The Libertarian Party of Kansas’ Executive Committee embodies the political middle ground the party has claimed for years, following last weekend’s State Convention in Mission, Kansas, according to a news release from the LPKS.
Party leadership is predominantly female for the first time since inception with the election of the first ever female LPKS State Chair, Kris Logan (Lansing), Victoria French (Wichita) as 4th District Coordinator, and Heather Toot (Leavenworth) as 2nd District Coordinator.
Perhaps even more surprising, all three new members of the party’s leadership found the Libertarian Party as disenfranchised Democrats or Republicans.
LPKS State Chair, Kris Logan, said, “People shouldn’t be surprised our leadership is made up of both former Democrats and Republicans. As Libertarians, we know we don’t have to agree on all issues, we simply have to agree that we will not use force to make others live as we personally believe is best. That is what makes us Libertarian.”
As hyper-partisanship continues to escalate, could the Libertarian Party be the common-sense middle ground voters are looking for?
Logan thinks so, and she invites every Kansan disappointed with the establishment parties to learn more about the party of minimum government, maximum freedom. “The Libertarian Party has been the fastest growing political party in Kansas for over a decade,” said Logan, “and I think that trend is only going to accelerate as both middle-ground Republicans and Democrats join us… not to mention all the Kansas Independents who simply don’t yet know that they are really Libertarians. Kansans are live-and-let-live people, and that is a core value of the Libertarian Party.”
In addition to the above listed new officers, Ric Koehn (Cimarron) was re-elected to the position of State Treasurer.
The 2018 LPKS State Convention is slated to be held in the spring in Wichita, Kansas. The party expects to continue the momentum with ever larger and impactful events.
For more information contact:
Kris Logan– LPKS State Chair – [email protected] – (913) 240-9008
Heather Toot – LPKS 2nd District Coordinator – [email protected] – (913) 240-4286
Victoria French – LPKS 4th District Coordinator – [email protected] (316) 807-4685
Paulie, the ExComm being predominantly female, in and of itself, you’d be correct, but it is an interesting & historical little tidbit in LPKS history. However the fact that we’ve hit the ground running and our 2 new District Coordinators, with other LPKS volunteers, have spent the last 2 weeks laying some major organizational groundwork for their districts, means a whole lot for our party. Please come join us at http://www.lpks.org/new_volunteer
I can’t think of any of the top of my head, although that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.
Good luck to the new team. Has any other state LP ever had majority female leadership before?