Virgil Peck
Kansas State Senator, District 15 since 2020. Ran in 10 elections between 2002 and 2024, winning 9. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 6 yrs
- Since 2020
- Bills became law
- 0
- 10 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.0%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 97%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +45.2
- Won 2024
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Agriculture and Natural Resources · chair
- Assessment and Taxation · vice chair
- Kansas Security
- Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight
- State Budget Special
- Taxation Special
- Utilities
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Peck sits in the Kansas State Senate
Peck is closer to the center than 7% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Beverly Gossage, Renee Erickson, Doug Shane
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Peck’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans97%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kansas State Senate.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Peck’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Peck | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2111: Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources -… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 27–13 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 29–11 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2513: Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 21–18 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2043: Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and… | No | Yes | No | Passed 27–13 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | HB 2763: Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 29–10 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Peck 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 | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas State Senate, District 15 | Won | R+45.2 | R+49.7 | −4.5 |
| 2020 | Kansas State Senate, District 15 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 12 | Won | R+40.6 | — | — |
| 2014 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 12 (primary) | Won | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 12 | Won | R+34.7 | — | — |
| 2010 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 11 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2008 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 11 | Won | R+36.0 | — | — |
| 2006 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 11 | Won | R+19.3 | — | — |
| 2004 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 11 | Won | R+1.5 | — | — |
| 2002 | Kansas House of Representatives, District 11 | Lost | D+12.5 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Peck has held
- Kansas State Senate, District 15 · since 2020
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 12 · 2012–2016
- Kansas House of Representatives, District 11 · 2004–2012
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Peck has run against
- Jerry Reeves (D) · 2024 election, won
- Eden Fuson (D) · 2014 election, won
- Tina Bumgarner (D) · 2012 election, won
- Virgil O. Horn Jr. (D) · 2008 election, won
- Ralph Anthony (D) · 2006 election, won
- James F. Miller (D) · 2004 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Peck
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/90f4cf61-cce8-4f87-8495-c0dc298c8d27
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET