Kansas Republican Party
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
Kansas Republican Party | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Mike Brown |
| Senate President | Ty Masterson |
| House Speaker | Daniel Hawkins |
| Founded | May 18, 1859 |
| Headquarters | 800 SW Jackson St., Suite 1300 Topeka, KS 66612 |
| Membership (2021) | 871,817 |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Colors | Red (unofficial) |
| U.S. Senate seats | 2 / 2 |
| U.S. House seats | 3 / 4 |
| Statewide executive offices | 4 / 6 |
| Seats in the Kansas Senate | 28 / 40 |
| Seats in the Kansas House of Representatives | 85 / 125 |
| Website | |
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At the state level, the party is largely split between its moderate and conservative ideological factions, with the moderates often willing to work with Democrats on legislation and other matters. Because of this divide, Kansas is sometimes described as having "three-party politics." In recent years, as the national Republican Party has grown more conservative, some moderates have left the party to become Democrats. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one of Kansas' four U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. The statewide offices that the party does not control are the governorship and the lieutenant governorship which are currently held by Democrats Laura Kelly and David Toland respectively.