KS-04 Democratic nominee?
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AUG 5, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFamily law business manager
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationKansas
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BackgroundFamily law business manager
EducationFort Scott Community College (football scholarship; attended)
Notable personal detailsRyan Gilbert is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Kansas' 4th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He has worked as a family-law business manager and has experience in the energy sector, including work at Wolf Creek and EMP Shield. His campaign biography describes a childhood in foster care, later adoption in LeRoy, Kansas, and undergraduate studies at Fort Scott Community College and Washburn University.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports large tax increases on the very wealthy and expanded government social programs; proposes taxing millionaires at over 50% and billionaires at over 90%, and supports expanding Medicaid/Medicare and a $17 federal minimum wage.
Healthcare
Supports expanding Medicaid and implementing a single-payer healthcare system (Medicare for All) to provide care for everyone regardless of income; also emphasizes protecting reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare access.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate supports abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and calls for humane immigration enforcement rather than a paramilitary-style agency. Immigration is framed as a human-rights issue within a platform that emphasizes protections over expanded enforcement.
Climate & Energy
Supports investment in renewable energy and modernizing the grid, advocates deploying urban solar while balancing protection of cropland and private property rights. Emphasizes his background in power plant technology and work at a nuclear plant and grid-related companies as informing his views on energy and grid improvements.
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