Republican - Kansas Commissioner of Insurance
Sources for Daniel Hawkins
21 public source entries are attached to this profile. Primary records, reporting, and public online activity are grouped separately so readers can inspect the record.
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Primary Records
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov - 2026-05-19
Kansas State Wide Office - 2026 Election Cyclekansas.gov
- Daniel Hawkins is listed under Insurance Commissioner Candidates.
- KPDC links Hawkins' treasurer form and January 2026 report.
- Page carries statutory warning on contributor-name use.
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov - 2026-05-19
Daniel Hawkins Appointment of Treasurerkansas.gov
- Candidate name Daniel Hawkins.
- Office sought Insurance Commissioner.
- Treasurer Mary Eisenhower; executed May 13, 2025.
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov - 2026-05-19
Daniel Hawkins January 2026 Receipts and Expenditures Reportkansas.gov
- 2025 finance totals, cash on hand, in-kind contributions, and candidate loan.
- Issue-relevant insurance, health, pharmaceutical/PBM, and professional PAC/entity contributions.
- KPDC Hawkins January 2026 report: https://www.kansas.gov/ethics/CFAScanned/StWide/2026ElecCycle/202601/SW03DH_202601.pdf
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Douglas County / State of Kansas candidate filing export - 2026-05-19
Douglas County / State of Kansas Candidate Filing Informationcandidatefiling.us
- Daniel Hawkins (R) listed as filed for Commissioner of Insurance on May 13, 2025.
- Report is for the August 4, 2026 primary election.
- Douglas County/state candidate filing PDF: https://candidatefiling.us/Info/CFPdf?c=118926085287&e=545606222&j=2795522868&s=802933811&st=KS
- Hawkins is House Speaker, Republican, District 100.
- House service 2013-present and 2025-2026.
- Kansas Legislature Hawkins profile: https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/legislators/rep_hawkins_daniel_1/
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Dan Hawkins for Insurance Commissioner - 2026-05-19
Dan Hawkins for Insurance Commissionerhawkinsforinsurance.com
- Campaign branding and issue statements.
- Insurance affordability/regulation priorities.
- Biography and legislative accomplishment claims.
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danhawkinskansas.com / Bluehost suspended page - 2026-05-19
Hawkins for Kansas about page - now suspendeddanhawkinskansas.com
- Older campaign site now displays an account-suspended page.
- Unchecked government expansion limits our freedom... - campaign language, source: https://danhawkinskansas.com/about/ (accessed 2026-04-01)
- I believe in the importance of defending life... - campaign language, source: https://danhawkinskansas.com/about/ (accessed 2026-04-01)
- Kansas Legislature page: kslegislature.gov
- Daniel Hawkins Legislature Page
- https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/rep_hawkins_daniel_1/
Reporting and Public Context
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KMUW / High Plains Public Radio - 2026-05-19
Kansas House passes bill providing stricter regulation of prescription drug middlemenkmuw.org
- PBM language inserted into SB 20; House passed measure 104-17.
- Reported Hawkins appeared set to keep SB 360 from moving.
- KMUW / HPPR PBM bill report: https://www.kmuw.org/government/2026-03-26/kansas-house-passes-bill-providing-stricter-regulation-of-prescription-drug-middlemen
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Heartland Signal - 2026-05-19
Kansas Republicans defy House Speaker Dan Hawkins and pass prescription drug consumer protections billheartlandsignal.com
- Reported Hawkins opposed PBM legislation and worked in insurance for 30 years.
- Heartland Signal PBM article: https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/03/26/kansas-republicans-defy-house-speaker-dan-hawkins-and-pass-prescription-drug-consumer-protections-bill/
- Heartland Signal: Kansas Republicans defy Hawkins, pass prescription drug bill (Mar 26, 2026)
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Kansas Reflector - 2026-05-19
Kansas House speaker launches campaign for insurance commissioner with pro-Trump rhetorickansasreflector.com
- Campaign launch context.
- Reported statement-of-substantial-interest insurance commissions/payroll.
- PRO-LIFE - Kansas Reflector coverage of his launch, 2026-04-01, https://kansasreflector.com/2025/05/13/kansas-house-speaker-launches-campaign-for-insurance-commissioner-with-pro-trump-rhetoric-1/ - topic: ideological br...
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KCUR / The Beacon - 2026-05-19
Kansas Republicans don't have the votes for redistricting in 2026, house speaker sayskcur.org
- Hawkins said redistricting was a priority but lacked votes for veto override.
- KCUR/The Beacon URL: https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-01-06/kansas-republicans-redistricting-congress-sharice-davids
- KCUR/The Beacon redistricting article: https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-01-06/kansas-republicans-redistricting-congress-sharice-davids
- His older Hawkins for Kansas site supplies the ideological baseline: unchecked government expansion limits freedom and hurts business growth; he says he is dedicated to defending life, strengthening the family, and prot...
- insurance commissioner - campaign framing, 2026-04-01, https://danhawkinskansas.com/ - topic: office bid.
- Campaign website: danhawkinskansas.com
- Recurring topics are taxes, budget restraint, anti-Kelly contrast, Trump alignment, abortion, gun rights, family/gender policy, election integrity, immigration enforcement, and insurance affordability through deregulati...
- The high cost of property taxes in Kansas has reached crisis level and HB 2043 simply gave taxpayers a voice. - Hawkins statement quoted by WIBW, Apr
- WIBW: HB 2043 veto response
- Sunflower State Journal: Hawkins reveals fundraising
- Ballotpedia: Daniel Hawkins)
- Hawkins also uses public statements to mark law-and-order and cultural lines. A 2023 WIBW story quoted a joint Hawkins/Masterson s
- This coming session, the Legislature will act to create an independent Office of Child Advocate... - joint Masterson/Hawkins statement quoted by [WIBW](https://www.wibw.com/2023/10/18/ks-republicans-call-creation-indepe...
- WIBW: Zoey Felix/Office of Child Advocate statement
- A new audit showed what we suspected. Is this what the Kelly Cover-Up was hiding? - Hawkins release quoted by [HPPR/Kansas Reflector](https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2026-04-20/food-assistance-audit-finds-potential-1-2-m...
- HPPR/Kansas Reflector: SNAP audit statement
- WIBW: 2026 session interview page
Public Online Activity
1 sources- The highest visible engagement signal is not a single viral post but the durability of his public platforms. Indexed profile previews put @DanHawkinsKS at about 2,000 followers, while the older campaign site embeds his...
- Publicly indexed or mirrored X material for @DanHawkinsKS, including indexed profile previews and news articles embedding posts.
- X profile scale: indexed Twitter profile preview listed @DanHawkinsKS at about 2,000 followers and 339 following.
