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Former Representative for Kansas’s 2nd District, 2021–2025

Jake LaTurner

Republican 2nd term Former member

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 8, 2026 · How we measure

90LoyaltyMed 95
97AttendMed 98
23BipartMed 16
82BreaksMed 35
In office
House 2021–2025
4 years in Congress

Left office. LaTurner left the House on Jan 3, 2025, when the term ended. Succeeded by Derek Schmidt (Republican) in January 2025.

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Activity

118th CongressJan 3, 2023 to Jan 3, 2025Method
By week
Statements
tracked from Jan 2025
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1302321,23582

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What did he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security no statements 8% · 1 bill
Agriculture and Food no statements 15% · 2 bills
Health no statements 23% · 3 bills

StatementsBills

No counted statements yet, so there was no focus to read from his words. His bills went most to Health (23% of bills), then Agriculture and Food (15%) and Armed Forces and National Security (8%).

  • 13 bills sponsored, most on Health.
  • Statements: our record starts in January 2025.
2

Did he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →

Committee seats are shown for sitting members only.

LaTurner served 4 years in Congress.

  • 4 years in Congress.
5

Who did he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

9% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like LaTurner.

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Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, in that Congress · Voteview

Of his own cosponsorships, 9% went to Democratic bills, against a peer median of 10%. He voted most like Chris Stewart (97%), Vince Fong (95%) and Michael T. McCaul (94%) on party-line votes.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Could he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 12 · expected 23.5
Action in committee 8 · expected 12
Beyond committee 0 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 389 of 445 in the House

0.22below the 1.05 peer median

Of the 12 bills the score counts, 8 had committee action and none got out of committee, where 4 were expected. His effectiveness was 0.22 against a peer median of 1.05, ranked 389 of 445.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

118th Congress · bills from congress.gov

4

Where did he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.47

With his party on all 17 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

LaTurner voted with his party on 90% of party-line votes and broke with party 82 times, against a peer median of 27. The most breaks were in Economics and Public Finance, 61 of 212 votes, then International Affairs, 13 of 46. On the 10 major bills, he voted with his party on all 10.

  • Position: +0.47, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 61 of 212, International Affairs 13 of 46, Transportation and Public Works 3 of 18.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backed him?

MethodMoney tab →

The money record for a former member is on the Money tab.

7

Did his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public, so there is nothing to test his words against yet.