Representative · Kansas's 4th district

Ron Estes

Ron Estes is a Republican representative for Kansas's 4th district, in Congress since 2017. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 8, and cast 462 of 469 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Apr 25, 2017
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.2%8 of 675 · rank 294 of 439	99%462 of 469 · rank 194 of 439	200 became law	3%4 of 124
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	1.4%17 of 1,222 · rank 288 of 442	99%833 of 845 · rank 150 of 442	150 became law	6%10 of 178
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	5.7%57 of 997 · rank 28 of 443	100%543 of 545 · rank 74 of 443	150 became law	27%47 of 174

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.65+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 140–286· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 143–285· Against party
H.R. 8997: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–273· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Kansas's 4th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $300.1M
Per resident: $406
Rank in Kansas: 3 of 4
Contract actions: 6,492; New awards: 4,831

By fiscal year

497.2MFY2017
537.5MFY2018
660.2MFY2019
558.4MFY2020
626.3MFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1BFY2023
1.1BFY2024
1.3BFY2025
300.1MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$168.7M56%
Department of Defense
Federal Aviation Administration$74.1M25%
Department of Transportation
Department of the Air Force$50.8M17%
Department of Defense
Department of the Army$30.2M10%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$23M7.7%
Agricultural Marketing Service$18.1M6.0%
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Land Management$8.3M2.8%
Department of the Interior
Department of the Navy$7.5M2.5%
Department of Defense

Top recipients

ENVISION XPRESS INC$99.2M33%
354 awards
TEXTRON AVIATION INC$76.2M25%
27 awards
LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPOSITES INC$52.1M17%
19 awards
TEXTRON AVIATION DEFENSE LLC$28.7M9.6%
16 awards
D-J ENGINEERING INC$19.5M6.5%
215 awards
NATIVE AMERICAN ENTERPRISES, LLC$13.7M4.6%
9 awards
ENVISION INDUSTRIES, INC.$7.4M2.5%
101 awards
ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$6.9M2.3%
1 award
KEMRON/ARROWHEAD JV, LLC$5.5M1.8%
1 award
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$5.1M1.7%
12 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.9M; through Jul 15, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.8M
From committees: $1.2M; 308 committees
From contractor PACs: $317K; 83 PACs · 27% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$10K	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
airbus americas, inc.airbus americas, inc. political action committee	$10K	AIRBUS AMERICAS CUSTOMER SERVICES, INCAI match · 98% · of one corporate family	$179.7K
google llcgoogle llc netpac	$10K	GOOGLE PUBLIC SECTOR LLCAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	$34.4M
garmin internationalgarmin international inc political action committee	$10K	GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$291.1K
burns & mcdonnell, inc.burns and mcdonnell inc. pac	$9,500	BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$6M
pfizer inc.pfizer inc. pac	$9,000	PFIZER INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	-$140.2K
general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac)	$8,500	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization	$636.3M
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$8,500	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee	$8,000	RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.9B

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.9M	$1.2M	$317K83 PACs · 27% of committee money
2024	$2.3M	$1.3M	$353.5K83 PACs · 27% of committee money
2022	$1.9M	$869.6K	$198.5K52 PACs · 23% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Kansas's 4th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Kansas's 4th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Kansas's 4th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Kansas's 4th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Kansas's 4th districtApr 25, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: estes.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-6216
Office: 2234 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.