Tom Kessler

Serves as State Representative, District 96 (Kansas) since Jan 2021. kslegislature.gov ↗

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 67% of Kansas House members

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Score+0.73 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.03 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.71)

Compared with533 members of Kansas House members (1996–2022)

Covers2021–2022

● This person Democrats (160) Republicans (373)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More liberal than 51% of 2022 Kansas House candidates

Details

Score+1.06 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.14 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.20)

Compared with234 members of 2022 Kansas House candidates

Covers2020–2022

● This person Democrats (93) Republicans (141)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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