Kansas House minority leader Paul Davis is a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, his first attempt at a statewide office.

The 41-year-old Lawrence attorney was in Hays recently during a campaign tour and talked about the state’s future:

Representative Davis has been critical of cuts to Kansas’ income tax rates enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature.   He says the “lost revenue is harming education, social services and other essential state services.”

Davis has served in the Kansas House of Representatives since 2003.

Jill Docking is Davis’ running mate.  She is a 57-year-old investment advisor from Wichita whose husband was lieutenant governor in the 1980s.

You can see more of the Paul Davis interview this week on the Eagle Community TV Channel 14 Forum with host Gary Shorman, following Hays Post news at 6p.m. and 10 p.m.