Before Kansas takes on a billion-dollar project, somebody has to ask: where’s the money coming from?

I’m Rick James. Fiscal responsibility isn’t a talking point. It’s a responsibility we owe to every Kansas family.

• This year’s budget cut State General Fund spending by nearly $190 million
• It still fully funds our constitutional obligations
• And it keeps nearly $2 billion in the Rainy-Day Fund

Now there’s talk of building a new state prison that could cost well over a billion dollars. On a project that size, I’ll be asking where the money comes from.

Protecting taxpayers. Re-elect Rick James, State Representative, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting at the Bourbon County Courthouse starts Oct. 19.

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I grew a small business during the 2008 recession. I’ll bring that to Topeka.

I owned a window business for seven years. When the 2008 recession hit, we grew from 2 employees to 10.

I’ve been a Realtor for 14 years. I got my CDL in 1990 and have trained hundreds of school bus drivers. Before all that, I carried hod for a bricklayer.

Today I drive a school bus for Uniontown. When I don’t know something, I dig until I find the answer. Topeka could use more people who’ve done the work.

Real work. Real experience. Rob Hodgkinson for Kansas House, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. In Bourbon County, early voting at the Courthouse runs Oct. 19 through noon Nov. 2.

Paid for by Hodgkinson for Kansas, Ric Koehn treasurer.

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Bourbon County Republican Voter Guide

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting starts Oct. 19.

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Veterans who need care should be able to get it close to home.

I’m Rick James, Chairman of the Kansas House Veterans and Military Committee.

Right now, a big group of Kansas veterans who need nursing home care are living all the way out at Fort Dodge, in western Kansas. Who gets to go see them out there?

I want to propose a better idea: let the VA contract for beds in hospitals closer to home, like ours in Fort Scott.

• Veterans could stay near their families
• Local hospitals could gain steady income to help keep their doors open

Those who served deserve care close to home. Re-elect Rick James, State Representative, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting at the Bourbon County Courthouse starts Oct. 19.

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I drive a school bus for Uniontown. I know what working families here are dealing with.

I’ve been working since I was a kid, bucking bales on the farm. I was paying into Social Security at 14. My dad told me that if I wanted a car, I’d pay for it.

That never stopped. Today I drive a school bus in Uniontown, sell real estate, and pay property tax on my own home here, like a lot of you.

I’ve worked for a living my whole life, and I still do. The bills you’re paying, I’m paying too.

A working Kansan, ready to serve. Rob Hodgkinson for Kansas House, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. In Bourbon County, early voting at the Courthouse runs Oct. 19 through noon Nov. 2.

Paid for by Hodgkinson for Kansas, Ric Koehn treasurer.

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I’ve served you here at home and in Topeka.

I’m Rick James. I served two full terms as Linn County Commissioner, from 2014 to 2022. I chose not to run for a third, because I believe in term limits at every level of government.

In my first term in the Kansas House:

• Appointed Chairman of the Veterans and Military Committee, the first time in many years a first-term legislator has led a committee
• Twice selected to preside over the full House of 125 legislators
• Serving on Insurance, Elections, Corrections and Juvenile Justice, and the Joint Committee on Kansas Security

Eight years local. Proven in Topeka. Re-elect Rick James, State Representative, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting at the Bourbon County Courthouse starts Oct. 19.

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Owning your home isn’t income. So why are you taxed every year on what it might be worth?

I’ve been a Realtor for 14 years. A house is only worth what a buyer will actually pay and close on. Anything else is guesswork.

Yet every year your property tax is figured from an estimate of that value. When the estimate goes up, your bill can go up, even though you haven’t sold anything or made a dime. When your stocks go up, you generally aren’t taxed on the gain until you sell.

Meanwhile we’re pushing seniors out of houses they’ve lived in for decades.

The property tax system is broken. I want to abolish it, not just cap it. And you’d better have a plan behind it, starting with a fairer way to pay for schools.

Stop taxing Kansans out of their homes. Rob Hodgkinson for Kansas House, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. In Bourbon County, early voting at the Courthouse runs Oct. 19 through noon Nov. 2.

Paid for by Hodgkinson for Kansas, Ric Koehn treasurer.

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I’m a local guy who runs two small businesses, not a career politician.

I’m Rick James. After the Marines, I started two local businesses: Semper Fi Auction Services and Bravo Realty.

Through that work I talk with people one on one: families settling an estate, downsizing, or moving closer to better health care.

When you’re dealing with other people’s finances, you learn a lot about people and what they’re struggling with.

A business owner, not a career politician. Re-elect Rick James, State Representative, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting at the Bourbon County Courthouse starts Oct. 19.

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Bourbon County Republican Voter Guide

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting starts Oct. 19.

Paid for by Bourbon County Republican Party, Kevin Wagner, Chairman.

I served my country for 30 years. I always knew I’d come home.

I’m Rick James, your State Representative for the 4th District.

I grew up in La Cygne and graduated from Prairie View High School in 1981. A few days later, I left for the Marine Corps.

There was never any doubt I’d come back to Eastern Kansas. In 2008 I moved my family to a small farm near Highway 69, and finished my Marine career nearby in Belton.

This is home. I’ll keep standing up for the values, the freedoms, and the future of Eastern Kansas.

Rooted in Eastern Kansas. Re-elect Rick James, State Representative, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting at the Bourbon County Courthouse starts Oct. 19.

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If you’ve voted Republican for lower taxes and smaller government, we already agree.

Lower taxes. Less government. Property rights. Personal responsibility. If those are the reasons you vote the way you do, you and I want the same things.

The reality is we need less government, not more. It won’t happen overnight, but I’ll work toward it one step at a time.

I’ll answer to the people of Bourbon and Linn counties, not party leaders in Topeka.

You don’t have to be a Libertarian to vote for me. You only have to believe District 4 deserves a better choice. Rob Hodgkinson for Kansas House, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. In Bourbon County, early voting at the Courthouse runs Oct. 19 through noon Nov. 2.

Paid for by Hodgkinson for Kansas, Ric Koehn treasurer.

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Rural Kansas isn’t just land. It’s a way of life worth protecting.

I’m Rick James. Communities like Bourbon and Linn counties are built on hard work, resilience, and family.

When big projects like commercial solar want thousands of acres of our farm and pasture land, the people who live here deserve a strong voice.

• Keep farm and pasture land with farmers and ranchers
• Listen to the landowners and farm families affected by big projects
• Help local governments negotiate better, so rural communities don’t get stuck with the short end of the stick

Dedicated to preserving rural Kansas. Re-elect Rick James, State Representative, District 4.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Early voting at the Bourbon County Courthouse starts Oct. 19.

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