Sean E. Tarwater Sr.

Economy

Sean is focused on job creation. As a fiscal conservative and small business owner, he knows what it takes to create jobs. Currently Kansas ranks among the worst in job creation, causing a shortfall in revenues. This, in turn, puts pressure on the legislators to make cuts that hurt schools and cause our infrastructure to suffer. Sean will go to Topeka to be a helping hand and lend an ear to our local businesses that are working every day to grow and create jobs in our community. Job creation will be a top priority for Sean Tarwater. He will start by protecting the funds in KDOT and bring back much needed construction jobs. He will protect our businesses from burdensome government regulations at both the state and federal levels. This will encourage small businesses to come to Kansas and allow our current small business to grow. Learn more

Education

We must direct the dollars to the classroom. The children that need the most help are appropriated more dollars. We absolutely have to make sure those dollars are used to help those that need it the most. Learn more

Guns

Sean supports gun owners and will stand up for our 2nd Amendment rights. Learn more

Healthcare

Representative Tarwater knows Obamacare is not the answer. He worked very hard to drive down the cost of healthcare in Kansas. Representative Tarwater targeted the HMO privilege fee of almost 7%. This is a tax on your HMO Premium dollars. Representative Tarwater argued that increasing this fee will hurt the middle class and low income families by increasing costs. He also argued that this fee will be more substantial than the saving Kansans receive by using an HMO, rendering them ineffective. He also warned that the HMO product would cease to exist in Kansas. Unfortunately, there was not enough support from the Democrats and the more liberal Republicans who thought it was a good way to fill the budget holes. Representative Tarwater was right, there are no HMO products left in Kansas. Next year, he will work to terminate this tax and bring back the HMO product. Learn more

Infrastructure / Transportation

Finally, Kansas is missing an excellent opportunity to save money with cheap raw materials such as the price of oil. Kansas should have maintained 1200 miles of roads this year, but because of cuts, only maintained about 200 miles. The lack of maintenance will cause greater road issues in the future. This means it will cost more to maintain the same stretch of road. When you consider the cost of oil and raw materials increasing, the costs compound quickly. We need to protect these funds and maintain our great roads and bridges. Learn more

Kansas needs to protect the funds in KDOT and use them for their intended purpose. This will create thousands of private sector jobs and save Kansas taxpayers in the long run. Learn more

Legislation

Sean Tarwater believes that an informed community makes the best decisions and is vital to a democracy’s success. By bringing transparency to Topeka, our representatives will no longer be able to say one thing and do another. We need our representatives to be accountable to their constituents. In order to get unpopular agenda items through, the Topeka politicians bundle bills together. By bundling, they force representatives to vote for bills their constituents would otherwise not want. Bundling bills together may also cause representatives to overlook an agenda item that their constituents need. Learn more

Taxes / Budget

Representative Tarwater will continue to focus on protecting our tax dollars by finding efficiencies and working to create jobs. Learn more