Drew Cranmer is the Libertarian candidate in the Kansas Congressional District 4 race. Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections on November 3, he spoke exclusively with HT.com about his views and expectations as an aspiring lawmaker.
Drew Cranmer on pressing issues this election
We need to be able to inspect the audit logs,” Cranmer said, noting that this was not possible in Wichita due to statutes currently present. He posited the Libertarian Party as the alternative ahead of the midterms and signed off with a message for the voters to put their ‘principles above the party’.
“Flock cameras are against the Fourth Amendment,” Cranmer said. “They should be as open as possible and transparent as possible,” Cranmer said of Flock cameras. “Too many Americans are probably willing to give up their right to privacy in exchange for what they think is security,” adding that Flock cameras tracking where people were going all the time was a ‘line too far’. “I don’t know why we are sending money overseas and contributing to the inflation here,” Cranmer said. “The president [ Trump ] has overstepped his bounds,” Cranmer said, speaking of tariffs, wars, and rising costs.
Notably, concerns have been raised about mass surveillance, warrantless tracking, and police misuse of data when it comes to these cameras. “If we are going to have them, we definitely need better guardrails. Pointing to Georgia’s transparent process with the data, Cranmer noted that it was not coincidental that a high number of Flock camera abuse cases had emerged from that state. Cranmer looked at both sides of the coin when asked about ICE action in the state. he urged them not to go after ‘low hanging fruit’ by going after people working in restaurants and grocery stores While he noted that federal agents should go for law breakers and violent criminals. Cranmer flagged the affordability crisis, and called for an audit of the Federal Reserve. The Libertarian explained how it was dealing with debt that led to rise in inflation. He also spoke about the foreign policy, referring to the Iran war and the foreign aid being given to countries, especially Israel. He also spoke about the Department of Defense not having passed an audit in the last ten years and called for them to undergo an audit too. Cranmer spoke of skyrocketing diesel prices, and tariffs which are impacting the farming sector of Kansas. Cranmer expressed belief that the Democrats were keeping on making the same promises, while the Republicans had already had their shot and didn’t have much to show for it.
