Kansas Democratic Party facts for kids
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Kansas Democratic Party
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Chairperson | Vicki Hiatt |
Senate leader | Anthony Hensley |
House leader | Tom Sawyer |
Founded | July 27, 1855 |
Headquarters | Topeka, KS |
Ideology | Liberalism Progressivism Social liberalism |
National affiliation | Democratic Party |
Colors | Blue |
Seats in the Upper House |
11 / 40
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Seats in the Lower House |
41 / 125
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The Kansas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Kansas. The chair of the Kansas Democratic Party is Vicki Hiatt.
History
Since Kansas became a territory, the Democratic Party didn't have much power.
The Kansas Democratic Party has not been able to send a U.S. Senator to Washington since 1939. This is a record that no other state party in the United States has been able to beat. Kansas Democrats have not controlled the Kansas Senate since 1917.
Since the state’s founding, there have been 11 Democratic governor of Kansas, six of whom were elected after 1961.
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