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Ephren Taylor III

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Ephren Taylor III
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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 6, 2024

Personal
Profession
Community organizer
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Ephren Taylor III (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Kansas State Senate to represent District 4. Taylor lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.

Taylor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Ephren Taylor III's career experience includes working as a community organizer.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Kansas State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Kansas State Senate District 4

Incumbent David Haley won election in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Haley
David Haley (D)
 
100.0
 
13,941

Total votes: 13,941
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 4

Incumbent David Haley defeated Ephren Taylor III in the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 4 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Haley
David Haley
 
57.6
 
2,593
Image of Ephren Taylor III
Ephren Taylor III Candidate Connection
 
42.4
 
1,911

Total votes: 4,504
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Ephren Taylor III completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Taylor's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Ephren Taylor III is a young Wyandotte County organizer who recently moved to Kansas City, Kansas because he loves the people. He is running for State Senate because he believes Northeast KCK deserves better representation in Topeka.
  • Property Tax Relief: Ephren will work with Governor Kelly and colleagues in Topeka to bring property tax reform for middle-class and working-class families.
  • Investment in Infrastructure and Schools: Ephren supports bringing more of our tax dollars back to northeast WyCo instead of letting politicians in Topeka spend them in other parts of the state. He will also fight for more funding for our public schools and he’ll never give in to the folks who want to turn our schools over to giant for-profit corporations.
  • Affordable Housing: Ephren will fight for more housing and more affordable housing. As a young man who recently moved out from his grandparents’, he understands that homeownership seems out of reach for most people, and that isn’t right.
Fairer taxes, expanding Medicaid, investing in infrastructure, investing in public schools, affordable housing, and protecting and expanding civil rights.
My background as a community organizer will be helpful once I'm in office. I'll work with my constituents to increase political power, engage with the legislature, and organize to support our collective work for positive policy change.
Moms Demand Action

Kansas Young Democrats
IBEW Local 124
Cannabis Justice Coalition

Pipefitters Local Union 533
Kansas's legislature is very opaque. Bills are rushed through committee and voted on in a hurry, often before legislators have a chance to read them. A practice called "gut and go" enables legislative leadership to change the contents of a bill at the last minute. And the state's website needs to be improved so every Kansan can easily look up what a bill will do and who has voted for and against it.

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Campaign finance summary


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Ephren Taylor III campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Kansas State Senate District 4Lost primary$6,767 $0
Grand total$6,767 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 19, 2024


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