Libertarian Party of Kansas explained

Libertarian Party of Kansas
Chairman:	Tim Giblin^[1]
Secretary:	Eric Lund
Seats1 Title:	U.S. Senate
Seats2 Title:	U.S. House
Seats3 Title:	Statewides
Seats5 Title:	State Senate
Seats6 Title:	State House
Seats7 Title:	Other elected officials
Seats7:	2 ^[2]
Foundation:	December 1971
Membership Year:	2021
Membership:	21,297^[3]
Ideology:	Libertarianism^[4] Non-interventionism^[5] Fiscal conservatism^[6] Economic liberalism Cultural liberalism Laissez-faire
National:	Libertarian Party
Colors:	Gold, Blue

The Libertarian Party of Kansas (LPKS) is the Kansas affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The LPKS earned full ballot access in 1992 as a minor party, with Libertarian candidates appearing on every statewide general election ballot since then.

Since 2010 the party has pursued major party status which would give them the same primary ballot access enjoyed by the Republican and Democratic parties. To achieve major party status, their candidate for Governor of Kansas, needs to receive 5% or more of the statewide vote in the general election,^[7] but failed to do so^[8] in past elections.

The Libertarian Party of Kansas has advocated for protection of the 2nd amendment.^[9]

See also

• List of state Libertarian Parties in the United States

External links

• Libertarian Party of Kansas web page
• Libertarian Party of Kansas page on Facebook
• Web site: Libertarian Party of Kansas Officers. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425015300/http://lpks.org/the-lpks/officers/. 25 April 2012. 31 May 2017.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leadership . Libertarian Party of Kansas . 26 September 2022.
2. Web site: Elected Officials. June 1, 2024.
3. Web site: Winger . Richard . March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition . March 15, 2021 . Ballot Access News.
4. Book: Rothbard, Murray Newton . For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto . registration . 1 . Even more remarkably, the Libertarian party achieved this growth while consistently adhering to a new ideological creed—"libertarianism"—thus bringing to the American political scene for the first time in a century a party interested in principle rather than in merely gaining jobs and money at the public trough. . 1978 . Collier Books . 978-0-02-074690-4 .
5. Web site: Libertarian Party opposes further intervention in Iraq . 18 June 2014 . The Libertarian Party supports a foreign policy of free trade and non-intervention. .
6. Web site: Ideological Third Parties and Splinter Parties . The Libertarian Party supports laissez-faire policies, small government, and is characterized by being socially liberal on some things, but in truth they are conservative socially because they do not support tax payer programs to help one another through government run programs and they are fiscally conservative Source: Boundless. "Ideological Third Parties and Splinter Parties." Boundless Political Science. Boundless, January 6, 2015. May 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150116140223/https://www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-political-science-textbook/interest-groups-7/minor-political-parties-58/ideological-third-parties-and-splinter-parties-335-8403/ . January 16, 2015 . dead .
7. Web site: Libertarians aiming to tally enough votes to gain 'major party' status in Kansas . KansasCity.com. 13 September 2010. 31 May 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20100913031426/http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/09/2211246/libertarians-aiming-to-tally-enough.html. 13 September 2010.
8. http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/kansas Kansas – Election Results 2010
9. Web site: Open carry supporters celebrate in Lenexa. Lisa. Benson. 21 July 2013. 31 May 2017.