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
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]
