Susan Estes

Republican Party

Kansas House of Representatives District 87

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

4

Predecessor

Renee Erickson

Compensation

Base salary

$86.66/session day

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal

Profession

Teacher

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Susan Estes (Republican Party) is a member of theKansas House of Representatives, representingDistrict 87. She assumed office on January 11, 2021. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Estes (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theKansas House of Representatives to representDistrict 87. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Susan Estes' career experience includes working as a teacher, a market researcher, and a business development specialist. Estes has volunteered with Kansas Honor Flight and American Legion Post 4.^[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Estes was assigned to the following committees:

• Appropriations Committee
• K-12 Education Budget Committee
• House Education Committee,Chair

2023-2024

Estes was assigned to the following committees:

• Appropriations Committee
• House Education Committee,Vice Chair
• House Interstate Cooperation Committee
• K-12 Education Budget Committee

2021-2022

Estes was assigned to the following committees:

• Appropriations Committee
• House Education Committee
• K-12 Education Budget Committee

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

IncumbentSusan Estes defeatedMike Snider in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Estes (R)	54.3	6,105
		Mike Snider (D)	45.7	5,140

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,245
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

Mike Snider advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Snider	100.0	456

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

IncumbentSusan Estes advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Estes	100.0	1,056

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,056
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

IncumbentSusan Estes defeatedChris Strong in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Estes (R)	55.7	4,890
		Chris Strong (D)	44.3	3,886

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,776
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

Chris Strong advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Strong	100.0	2,096

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,096
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

IncumbentSusan Estes advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Estes	100.0	3,520

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,520
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2020

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

Susan Estes defeatedMatt Fox in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Estes (R)	54.4	6,430
		Matt Fox (D)	45.6	5,394

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,824
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

Matt Fox advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Fox	100.0	1,534

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,534
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87

Susan Estes advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 87 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Estes	100.0	2,808

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,808
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Susan Estes did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2024

2023

2022

2021

2016 Republican National Convention

See also:Republican National Convention, 2016

Susan Estes wasan at-large delegate to the2016 Republican National Convention fromKansas.^[2] Estes was one of six delegates from Kansas bound by state party rules to supportMarco Rubio at the convention. Rubio suspended his campaign on March 15, 2016.

Delegate rules

See also:RNC delegate guidelines from Kansas, 2016 andRepublican delegates from Kansas, 2016

Kansas district-level delegates were elected at district conventions, while the Kansas Republican State Committee elected at-large delegates at a state convention. All delegates from Kansas to the2016 Republican National Convention were bound to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated and bound unless released by their candidate.

Kansas caucus results

See also:Presidential election in Kansas, 2016

Kansas Republican Caucus, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Ted Cruz	48.2%	35,207	24
Donald Trump	23.3%	17,062	9
Marco Rubio	16.7%	12,189	6
John Kasich	10.7%	7,795	1
Other	1.2%	863	0
Totals		73,116	40
Source:The New York Times andCNN

Delegate allocation

See also:2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Kansas had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the district caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the district's delegates.^[3][4]

Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.^[3][4]

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