Josh Kail

Serves as State Representative, District 15 (Pennsylvania) since Dec 2018. github.com ↗

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Roll-call votes on record.

1 vote · 1 yes. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 23, 2026

LATEST: YESAn Act amending the act of March 1, 1974 (P.L.90, No.24), known as the Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973, providing for prohibited pesticides.HB 1135 · Jun 23, 2026

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 75% of Pennsylvania House members

Details

Score+0.60 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.03 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.57)

Compared with597 members of Pennsylvania House members (1995–2022)

Covers2019–2022

● This person Democrats (278) Republicans (318)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 · donorsConservative

More conservative than 55% of 2022 Pennsylvania House candidates

Details

Score+0.99 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.10 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.09)

Compared with418 members of 2022 Pennsylvania House candidates

Covers2018–2022

● This person Democrats (187) Republicans (223) Independents (8)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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lower rollcall: Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Report Bill As Committedcast in vote

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