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RepublicanRon Estes
U.S. Representative · Kansas
Kansas's 4th district
U.S. Representative from Kansas
0 tracked promises
Running against
How they won their seat
Ron Estes won the 2024 U.S. House election in Kansas (District 4) with 65% of the vote (198,465 votes).
- Ron Estes · Republican65%198,465
- Esau Freeman · Democrat35%106,632
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Ron Estes has a record of sponsoring a variety of bills primarily focused on tax issues, healthcare access for seniors, and recognition of specific contributions to American history. He has sponsored bills related to tax prevention and transparency, including the Unfair Tax Prevention Act and the Executive Action Cost Transparency Act. He has also sponsored several acts related to healthcare access for seniors. Focus areas (from the record): Tax Policy · Healthcare · Recognition of Contributions · Economic Development · Public Safety Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against the activity patterns from his sponsored bills and voting record. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills is unclear, as none have become law; There is no information on his public statements or specific commitments made during his campaigns. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Ron Estes has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2020. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Ron Estes has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 3
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$8K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$233K21%
- PAC / committee$848K78%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Joint Economic CommitteeOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Ways and MeansOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means — Social SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Ways and Means — TaxOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
66 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,501,743, spent $1,077,173, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HRES 1340: Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes and other relevant similar measures by other countries that unfairly discriminate against United States companies. ↗Jun 4, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1152: Expressing appreciation and recognition for the contributions of the American cowboy and historic cattle trails in advancing American history in celebration of the Nation's 250th anniversary. ↗Apr 2, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8101: Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility Act (EBITDA) ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored HCONRES 76: Recognizing the visionary leadership of Chief Richard LaMunyon and the profound global impact of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. ↗Mar 5, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7520: Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act ↗Feb 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7096: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act ↗Jan 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6569: Executive Action Cost Transparency Act ↗Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5036: To remove the limitation imposed as a result of receiving funding under the Land and Water Conservation Fund on the conversion of Northeast Sedgwick County Park in Sedgwick County, Kansas, to a use other than public outdoor recreation. ↗Aug 26, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4792: Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act of 2025 ↗Jul 29, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2545: Financing Our Energy Future Act ↗Apr 1, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2423: Unfair Tax Prevention Act ↗Mar 27, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2251: Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act ↗Mar 21, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 66 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 461
- Nay
- 142
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 6
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Yea
- HRES1398Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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