Better Representation for You
Robert Whitman wants to represent you in the Kansas House of Representatives in District 18. Go to the District Map page to see if you live in the 18th District.
The prosperity, health, safety and security of everyone is this district can be enhanced through legislative action using the principles that guide Robert. These are limited government, individual liberty, economic freedom and traditional values.
The legislature has the ability to help and Robert will work to:
- Make government affordable for you. Affordability seems to be a big topic right now. But all units of government raise property taxes year-after-year. You see this in your property tax bill.
- Limit local government's ability to raise property taxes by limiting the amount of increase to your home's value. Local government does this in two ways. Unelected officials increase the value of your home, which inreases your property taxes. Elected officials raise the mill levy, increasing your property taxes.
- End regulations not intended by laws passed in the Legislature. These regulations can be unduly burdensome to those regulated.
- Safeguard our energy grid and reduce utility bills.
- Provide law enforcement with the tools to help fight against drug and human trafficking.
- Improve Medicaid by shortening waiting lists and raising reimbursement rates for health care providers.
...And more
Being an elected official means being of service. Government should make your life easier, not harder. Too often government makes your life harder through higher taxation, burdensome regulations and ideology that has NEVER worked.
Let’s have a conversation about problems that state government is able to fix. Let’s find solutions to solve those problems without creating more problems.
Robert faces the same challenges as so many people in the district, such as trying to make ends meet as government becomes less affordable.
Robert has spent almost all of his life in Johnson County. That includes spending a great deal of my childhood in Shawnee, which was truly a blessing, in a house located in this district.
Robert looks forward to meeting you between now and the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
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About Robert
- Lived in Johnson County since childhood
- Degree in Journalism from the University of Kansas
- Former sportswriter for area newpapers
- Web applications developer
- Involved in the gig ecomomy for more than a decade
- Member of and volunteer at Christ Community Church