Issues

Real Results. Here at Home.

Jon Chitwood is running to build real career opportunities here at home through better education, responsible growth, and practical leadership that keeps District 5 strong.

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Career-Focused Education

Today's education is tomorrow's economy.

We need to stop treating education only as a cost and start treating it as an investment in our kids' ability to build a life here in Kansas.

Build real career paths

Students deserve strong options whether they choose college, technical training, military service, or work after graduation.

  • Expand career and technical education.
  • Support agriculture, construction, allied health, aviation, and other high-demand pathways.
  • Connect schools with employers and higher education partners.

Keep opportunity here at home

Parents and grandparents want their kids to have a real chance to stay, work, and raise families here.

  • Focus education on skills that lead to good local careers.
  • Support programs that prepare students for the jobs Kansas needs.
  • Help rural and small-town communities compete for the future.
Responsible Growth

Growth should give communities real choices.

Communities should not be forced to choose between no growth and projects that do not fit local needs.

District 5 needs economic development that creates lasting value, protects taxpayers, respects local voices, and strengthens schools, roads, utilities, and quality of life.

Responsible growth means asking basic questions before major projects move forward: Does it create real careers? Does it protect taxpayers? Does the community have a voice? Does it strengthen the people who already live here?

  • Local control: Major projects should include meaningful local input.
  • Taxpayer protection: Incentives should be clear, limited, and tied to real public benefit.
  • Workforce development: Kansas should build the skilled workforce that gives communities more economic options.
Stable School Funding

Schools and taxpayers both need certainty.

The current school funding formula expires next year. The Legislature needs to do its job and create a stable, accountable system so schools can plan and taxpayers know what to expect.

Plan without lawsuits

Lawsuits are not a long-term solution. Kansas needs a school finance formula that is stable, fair, and accountable.

  • Support a predictable school finance system.
  • Respect taxpayers while meeting the state's responsibility to students.
  • Keep the focus on classrooms, career paths, and student success.

Accountability for results

Strong funding should come with clear expectations, practical reporting, and a focus on work that helps students.

  • Reduce unnecessary administrative burden.
  • Support efficient use of public dollars.
  • Measure success by real outcomes for students and families.
Agriculture and Rural Kansas

Family farms need markets, not just temporary relief.

Family farms are part of the backbone of Kansas. When markets shrink, costs rise, and productive land is pressured by development, rural communities lose more than acreage. They lose families, businesses, local leadership, and the next generation of farmers.

As a working farmer, Jon understands that agriculture needs strong markets, sound infrastructure, and policies that allow family farms and rural businesses to succeed.

  • Support Kansas producers: Work to strengthen markets for Kansas products.
  • Protect productive land: Encourage growth that respects agriculture and rural communities.
  • Invest in rural opportunity: Support infrastructure and workforce options that help small towns thrive.
Practical Leadership

Focus on the issues that affect families.

Jon is running to focus on jobs, schools, roads, taxpayers, and keeping our communities strong. District 5 needs practical leadership that listens first, solves problems, and delivers results.

Government that works

Government should solve problems, not create more of them. Jon's experience modernizing complex systems taught him how to improve accountability and reduce waste.

  • Modernize outdated systems, focus on efficiency, and make government more accountable.
  • Improve transparency and accountability.
  • Focus on services that work for taxpayers.

Results over distractions

Families need leaders focused on the work that matters most: local careers, strong schools, responsible growth, and keeping Kansas communities strong.

  • Listen to local communities.
  • Respect taxpayers.
  • Work for practical results in Topeka.