Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress

Dick Nichols

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · KansasHouse 1991–1993 (KS-5)

Dick Nichols was a Republican U.S. representative from Kansas, first elected to Congress in 1991.

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3Bills & resolutions sponsored102nd–102nd Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 3 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law102nd–102nd Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.J.Res. 451 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years a person may serve as a Representative in, or Delegate or…
May 12, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
H.R. 4555 To limit the number of years that a person may be employed by the House of Representatives.
Apr 28, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Personnel and Police.
H.R. 2604 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the luxury excise tax.
Jun 10, 1991 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Elections Rep. Nichols has won

Rep. Nichols has won 1 U.S. House election (1990–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.5 to 18.5 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 18.5 points1990, KS-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Kansas’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Joe Skubitz (R) 1976 → Robert Whittaker (R) 1978–1988 → Richard Nichols (R) 1990. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	3	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	0	None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	0	None listed

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 102nd Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.