#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
On November 11, the House voted 245-175 to force a standalone vote on the Major Richard Star Act, which would stop cutting the retirement pay of about 58,000 combat-wounded veterans. Every no vote came from a Republican. Here are the 153 on this site, and the 85 of them whose names are on the bill.
On November 10, the House voted 211-204 to bury the articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in committee. Here is what he has done, and the 182 Republicans on this site who voted to protect him.
The day after the midterms, Vice President JD Vance said Republicans lost because of the Iran war. Trump called that 'largely true' and said he'd do it again. Fourteen senators and 180 House members on this site voted against ordering the troops out.
Trump won Kansas with 57.2% of the vote to 41%, a margin of 16.1 points, with 63.3% of eligible voters turning out. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
5 of 6 — 83%. In the U.S. House, Kansas has 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat; in the Senate, 2 Republicans and 0 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Kansas, on Wikipedia.)
Kansas ranks #29 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare Kansas directly to other states on our Compare States page.
We grade Republican incumbents running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Kansas. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.