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Lance Neelly
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Kansas House of Representatives District 42
Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

4

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$86.66/session day

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Burrton High School

Personal
Birthplace
Hutchinson, Kan.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Correctional Officer
Contact

Lance Neelly (Republican Party) is a member of theKansas House of Representatives, representingDistrict 42. He assumed office on January 11, 2021. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Neelly (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theKansas House of Representatives to representDistrict 42. He won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Neelly completed Ballotpedia'sCandidate Connection survey in 2024.Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Lance Neelly was born inHutchinson, Kansas, and lives in Tonganoxie, Kansas. He graduated from Burrton High School. He attended Hutchinson Community College. Neelly's career experience includes working as a correctional officer for a maximum security prison and a security supervisor.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Neelly was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Neelly was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Neelly was assigned to the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

IncumbentLance Neelly defeatedEddy Martinez in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lance Neelly
Lance Neelly (R) Candidate Connection
 
66.4
 
7,866
Eddy Martinez (D)
 
33.6
 
3,980

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Total votes: 11,846
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

Eddy Martinez advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Eddy Martinez
 
100.0
 
670

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Total votes: 670
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

IncumbentLance Neelly defeatedMike Stieben in the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lance Neelly
Lance Neelly Candidate Connection
 
50.8
 
1,237
Mike Stieben
 
49.2
 
1,200

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Total votes: 2,437
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Neelly signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

IncumbentLance Neelly won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lance Neelly
Lance Neelly (R)
 
100.0
 
6,705

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Total votes: 6,705
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

IncumbentLance Neelly advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lance Neelly
Lance Neelly
 
100.0
 
3,666

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Total votes: 3,666
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2020

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

Lance Neelly won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lance Neelly
Lance Neelly (R)
 
97.2
 
9,652
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.8
 
283

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Total votes: 9,935
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

Lance Neelly defeated incumbentJim Karleskint in the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lance Neelly
Lance Neelly
 
51.8
 
1,764
Image of Jim Karleskint
Jim Karleskint
 
48.2
 
1,642

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Total votes: 3,406
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2018

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

IncumbentJim Karleskint defeatedThea Perry in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Karleskint
Jim Karleskint (R)
 
63.0
 
5,513
Image of Thea Perry
Thea Perry (D)
 
37.0
 
3,241

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Total votes: 8,754
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

Thea Perry advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thea Perry
Thea Perry
 
100.0
 
1,014

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Total votes: 1,014
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42

IncumbentJim Karleskint defeatedLance Neelly in the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 42 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Karleskint
Jim Karleskint
 
53.3
 
1,364
Image of Lance Neelly
Lance Neelly
 
46.7
 
1,197

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Total votes: 2,561
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Lance Neelly completedBallotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Neelly's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Husband, Father, Papa. Family being the most important thing to me. I ran because I continuously watched tax increase after tax increase. I wanted to see my kids and my grandkids stay in Kansas and be able to get a home and have a family. And for fun love to go fishing and shooting and be outdoors. Since I have been in Topeka I have been on Judiciary, Financial Institutions and Pensions, and am now the Vice Chair of Transportation. I am also very active in the Veterans Committee. Since a good part of my district is Agriculture I have been active in implementing multiple bills associated with Agriculture and Agritourism. As my Profession has been Corrections and Security and because I have many Family and friends as First Responders I am very Passionate about representing them. I have been rated as one of the most Conservative Legislators in the House.
  • You may not like what I tell you but, I Will tell you the Truth. I have been expected to lie for others and will Not do so. If that means I will no longer continue as a Legislator, so be it.
  • I Hate Campaigning. It is what will make me stop doing this. People often misrepresent the Facts(Lie) during campaigns and can be rude and mean about things. I work hard at campaigning because all the other things that go with being a Legislator I Very much enjoy. I love helping people, solving problems and working to see things accomplished.
  • Working with others, I think this is one of my best attributes. We all may have differences of opinions on issues but lets find issues we can work together on and get things done.
Law, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Detering Crime, Transportation, Agriculture, Agritourism, and obviously fighting against Tax Increases.
My Dad, he always had a Great sense of humor and was well liked wherever he went. There are others that I look up to even now.
Not that I can think specifically. I'm pretty Country so it would probably be a Western.
Honestly and Truthfulness, don't tell people what they want to hear, tell them the truth. Being deceptive and Sneaky is a pet Peeve of mine. Vote like you said you would, we have all seen politicians ay they will vote one way then get elected and vote another.

Work hard for Constituents and be available to them.

That means being a part of the Community. Be there when they need you.
Ability to work with others. I think i get along with almost everyone I deal with in the Capitol. And I am not afraid to talk to Anyone.
Represent your Constituents. You will never please everyone all the time. But if you find a politician that you agree with 100% of the time...they are Lying to You.
He was loved by his Family and Friends. That he cared for others.
Mowing ball diamonds, a couple years in the summer
The Forth Horseman by Randy Lee Eickhoff
tis the story of Doc Holiday
Sesame Street song my brother sent, "Menomanomp bee bee badeepee"
Property Tax, and Water.....West half of our State is in trouble and we need solutions.
Not necessarily, most in my position do not have any experience. Most just feel the need to try to fix some of the issues we face.
Absolutely! There are 124 other House Members and 40 Senators and a Governor....You cant do it on your own.
Many, I have met with and taken phone calls from constituents that have cried from both sadness and desperation. It is people such as those that make one work harder.
I think so because you have more people making the decision. Not just One.
Right now it would be Tax Relief...People need Help.
Farm Bureau, Kansans For Life, Family Voice, Kansas Livestock Association, Americans For Prosperity. Many others
Judiciary, Transportation, Financial Institutions and Pensions, Veterans, Agriculture, Corrections, and always trying to pay attention to others, especially Tax.
I think there needs to be a Lot more. I think its pretty Transparent that the Government is Accountable for Many things that need fixed. Often the Government Complicates or Compounds issues.

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2022

Lance Neelly did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Lance Neelly did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Lance Neelly campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024*Kansas House of Representatives District 42Won general$35,495 $0
2022Kansas House of Representatives District 42Won general$15,096 $0
2020Kansas House of Representatives District 42Won general$12,318 N/A**
2018Kansas House of Representatives District 42Lost primary$6,360 N/A**
Grand total$69,269 N/A**
Sources:OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

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In 2024, theKansas State Legislature was in session from January 8 to April 30.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Legislators are scored on their votes on a variety of issues of interest to the organization.
Legislators are scored on their support for bills that the organization lists as promoting "individual liberty, limited government, free markets and student-focused education."
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


2023

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In 2023, theKansas State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 28.

Legislators are scored on their votes on a variety of issues of interest to the organization.
Legislators are scored on their support for bills that the organization lists as promoting "individual liberty, limited government, free markets and student-focused education."
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


2022

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In 2022, theKansas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 23.

Legislators are scored on their votes on a variety of issues of interest to the organization.
Legislators are scored on their support for bills that the organization lists as promoting "individual liberty, limited government, free markets and student-focused education."
Legislators are scored by the MainStream Coalition on whether they voted with the moderate position on selected bills.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


2021

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In 2021, theKansas State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 26.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Legislators are scored on their support for bills that the organization lists as promoting "individual liberty, limited government, free markets and student-focused education."
Legislators are scored by the MainStream Coalition on whether they voted with the moderate position on selected bills.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.








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    1. ↑Neellyforkansas, "Home," accessed January 12, 2021
    2. ↑Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 9, 2024

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Jim Karleskint (R)    		Kansas House of Representatives District 42
    2021-Present    		Succeeded by
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