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No Labels troubles
The secretary of state is refusing to recognize David Miller’s claim to represent the No Labels Party as its chairman, saying the organization as now formed is not recognized as a political party in Kansas.
In a news release issued April 27, Miller announced he was elected chair of the No Labels Kansas Party. He also said the party elected a treasurer and a secretary.
The secretary of state’s general counsel sent a letter to Miller on Friday, notifying him the agency would not accept, process or recognize any political party filings submitted by him or anyone affiliated with any of three entities purporting to be on behalf of No Labels Kansas, the recognized political party.
The secretary of state made a similar ruling in 2024 after there was an attempt to nominate two candidates to run under the No Labels banner for the Kansas Senate — one against her wishes.
Miller is a former state legislator and former director of the Kansans for Life political action committee as well as former chair of the Kansas Republican Party who ran against Republican Bill Graves for governor in 1998.
But the original founders of No Labels in Washington, D.C., called Miller’s announcement “another fraudulent effort to hijack the No Labels Kansas Party.”
“None of these people has any affiliation with the party. This effort is invalid and will be rejected, just like the last one,” said Ryan Clancy, chief strategist for No Labels in Washington.
Miller responded to the secretary of state’s letter in an email Saturday afternoon.
“We’ve reviewed the letter his legal counsel sent and he is essentially attempting to run the same plays we understood he attempted to run in 2024, denying that our efforts have validity,” Miller said in an email.
“He is mistaken and we are prepared to make that case in the proper forum. The letter from the secretary contains numerous misstatements and false claims.
“We fully intend to take him to task for those inaccuracies and are prepared to defend our leadership of No Labels Kansas Party,” he wrote.
A week earlier, Miller responded separately to the accusations of fraud.
Miller said in an email that his group knew of no work performed by the national group to conform to state law governing the operation of parties, post-recognition.
“Out-of-state individuals from Washington, DC claiming that their efforts have been ‘hijacked’ or that we have acted ‘fraudulently’ have no authority to speak for members of Kansas No Labels Party,” he wrote.
“Hearing such out-of-touch commentary coming from Washington is really not surprising. In our view, the individuals with whom you have spoken are uninformed and their views are irrelevant,” he said.
Two years ago, the secretary of state agreed to designate the No Labels movement in Kansas as an official political party after it submitted a petition with the legally required number of signatures to become a party.
The Kansas initiative was an outgrowth of work on a national level to form a third-party presidential ticket — called a “unity ticket” — that could bring together a moderate Republican and Democrat on a presidential ticket.
No Labels had intended to put forward a third-party ticket for president, but the effort fizzled after the national party dropped plans to run a candidate.
The secretary of state designated No Labels a political party in January 2024 after it submitted the petition, a process that required “a substantial investment of time, organization, and financial resources.”
“NLKS, the recognized political party, maintains the original certification issued by this office and remains the only entity authorized to act under that designation,” wrote Clay Barker, the secretary of state’s general counsel.
Barker said the secretary of state has records showing that Miller is affiliated with three different groups related to No Labels.
The groups are: No Labels Kansas Party Inc., No Labels Kansas Inc. and No Labels Party of Kansas Inc., each with three different business identification numbers.
“None of these corporations has applied for or been granted recognized political party status by the secretary of state,” Barker wrote.
“Corporate registration with the Kansas secretary of state, by whatever name, does not confer, substitute for, or imply recognition as a political party under Kansas law,” he wrote.
State records show that all three of those groups were incorporated by Kris Van Meteren, a political consultant who in 2024 tried to nominate two candidates to run as No Labels candidates.
At that time, Van Meteren described himself on the nominating documents as chair, incorporator and director of No Labels Kansas Inc.
Ultimately, Secretary of State Scott Schwab removed two nominees from the ballot listed as No Labels candidates.
When the party first started, documents show that Glenda Reynolds was listed as party chair and Ernest Reynolds was a committee member.
Another committee member was Victoria Schultz of Leawood. Shane Mathis of Lecompton was listed as the secretary/treasurer of the group.
Barker said the governing rules established by No Labels Kansas — the originally recognized political party — don’t allow it to nominate, support or oppose any candidate for state or local office.
The rules authorized the party to obtain ballot access for No Labels candidates nominated for president and vice president of the United States.
As a result, No Labels may lose its status as a recognized political party, he wrote.
EMAIL FROM CHAIRMAN DAVID G. MILLER TO BRAD COOPER 5/9/26
Mr. Cooper:
My apologies for not seeing this email sooner.
You are correct that yesterday, after making numerous attempts to get the Secretary of State to respond to our communications, he finally responded through his legal counsel (as I’m sure he’s busy out campaigning) after we issued the press release you received and on which he was copied. It’s unfortunate that he appears willing to stiff-arm and disenfranchise Kansans wishing to participate in the political process who have legitimate questions and requests for guidance until he becomes aware that the press spotlight may be focusing on him.
We’ve reviewed the letter his legal counsel sent and he is essentially attempting to run the same plays we understood he attempted to run in 2024, denying that our efforts have validity. He is mistaken and we are prepared to make that case in the proper forum. The letter from the Secretary contains numerous misstatements and false claims. We fully intend to take him to task for those inaccuracies and are prepared to defend our leadership of No Labels Kansas Party.
From early on, the Secretary has tried numerous ways and times to suffocate No Labels from becoming a viable party, including:
- blocking petition gatherers, precipitating a lawsuit in the Fall of 2023 forcing him to recognize their efforts;
- thwarting those who attempted in 2024 to rescue the party from going dark due to the inattention and inactivity of others;
- refusing to accept and post official documents required by statute to be filed by parties like NLKS;
- stiff-arming us as we have attempted to communicate with his office about the ongoing lengths and expense to which we have gone to organize the No Labels movement in Kansas; and
- now attempting, once again, to deny that we are the valid leaders of NLKS while claiming that other unnamed individuals, who did not follow statutory requirements to complete the organizational process, are. He simply does not have the statutory standing to make such a determination over who is or is not the valid leader of any party.
The Secretary’s letter yesterday hinted strongly that it has been and remains his intention to let the movement that spurred the gathering of signatures in 2023 die on the vine. We have gone and will continue to go to great lengths and personal expense to ensure that he is not successful in that attempt and that Kansans are provided with a full menu of choices on their November ballot, including candidates nominated by our party.
We view this as nothing more than the weaponization of a government agency by Kansas’s dominant political party against a potential competitor, a gross abuse of his office, and a direct attempt to chill the constitutional rights of now more than 7,000 Kansans who identify with No Labels Kansas, all while cheating Kansas voters out of a choice they have a right to consider when voting this Fall.
We are in the process of drafting a detailed response to the Secretary and will release it publicly after it has been appropriately reviewed and vetted.
Kindest regards,
David G. Miller, Chairman
No Labels Kansas Party
PO Box 51, Bonner Springs, KS 66012-0051
913-349-2268 | chairman@nolabelskansas.com
From: Brad Cooper <bradc25@sunflowerstatejournal.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2026 8:14 AM
To: David G. Miller <chairman@nolabelskansas.com>
Subject: party status
Good morning Mr. Miller:
After seeing your press release from May 8, I reached out to the secretary of
state’s office and asked for any and all correspondence related to No Labels.
My request produced a letter from the same date indicating that the agency
did not recognize your variation of No Labels as an official political party in Kansas
and would not accept any political filings from your group.
Do you have any comment about this letter?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Brad Cooper
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