By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Kansas Senator Caryn Tyson is pursuing to become the next Kansas State Treasurer and
visited with Great Bend citizens Friday morning to share her story. Tyson has
served as a Republican member of the Kansas Senate since 2013. With no
background as a treasurer, Tyson began researching the impact she could make in
the position.
"Some people started floating my name around, but initially I said I wasn't interested," stated Tyson. "My husband told me I really need to take a look at this. I read the statutes on what a state treasurer does, and thought we could make many improvements in the office and what we do with Kansas. I'm all in."
Tyson is a software engineer and provided support to NASA. If elected, Tyson
wants to use her IT knowledge to create more transparency with the state’s budget
and how it is viewed by citizens.
"It's a multi-billion-dollar budget, but what's actually being spent?" asked Tyson. "I'd like to set up a software system where you can drill down. You can click on the budget and see where the money is actually going. I want to open up the checkbook. I've been finding wasteful spending for years as a legislator."
If successful in the Republican primary, Tyson would likely face incumbent
Democratic state treasurer Lynn Rogers in the General Election.