Gilbert For Congress
37-year-old Ryan Gilbert is a lifelong Kansan running against Ron Estes for the Fourth District Congressional Seat in Kansas. It was not. For us.
A survivor of abuse he knows what it takes to fight the system. Ryan is proud to call Wichita home. Ryan was born to a blue collar couple in Wichita, Kansas. It was a difficult first few years as he endured physical and mental abuse from his biological parents. He suffered a variety of injuries including being hospitalized as a baby with a broken arm before he even had a name. Ryan and his siblings ended up in the foster care system when the adults meant to raise him failed. At that time, Ryan hoped foster care would be a saving grace. Ryan spent years living with foster families and in and out of youth homes. Rather than save him from abuse, the majority of what Ryan experienced in the foster care system was more abuse. Separated from his siblings, Ryan was fighting even then to reunite his family and against the system he saw was failing him. Ryan and his siblings were finally adopted by a family in LeRoy, Kansas. Life was not all dark, and Ryan fought every day to find joy and happiness. His passion for football made him a ferocious defensive linebacker and his natural inquisitiveness made him a great student. Ryan had hopes of going to college and becoming a lawyer, attending Washburn University. Life and a family were calling, however, and Ryan ended his studies to raise a family. Ryan continued to work hard for his family, finding employment as a nuclear operator at Wolf Creek, working at EMP Shield, earning his certification as a neuro-linguistic practitioner, and starting a career as a legal assistant. It was from this last experience that Ryan teamed up with his partner to build a law firm focused on helping families and children, grossing more than a quarter million dollars in its first year. In 2024, Ryan watched in horror as Donald Trump was elected to a second term as President. He knew then that he was being called to take action. The lives of his children, his country, and his family were too important to allow him to sit silently by while our democracy was shredded. On October 16, 2025 Ryan officially declared his candidacy for Congress. Ryan counts among his heroes Dwight D. Eisenhower and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Eisenhower, a fellow Kansan, stepped up to fight the fascists in N**i Germany, going on to become one of America’s great Presidents. Ike’s courage and common sense helped him to act to save Americans when it mattered most. FDR’s sweeping reforms to put the country to work, pulling it out of the great depression, are a legacy that helped turn the tide of the country. It is that same kind of strong, activist government that Ryan believes can help pull America forward and into a country that works for us, not against us. Ryan knows first hand what it means to take on a government that’s fighting its citizens rather than lifting them up. His personal experiences in the foster care system, and his work trying every day to provide for his family, taught him how tough America can be on the ones it is supposed to help most. Despite all this, Ryan also knows what makes America already great: everyone has a chance to put their mark on this country, and lift others up. It is his hope to do exactly that in office.
08/14/2026
Don't fall for the propaganda! The system is broken when corporations can receive bonds, tax write-offs and loopholes, and government subsidies, yet we have over 500k medical bankruptcies every year. Single payer universal healthcare will save us $300 billion to over $1 trillion in total national health expendatires. Healthcare is a right and should be non-profit.
08/13/2026
They should've snuck him through in a trash can, because that's more representative of this administration. There's a tip for ole Mandarin Mussolini: if you're tired of all the threats and attempts, quit pi***ng everyone in the world off!
08/12/2026
If you allow MAGA to be racist, ignorant, and cognitively dissident and they'll run with it. Religion, fraud, Epstein files, fascism, the Middle East, and gay rights only seem to matter if it doesn't benefit them. That's exactly how you know it's a cult and not political ideology, because it's all contradictory!
08/11/2026
I've said it so many times, Christian nationalists are ruining this country. People who think it's un-American to protest the wrongs of this country forgot all about how we became a country. Expecting better should always be the mindset; we shouldn't be rolling back policy, we should be searching for a better path forward!
08/10/2026
Immigrants have never been the issue, just like “tough on crime” was never a real issue. If it were, then we wouldn't have elected a 34x convicted felon who married an immigrant and has anchor babies. Let's be clear, this is simply about hate and oppression. If they can split the people into “haves” and “have-nots,” then they can campaign on a solution to a problem they created and laugh all the way to the bank! Don't fall for it!
08/10/2026
This will be my first purchase after I receive my DOGE Dividend and Teriff refund checks. I'll need a year to recover, because that’s how tired I am of the corruption in this administration!
08/08/2026
Wales has made it a criminal offense to deliberately make false or misleading statements. I strongly believe that the US needs to adopt a similar law. This administration lives in an alternate reality, and the mental gymnastics that MAGA does to pretend this is what they voted for is almost admirable. Almost. If we want different we need to vote differently. Raise your voice this November and vote for something different!
08/07/2026
As deportations began to escalate again, so did the number of pregnancies and overall sexual assaults in detention centers, along with life-threatening delays in medical care, psychological torture, lack of basic hygiene products, and let’s not forget the violence and murders of not only immigrants but U.S. citizens as well. ICE isn’t making us safer; it’s doing quite literally the opposite, while Trump's failed policies have resulted in fewer removals of illegals than his Democratic counterparts. Democrats managed to accomplish more with way less controversy!
I'm extremely happy with the results last night; so many good candidates to cheer on moving forward, including Katy for Kansas and Cindy Holscher for Kansas. We have the ability to make history in both of those races, but we need a bigger showing than we got last night - the Republican primary dwarfed the Democratic primary results. This fight isn’t over; our work isn’t done yet! I am so honored by the outpouring of support I received, and I look forward to being the progressive voice you need and deserve moving forward. I’ll have some big announcements coming soon, so please stay tuned! In the meantime, let’s show our support for all the great candidates we have! Thank you sooooo much for your support!
08/04/2026
Today is the last day to vote no!!! If you’re unaffiliated, you can still vote on this constitutional amendment, and it’s crucial that you take the time to do so!!!
Don’t let them lie to you; you do get to vote whether to retain our Supreme Court judges after their first year and every six years subsequently. This isn’t about “having a voice”; it’s about corruption.
The Kansas constitution needs to be protected, not sold out to the highest bidder. Republicans make it seem like this is just about electing judges, but it’s ultimately about LGBTQ+ rights, women’s rights, minority rights, and protecting our education system.
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