Republican · Kansas Commissioner of Insurance
Sources for Daniel Hawkins
21 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
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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.
