	D+23.9	+18.7
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 55	Won	D+26.4	D+23.9	+2.5
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 55	Won	D+31.2	D+27.8	+3.4
2020	Kansas State Senate, District 18	Lost	R+18.4	—	—
2012	U.S. House, KS-2	Lost	R+18.3	—	—