{"title": "Senator", "district": 38, "division_id": "ocd-division/country:us/state:ks/sldu:38", "org_classification": "upper"} · state

Ron Ryckman

{"title": "Senator", "district": 38, "division_id": "ocd-division/country:us/state:ks/sldu:38", "org_classification": "upper"} since — · re-elected
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Ronald W. Ryckman Sr. is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 115th District which includes a southern section of Dodge City, Ashland, Fowler, Meade, Plains, Copeland, Montezuma, Ensign, Ingalls and Cimarron in southwestern Kansas from 2011 to 2017. Ryckman's first term began in January 2011 when he was elected by precinct people to replace Garrett Love who was elected to the State Senate after defeating former Speaker Melvin Neufeld. Ryckman served in the United States Army from 1970 to 1972 before beginning his twenty-nine-year career as a public school teacher. He served on the Meade School Board from 2009 until elected to the Kansas House.

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285 of 285 votes
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Section · Voting record
20 recent votes
Each vote distinguished: cast / abstained / missed.
Attended
285/ 285
Missed
0/ 285
Abstained
0/ 285
Attendance
100%
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Recent votes
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YEA
Removing the definition of lead-free and an exception for leaded joints in the public water supply systems law and updating terminology relating to hazardous waste generated by certain persons.
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MISS
A Concurrent Resolution rejecting the rates of compensation for members of the Legislature set by the Legislative Compensation Commission.
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YEA
Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and fu
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MISS
Providing an income tax rate of 5.25% for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the standard deduction by a cost-of-living adjustment, increasing the Kansas personal exemption, decreasing the privilege tax
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YEA
Providing an income tax rate of 5.25% for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the standard deduction by a cost-of-living adjustment, increasing the Kansas personal exemption, decreasing the privilege tax
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YEA
Condemning the October 7 attacks on the State of Israel.
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YEA
Making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies; constituting the omnibus reconciliation spending limit bill for the 2023 regular session.
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YEA
Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
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YEA
Approving an amendment to the gaming compact with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation concerning sports wagering.
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YEA
House Substitute for SB 113 by Committee on K-12 Education Budget - Making appropriations for the department of education for FY 23, FY 24 and FY 25; establishing the mental health intervention team program; authorizing certain students to participate in
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YEA
Requiring the secretary of health and environment to study drug overdose death cases and providing for the confidentiality of related records, restricting the authority of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers to control the sp
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YEA
Reducing penalties for the late filing of and the failure to file personal property renditions and the discovery of escaped personal property, requiring filing only an initial statement with county appraiser for personal property, decreasing the penalties
openstates
YEA
Making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies.
openstates
YEA
Creating the crimes of human smuggling and aggravated human smuggling and providing penalties therefor.
openstates
YEA
Substitute for SB 131 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing the state board of healing arts to issue a sports waiver to practice healing arts professions in this state on a limited basis during certain sporting events, authorizing pharma
openstates
YEA
Requiring notification to patients that the effects of a medication abortion may be reversible and revising the definition of "abortion" to clarify procedures that are excluded from such definition.
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MISS
Making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies.
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YEA
Amending the definition of "healthcare provider" for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act to include maternity centers and not include facilities where elective abortions are performed.
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YEA
Increasing the criminal penalties for battery of a healthcare provider, adding the placing of controlled substances into pills into the definition of manufacture, increasing the criminal penalties for manufacturing fentanyl and for manufacturing or distri
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YEA
Making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies.
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Section · Campaign finance
Funding breakdown
Campaign contributions by source type. Data from FEC and state disclosures.
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Total raised
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Individual 100%
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Profile · Contact

Contact & Digital Presence

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Section · ML signals

Position & sentiment, modelled

Derived from article analysis, vote records, and public statements. All methods deterministic — keyword matching and statistical classification. No LLM inference.
Sentiment forecast

Improving · ↑0.00 over 30d

85% confidence
↑ Improving over last 90d
method: 7-day MA + linear regression · src/ml/sentiment_prediction.rs
Stance · Housing

Neutral

92% confidence
opposedneutralpro
Based on keyword analysis of public statements and voting records. Consistency: 89% across 312 votes.
method: keyword stance scoring · src/ml/stance_classification.rs
Topics discussed most

Housing dominant · 38%

all articles
method: keyword match · 100 keywords across 10 topics · src/ml/topic_modeling.rs
Profile · Staff

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Profile · Voting History

Complete Voting Record

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Profile · Endorsements

Endorsements & Support

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Profile · Stock Act

Stock Trade Disclosures

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Profile · Lobbying

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Profile · Network

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