Ryan Baty
Republican · KS · Sedgwick County Commissioner, District 4
Sedgwick County Commissioner for District 4 and founder of The Mattress Hub, a regional mattress retailer. He grew up in Wichita and played baseball at the University of Kansas.
Where Ryan Baty stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 10 oppose), Public Infrastructure (3 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Seconded and voted for a deal with Wichita on spending opioid settlement money for addiction programs. It passed 4-1.
September 10, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to accept donated land for the planned South Central Mental Health Hospital. It passed 5-0.
August 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 10 oppose
Moved to set aside up to $2 million, starting with casino gaming money, for INTRUST Bank Arena upkeep. It passed 4-1.
August 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted for the 2027 county budget of $624.2 million, with a tax rate of about 26.8 mills. It passed 4-1.
August 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to cut $2.29 million from the 2026 budget, including a $1.7 million payment to Exploration Place. It passed 4-1, and he then moved the $591.3 million budget, which passed 5-0.
August 20, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Seconded and voted for a rule that county quality-of-life spending not exceed sales tax money used for property tax relief. It failed 2-3.
December 4, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to adopt the 2025 county budget of $563.4 million, with a lower tax rate of 28.659 mills. It passed 4-1.
August 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to extend the county's contract to air commission meetings on public TV station KPTS for one year. It passed 3-2.
August 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted against ending the county's $78,000 federal lobbyist contract. The motion failed 1-4.
August 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted against cutting the county's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program manager job. The cut passed 3-2.
August 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to approve bonds to buy and fix up a county office building. It passed 4-0.
July 24, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted to buy a $4.5 million building for the county election office. It passed 4-1.
February 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted to end a deal to buy the Murfin building at 250 N. Water as a county office building. It passed 4-1.
November 15, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to give $200,000 to help the City of Wichita run an emergency winter homeless shelter. It passed 5-0.
November 15, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted for the 2024 county budget of $518.5 million, with a tax rate of about 29 mills. It passed 4-1.
August 23, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Pushed back on a state cut to community corrections funding. The Kansas Department of Corrections then paused its new funding formula.
October 30, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kwch.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Moved to adopt a county policy for housing tax-break districts (Reinvestment Housing Incentive Districts). It passed 4-1.
April 10, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Moved to give $200,000 to help the City of Wichita run an emergency winter homeless shelter. It passed 5-0.
November 15, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support · 1 oppose
Moved to set aside up to $2 million, starting with casino gaming money, for INTRUST Bank Arena upkeep. It passed 4-1.
August 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to put off, with no set date, a state deal to buy land for the Northwest Expressway. It passed 5-0.
December 17, 2025Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to approve bonds to buy and fix up a county office building. It passed 4-0.
July 24, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted to buy a $4.5 million building for the county election office. It passed 4-1.
February 21, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Moved to approve a tax increment financing (TIF) district at 69th Street North and Broadway in Park City. It passed 5-0.
April 22, 2026
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Brought leaders from 15 cities to a county meeting to discuss a sales tax that lowers property taxes.
August 14, 2024
Source: kwch.com
Led his first meeting as chairman of the Sedgwick County Commission.
January 17, 2024
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Seconded and voted for a new parental leave policy for county workers. It passed 3-1.
September 6, 2023
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted to drop a mailer about voting by mail and use the money for a polling-place postcard and 15 more polling sites. It passed 4-1.
August 23, 2023
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to add Presidents Day back as a paid holiday for county workers. It passed 5-0.
January 18, 2023
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Won the Sedgwick County Commission 4th District seat, beating incumbent Lacey Cruse with 53% of the vote.
November 8, 2022
Source: kmuw.org
As founder and CEO of The Mattress Hub, a Wichita mattress chain he started in 2008, moved its Lawrence store to a larger site.
January 21, 2019
Source: www2.ljworld.com
Past race Ryan Baty ran in:
- County Commissioner 4th District · November 3, 2026 · Sedgwick County, Kansas · incumbent