Editing Kansas Republican Party (section)

{{short description|Kansas affiliate of the Republican Party}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Kansas Republican Party
| logo             = Republican Party of Kansas Logo.png
| colorcode        = {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}
| headquarters     = 800 SW Jackson St., Suite 1300<br />Topeka, KS 66612
| chairman         = Danedri Herbert
| leader2_title    = Senate President
| leader2_name     = [[Ty Masterson]]
| leader3_title    = House Speaker
| leader3_name     = [[Daniel Hawkins (politician)|Daniel Hawkins]]
| seats1_title     = [[List of United States senators from Kansas|U.S. Senate seats]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|2|2|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[List of U.S. Representatives from Kansas|U.S. House seats]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|3|4|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Government of Kansas#Executive Branch|Statewide executive offices]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|4|6|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats4_title     = Seats in the [[Kansas Senate]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|31|40|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats5_title     = Seats in the [[Kansas House of Representatives]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|88|125|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| foundation       = May 18, 1859
| membership_year  = 2021
| membership       = {{gain}}871,817<ref>{{Cite web |last=Winger |first=Richard |title=March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition |url=http://ballot-access.org/2021/03/28/march-2021-ballot-access-news-print-edition/ |access-date=March 15, 2021 |website=Ballot Access News}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatism]]
| national         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| colors           = {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Red states and blue states|Red]] (unofficial)
| website          = {{URL|https://www.kansas.gop/}}
| country          = Kansas
| symbol           = [[File:Republican Party Disc (alternate).svg|100px]]
}}

The '''Kansas Republican Party''' is the state affiliate [[political party]] in [[Kansas]] of the [[Republican Party (United States)|United States Republican Party]]. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.

At the state level, the party is largely split between its moderate and conservative ideological factions, with the moderates often willing to work with [[Kansas Democratic Party|Democrats]] on legislation and other matters.<ref name="theatlantic1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/kansas-medicaid-biden/604858/|title=Joe Biden's Bipartisan Dream Comes True in Kansas|date=2020-01-16|website=The Atlantic|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> Because of this divide, Kansas is sometimes described as having "three-party politics."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article125045544.html|title=Three-Party politics returning to Topeka|date=2017-01-05|website=The Wichita Eagle|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> In recent years, as the national Republican Party has grown more conservative, some moderates have left the party to become Democrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/kansas-state-house-senate-republicans-democrats.html|title=Why Did These Three Republican Lawmakers in Kansas Leave for the Democratic Party?|date=2018-12-20|website=slate.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one of Kansas' four [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] seats, both [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seats, and supermajorities in both houses of the [[Kansas Legislature|state legislature]]. The statewide offices that the party does not control are the [[Governor of Kansas|governorship]] and the [[Lieutenant Governor of Kansas|lieutenant governorship]] which are currently held by Democrats [[Laura Kelly]] and [[David Toland]] respectively.

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