Kansas House of Representatives District 53 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 53 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 53
Kirk Haskins defeated Bruce Williamson in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 53 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kirk Haskins (D)  | 55.4 | 4,948 |
 | Bruce Williamson (R) | 44.6 | 3,988 | |
| Total votes: 8,936 | |||
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Kirk Haskins (D)
My second campaign pillar is Equity, a necessary through line underpinning all state funded programs and legislation. Equity in public education means providing the necessary resources for staff to support the increasing mental and social-emotional needs of students. Equity in civil rights means protecting voting rights for all Kansans, upholding the legal right to marriage and the social progress of all legal benefits of marriage for Kansans identifying as LGBTQIA+. It means expanding Medicaid for equity in healthcare for the dignity and health of all Kansans. Finally, equity means the right to privacy for women in decisions of reproductive health and family planning without the intrusion of government legislation.
The third pillar of my campaign is the Economy. I believe in the Kansas entrepreneurial spirit that inspires our small business economy and brings our shared experiences as Kansans to the main streets of our cities. I believe that the above pillars of Education and Equity support our economy by keeping our most valuable resource, our youth, in their home state. Expanding Medicaid will support our struggling rural hospitals and their communities and legalizing marijuana will inject our state economy with a new stream of revenue. I will work to reduce the timeline for eliminating the state food tax and promote programs that will support reduced property tax burdens for low and fixed income Kansans.
Kirk Haskins (D)
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