United Kansas

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.

United Kansas
Chairperson	Jack Curtis
Founded	2024
Ideology	Fusion voting Big tent Bipartisanship
Political position	Centre
Colors	Orange
Slogan	One Vision, One Kansas
Website
unitedkansas.com
Politics of the United States Political parties Elections

History

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

1. "New Kansas political party promises new era of politics". KSN-TV. 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
2. Cassell, Victoria (2024-03-13). "New Kansas political party introduces fresh era of collaborative politics". Retrieved 2024-04-19.
3. "United Kansas officially recognized as political party in Kansas". KOAM News Now. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
4. "'United Kansas' named state's 5th political party". KSNT 27 News. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
5. "Kansas Secretary of State | Elections | Candidate Lists". sos.ks.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
6. Kansas, United. "United Kansas". United Kansas. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
7. 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.
8. Carpenter, Tim. "United Kansas officially earns spot on Kansas ballots as state's fifth political party • Kansas Reflector". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2024-06-06.