RepublicanIn office since Nov 2012

William (Bill) Sutton

Kansas State Representative, District 43 since 2012. Ran in 8 elections between 2012 and 2024, winning 8. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

Kansas State Representative, District 43Born 1967

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 14 yrs; Since 2012
Bills became law: 2; 15 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.7%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +16.1; Won 2022
Elections: 9; 2012–2026

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Insurance · chair
Pharmaceutical Studies Special · vice chair
Administrative Rules and Regulations
Appropriations
Campaign Contributions and Transparency Special
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Elections
Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight
Select Government Oversight

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 15 sponsored · 2 became law

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

HB 2444 Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case,…
Crimes, Punishment and Criminal Procedure · 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 Sutton sits in the Kansas House of Representatives

Sutton is closer to the center than 1% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Adam Turk, Dan Hawkins, Susan Humphries

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

With Sutton’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%

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

Date	Bill	Sutton	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 Sutton 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 43

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 43	Counting	D+2.0	R+23.7	−25.7
2024	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43	Won	—	R+23.7	—
2022	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43	Won	R+16.1	R+19.5	−3.4
2020	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43	Won	R+29.4	—	—
2018	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43	Won	R+20.0	—	—
2016	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43	Won	—	—	—
2014	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43	Won	R+33.2	—	—
2014	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43 (primary)	Won	—	—	—
2012	Kansas House of Representatives, District 43	Won	R+34.7	—	—