Bob Lewis

Republican | Kansas

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Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

Garden City High School, Garden City, Ks., Diploma, 1976

Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, B.A., 1980

Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, California, J.D., 1984

WORK & MILITARY

Lawyer/advocate for crime victims, especially survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Former federal prosecutor where I prosecuted large drug cartels and immigration fraud mills., 1987-2026

Kansas State House of Representatives, Representative, 2023-2026

AFFILIATIONS

Garden City YMCA, Member of the Board and Chair of the Swim Committee

Grinnell College Alumni Association, Class Fund Director

Community Congregational Church of Garden City, Ks., Congregant, 2019-2026

Federalist Society, Member, 1990-2026

Finney County Republican Central Committee, Committeeman, 2021-2026

Kansas Sheriff’s Association, Honorary Member, 2022-2026

United States Masters Swimming Association, Member, 2002-2026

Wisdom Table of Dowtown Garden City, Of Counsel, 2015-2026

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

4th Ward Committeeman, Finney County Republican Central Committee, 2021-2026

Kansas House Representative, 123rd District, 2023-2026

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Candidate did not provide

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (2)

National Rifle Association NRA-PVF

Kansas Family Voice

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Kansas Family Voice

Kansas State Rifle Association

Kansans for Life

Kansas Chamber of Commerce

Uttam Dhillon

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)

Ty Masterson (2026)

Pat Proctor (2025)

Derek Schmidt (2022)

State Republican Party Organizations (2022)

Caryn Tyson (2021)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Contributions and Expenditures for 2024 cycle

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Life of mother and rape or incest

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Agree

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Neutral

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Agree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

I oppose them -- Minimum wage laws reduce job opportunities for entry level employees by causing employers to instead rely on automation. Other ways exist to ensure a worker a minimum standard of living, e.g., earned income tax credit.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

Reduce the number of government employees by greater use of automation and AI Give the inspector general more resources to ferret out fraud and abuse Consolidate or merge agencies, as well as governmental subdivisions such as counties and school districts


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

That the government may not establish a religion

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Disagree

The exception to my "no" answer is when the refusal of services is based on constitutionally protected rights of the service seeker, such as the right not be discriminated against based on race or ethnicity in employment or housing.


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

C.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Disagree

I believe this risks interfering with privacy rights.


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Very important. Israel shares our Judeo-Christian values, is a strong ally in an important region of the world, has a functioning democracy, has a strong economy with an extraordinarily educated, talented and hard-working population, is an important trading partner, and provides a safe haven for Jewish people.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Neutral

I believe that the role of the federal government and the Department of Education in education should be drastically reduced and that states, localities and parents should have primary control over the education of their children.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Neutral

I support a parent's right to direct their child's health and educational well-being except where such parental control causes clear and serious detriment to the child's health or well-being. For instance, the government should prohibit a parent from directing his child to undergo hormonal or surgical procedures in a futile attempt to change the child's sex.

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Agree

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Strongly Disagree

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a protestant Christian. I respect the right of each individual in America to follow their own religious path to the extent it does not infringe on the right of others to live freely and pursue their own chosen religious paths.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

Photo ID is needed to fly on an airplane, to gamble, and to buy alcohol or tobacco. It's not too much to require the same when one exercises his right to vote.


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree

Agree and sponsored legislation that did just that.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

There is no one source -- I believe that the best source depends on location and the activity that it supports.


ABOUT YOU

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Conservative

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

no

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

no


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

First, to keep the public safe. Second, to help victims recover from the harm inflicted on them. Third, to hold criminals to account. Fourth, to the extent feasible, help criminals become productive members of society after paying their debt to society.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

I sponsored a bill that criminalized the encouragement of suicide, a bill increasing penalties for sextortion, a bill that increased the SOL for child sex abuse claims, and another to require parental approval of aps downloaded by a child.

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Narrowly tailored laws to keep the guns out of the hands of the mentally disturbed, substance abuse addicts, or criminally minded individuals.

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