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Kansas House of Representatives, District 093

The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafting and voting on legislation, helping to create a state budget, and legislative oversight over state agencies.

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    Brian Bergkamp
    (Rep)

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    Justin L. Shore
    (Dem)

Biographical Information

What makes you the best candidate for this position? What skills, expertise, or competencies qualify you?

What are Kansas's three most important issues, and how do you intend to address them?

How would you make it easier for Kansas citizens to follow bills as they flow through the legislature? What, if any, changes would you propose in the “Gut and Go” process?

Would you support changes to Kansas election laws and voting systems? Why?

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Ballot City Topeka
Campaign Phone 316-235-1212
Personal Biography I'm a 7th generation Kansan, born and raised in Grenola, in Elk County. My father was a mechanic and farmer, and my mother was a public school teacher, continuing a family tradition of educators—including my grandmother, who taught in a one-room schoolhouse called Hard Pan. I grew up working in my dad's garage, pumping gas, and fixing tires. I've spent over 30 years in Information Technology, in a career that has taken me around the world.
Education I'm a product of public education, graduating from Central High School in Burden, KS. I attended Kansas State University for Computer & Electrical Engineering and was a member of the marching band.
Community/Public Service I am a two-term member of the Clearwater City Council and currently serve as Council President. I was elected to the Sedgwick County Extension Board and serve on a Program Development Committee for Family & Consumer Sciences. I frequently volunteer at my senior center, Fall Festival, and other local organizations, including contributions to the Boys & Girls Club and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
I’ve lived in District 93 for 16 years and worked for one of the larger employers in the district for 14 years before that. I’ve been an active volunteer in my community for years. I’ve been elected to the Clearwater City Council twice and currently serve as the Council President. I’m a proven leader who has earned the trust of my community.

My motivation is public service itself. I’m running to give the people of my district a voice in the Capitol, not to add another vote for the corporate interests that control the Legislature. Working Kansans and small business owners aren’t served by granting more tax breaks to billionaires and corporate behemoths. I am running to help all Kansans succeed. When the people do well, so will corporations.
Medicaid Expansion - it should have passed 10 years ago. 80% of states, all 5 territories, and the DC have long since expanded Medicaid. There’s no excuse for over 150,000 working Kansans to be denied health insurance.

Public School Funding - the Legislature is required by law to fully fund education. This includes SpEd. This isn’t an aspiration level of funding, but is instead the bare minimum to meet the law. Education isn’t funded until SpEd is funded.

Bodily Autonomy - Kansans of all affiliations spoke loud and clear in ’22 that they did not want the government to be involved in personal medical decisions. The Legislature has attempted to pass dozens of additional restrictions since then. The Legislature needs to stay in its lane.
Bills should follow a set path through the process with defined timelines. Committee hearings should have ample notice, not mere hours. Bills getting a hearing should be up to a vote of the committee and not the partisan will of the Chair. And the bundling of bills in committee should end. Cleaning up this process is crucial to aide in tracking a bill’s progress.

Ideally, Citizens should be able to subscribe to updates via email or texts on any bill they choose through the website. They should get a notification immediately as soon as any action is taken on a bill. If the path a bill takes is clean and predictable, a tool such as this would be easy to devise.

“Gut & Go’s” should only ever be used in emergencies with a supermajority vote.
I would support the enforcement of SB130 from 2019. It has not been fully implemented and would make Election Day voting easier for working Kansans.

I would support mailing out advance ballot applications to all voting age citizens for each election.

I would support automatically mailing out permanent advance ballot applications to all seniors, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities to make the resource more accessible.

I would codify into law the lifting of restrictions on citizens who help register people to vote.

I would support concerted efforts to register high school seniors as they turn 18, if not outright making registration automatic.

Our elections are already secure. New laws should make voting more accessible, not less