United Kansas
United Kansas | |
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| Chairperson | Jack Curtis |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Ideology | Fusion voting Big tent Bipartisanship |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colors | Orange |
| Slogan | One Vision, One Kansas |
| Website | |
| unitedkansas.com | |
United Kansas is a minor political party in the U.S. state of Kansas. United Kansas was founded in 2024 by Jack Curtis, who currently chairs the party.[1] Other party leadership includes Sally Cauble, a Republican who formerly served on the Kansas State Board of Education, and Aaron Estabrook, an independent who served on the Manhattan City Commission.[2] United Kansas advocates for fusion voting, nominating existing Republican or Democratic candidates.
History
[edit]On May 24, 2024, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab declared that United Kansas had met the requirements to become officially recognized as a political party in Kansas.[3] They collected 35,152 signatures, greater than the requisite 2% of total votes in the last gubernatorial election. United Kansas joins No Labels Kansas and the Libertarian Party as a minor political party in Kansas.[4]
In United Kansas's first year as an official party, they nominated three candidates for the Kansas House and Kansas Senate.[5] These included Lori Blake, a Democrat running for the 69th Kansas House district, J.C. Moore, a Republican running for the 26th Kansas Senate district, and Jason Probst, the incumbent representative for the 102nd Kansas House district.[6] Additionally, they nominated two candidates for the Leavenworth City Commission.[7]
Chairman Jack Curtis said that the party's organizers were interested in recreating fusion voting in Kansas, "an idea that would enable United Kansas to cross-nominate Republican or Democratic candidates".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "New Kansas political party promises new era of politics". KSN-TV. 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Cassell, Victoria (2024-03-13). "New Kansas political party introduces fresh era of collaborative politics". Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "United Kansas officially recognized as political party in Kansas". KOAM News Now. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ "'United Kansas' named state's 5th political party". KSNT 27 News. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ "Kansas Secretary of State | Elections | Candidate Lists". sos.ks.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ Kansas, United. "United Kansas". United Kansas. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ Shorman, Jonathan (June 7, 2024). "New Kansas political party wants to change how you vote. Can they get around the ban?". The Kansas City Star.
- ^ Carpenter, Tim. "United Kansas officially earns spot on Kansas ballots as state's fifth political party • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
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