“To build a brighter future, we must continue to advance the two values that have guided our state from its founding: an unwavering belief in the power of individual freedom and an equally strong commitment to the common good. These two values do not contradict each other. Rather, they create a climate in which each one of us is encouraged to achieve our full potential and each one of us is given the opportunity to do so.”

-Governor Kathleen Sebelius,
in her 2007 State of the State Address

We believe in:

• Funding a fair and vigorous public education system
• Making available affordable, effective health care for every family
• Equipping law enforcement with the tools and personnel necessary to keep our neighborhoods safe
• Providing our soldiers and their families with safe housing, excellent medical care and the educational or job placement support they deserve
• Expanding therapeutic stem cell research
• Developing jobs that permit every adult to earn a wage sufficient to maintain a family
• Fostering the freedom to practice any religion we choose
• Protecting workers from multi-national corporations who break pension promises
• Bringing relief from the $1 billion dollar/day debt tax on the federal deficit, which has almost doubled since 2000
• Ensuring that voting is accessible to all, accurate and verifiable, and secure.
• Reducing carbon emissions by promoting cleaner alternative energy solutions.

Many of us fought in wars to defend our country, and the freedoms our Flag symbolizes. We support the men and women who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and who have already come home. The rest of our soldiers should come home as soon as possible.

We value the rule of law and an independent judiciary, which guarantees that neither skin color, gender, sexual orientation, nor family background will control people’s destiny. Equality of educational and employment opportunity, hard work, and imagination are the factors which should determine success.

Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson, explaining his decision to change his affiliation to the Democratic Party, explained: “I decided I’d rather spend time building great universities than wondering if Charles Darwin was right.” If you share this concern, or our concern for the issues listed above, then we hope you will affiliate with the Democratic Party, and that you will vote for our candidates.