Candidate · November 3, 2026
Steven A. Hohe
On the ballot for U.S. House · Kansas's 3rd District
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Kansas's 3rd District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Libertarian1 |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Steve Hohe served in the U.S. Air Force for eleven years, and his campaign website says he was attached to the Military Airlift Command, European Forces and the Strategic Air Command and served in the build-up for Desert Shield and Desert Storm.2 His campaign website says he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and an associate degree in logistics during his time in the military.2 It says that after leaving the Air Force he worked as a clerk, a painter and a sporting goods salesman, then in telecommunications sales, and later owned a metal building sales territory, worked in equipment sales and became an independent contract courier.2
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running to minimize the size of the federal government, protect Kansans from federal overreach and improve Kansans' way of life.2
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitestevehoheforkansas.com2,
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§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says the federal government has to become much stricter about spending and downsize its scope, citing the national debt.2
- Increase overall federal spending
- Hold overall spending near current levels
- Cut overall federal spending
- Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
His campaign website says he would abolish the present income tax system and replace it with a flat tax of no more than 10 percent on employed people and a set percentage of corporate profits.2
- Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
- Cut rates further, including the top rate
- Keep current rates
- Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000)
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says he would end corporate and foreign aid.2
- Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
- Keep foreign aid near its current level
- Cut foreign aid further or end most of it
Economy, Jobs and Trade
Education
His campaign website says a portion of tax revenues should go toward education, healthcare and nutritional support for children overseen by parents, and that each child should have an educational account controlled by the parents that follows the child.2
- Make them available to every family
- Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
- No public money for private school or homeschooling costs