Kansas House of Representatives District 123 candidate surveys, 2022

Elections in Kansas, 2022

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This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 123 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 123

Bob Lewis won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 123 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Lewis (R)	100.0	3,746

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Bob Lewis (R)

Save Our Troubled Schools. Our schools are in trouble. More money is not the answer. Since 2005, Kansas has poured money into our schools at a rate much greater than inflation.Yet achievment by virtually every measure has trended down. We need more transparency, accuntability and choice ("TCP) in our shcools. Starting in 2003, Florida pursued TCP aggressively. In 2003 Kansas surpassed Florida in almost every achievement metric. Today it's flipped. Florida beats Kansas. And Florida spend $3,000 less per student than Kansas. In the last legislative session there were two TCP bills introduced -- the Parents' Bill of Rights and Open Schools Enrollment. My opponent voted agasint them. I enthusiastically support them.

Fight Inflation by Reining in the Administrative State -- Kansas is overregulated. Kansas has 133 agencies issuing and enforcing 70,000 regulations. The regulations are often outdated, conflicting or just plain non-sensical. We need to rein in the regulatory state. One way to do that is to approve a constitutional amendment which would give the elected representatives the power to rescind burdensome, job destroying, inflation-causing regulations. My opponent voted against this measure three times. I support it. Let’s deregulate and help bring down inflation

Fight Crime with More Resources, Tougher Sentencing Laws and Early Intervention – Garden City has seen a significant uptick in serious crime in recent years. As a former federal prosecutor, I have experience successfully fighting crime and working with local law enforcement. Much of the recent increase in crime is tied to drug- and human-trafficking coming across the southern border. To fight back, local law enforcement needs more people, equipment, and training. Sentencing laws must be strengthened to give prosecutors and judges greater ability to put criminals behind bars longer. We also need to increase support for programs that identify at risk kids early to prevent them from purusing a life of crime.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Bob Lewis (R)

1. Fighting Crime, 2. Deregulating, 3. Transparency, Acountability and Choice in Schools. 4. Ensuring the Courts Apply and Enforce the Laws, Not Make Them.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Bob Lewis (R)

President Kennedy's Assasination in 1963

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Bob Lewis (R)

Mowing yards in my neighborhood. 5 years

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