2020 Trust Women Kansas Primary Election Voter Guide
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2020 Trust Women Kansas Primary Election Voter Guide Trust Women is a 501(c)3 organization and neither endorses nor opposes any candidate. In July we mailed a candidate questionnaire to each candidate running for office in the upcoming state and federal primary election, regardless of affiliation with any party or organization. The answers provided do not denote any affiliation or endorsement by Trust Women, nor does a candidate’s choice to participate in our questionnaire signify affiliation or endorsement. The endorsements we have included along with our questionnaire responses are those given by the anti-choice organization Kansans for Life and the pro-choice organization Planned Parenthood. Yes and No answers and any additional comments about the questions we asked candidates are included in this document. The voting record on issues of reproductive rights of each candidate already serving in public office is listed in this document as well. The voter guide itself is listed according to elected office and then numerically by district for each position. So, if you were looking for Kansas State Senator candidates in district 16, you would first look for the Kansas Senate section and follow down numerical order until you find district 16. Voter Guide Key Y: Yes N: No U: Undecided VRP: Voting record pro-choice VRA: Voting record anti-choice We hope you find the information below helpful. Kansas Candidate Survey These are the questions asked of the candidates running for office in Kansas. Each candidate had the opportunity to answer each question with a yes or no and provide further comment to explain their stance for each question. 1. Do you support a woman's right to safe, legal abortion care? 2. Would you oppose legislation that attempts to restrict a woman’s constitutional right to make her own medical decisions, including her decision to have an abortion? 3. Would you support legislation that protects women, doctors and other reproductive health providers from harassment, threats, violence and intimidation? 4. For many women, reproductive health care is their primary point of contact with the health care system. Would you support expanding Medicaid in Kansas to ensure women in the coverage gap have better access to preventative care and disease treatment? 5. Do you support legislation that ensures every person has access to health coverage regardless of their ability to pay? 6. Would you support legislation to repeal the ban on private health insurance covering abortion care? 7. Would you support the expansion of funding to local health departments for broader access of contraceptive services? 8. Do you support women's access to all FDA-approved birth control, regardless of age, religion, geography or income? (FDA- approved forms of birth control include, but are not limited to: intrauterine devices (IUDs), Nexplanon, birth control shot (Depo- Provera), birth control pills, hormonal patches, vaginal rings (NuvaRing) CANDIDATE OFFICE DISTRICT PARTY VOTING RECORD PP ENDOSEMENT KFL ENDORSEMENT QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3 QUESTION 4 QUESTION 5 QUESTION 6 QUESTION 7 QUESTION 8 COMMENTS Barbara Bollier US Senate 0 D VRP Y N Robert Leon Tillman US Senate 0 D NA N N Lance Berland US Senate 0 R NA N N John L. Berman US Senate 0 R VRA N N Derek C. Ellis US Senate 0 R NA N N Bob Hamilton US Senate 0 R NA N N Kris Kobach US Senate 0 R NA N N David Alan Lindstrom US Senate 0 R NA N N Roger Marshall US Senate 0 R VRA N Y Brian Matlock US Senate 0 R NA N N John Miller US Senate 0 R NA N N Steve Roberts US Senate 0 R NA N N Gabriel Mark Robles US Senate 0 R NA N N Jason Buckley US Senate 0 L NA N N Kali Barnett US House 1 D NA N N Christy Cauble Davis US House 1 D NA N N Bill Clifford US House 1 R NA N Y Tracey Mann US House 1 R NA N Y Jerry Molstad US House 1 R NA N N Michael Soetaert US House 1 R NA N N Michelle De La Isla US House 2 D NA Y N James K. Windholz US House 2 D NA N N Jake LaTurner US House 2 R VRA N Y Dennis Taylor US House 2 R NA N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Steve Watkins US House 2 R NA N Y Robert Garrard US House 2 L NA N N Sharice L. Davids US House 3 D NA Y N Amanda L. Adkins US House 3 R NA N Y Mike Beehler US House 3 R NA N Y Adrienne Vallejo Foster US House 3 R NA N Y Tom Love US House 3 R NA N N Sara Hart Weir US House 3 R NA N Y Steven A Hohe US House 3 L NA N N Laura Lombard US House 4 D NA N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ron Estes US House 4 R VRA N Y Kirk Miller KS Senate 1 D NA Y N Dennis Pyle KS Senate 1 R VRA N Y Marci Francisco KS Senate 2 D VRP Y N Tom Holland KS Senate 3 D VRP Y N Willie Dove KS Senate 3 R VRA N Y David Haley KS Senate 4 D VRP Y N Sam Stillwell KS Senate 4 R NA N Y Jeffrey Pittman KS Senate 5 D Mixed N N Kevin Braun KS Senate 5 R VRA N Y Pat Pettey KS Senate 6 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Diana Whittington KS Senate 6 R NA N Y Ethan Corson KS Senate 7 D NA Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Laura McConwell KS Senate 7 R NA N N Cindy Holscher KS Senate 8 D VRP Y N James Todd KS Senate 8 R VRA N Y Stacey Knoell KS Senate 9 D NA Y N Julia Lynn KS Senate 9 R VRA N Y Lindsey Constance KS Senate 10 D NA Y N Tom Cox KS Senate 10 R VRA N A Mike Thompson KS Senate 10 R VRA N Y Joy Koesten KS Senate 11 D NA N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y John Skubal KS Senate 11 R VRP N N *co-sponsor of Medicaid Expansion Bill Kellie Warren KS Senate 11 R VRA N Y Mike Bruner KS Senate 12 D NA N N Caryn Tyson KS Senate 12 R VRA N Y Nancy J. Ingle KS Senate 13 D NA N N Richard Hilderbrand KS Senate 13 R VRA N Y Michael A. Fagg KS Senate 14 R NA N A Bruce Givens KS Senate 14 R Mixed N Y Dan Goddard KS Senate 15 R VRA N Y Virgil Peck KS Senate 15 R VRA N A Timothy Don Fry II KS Senate 16 D NA N N Ty Masterson KS Senate 16 R VRA N Y Stephen Vecchione KS Senate 17 D NA N N Jeff Longbine KS Senate 17 R VRA N Y Joe Cheray KS Senate 18 D NA N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Tobias Schlingensiepen KS Senate 18 D NA Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y H. Dean Zajic KS Senate 18 D NA N N Kristen O'Shea KS Senate 18 R NA N Y Anthony Hensley KS Senate 19 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Rick Kloos KS Senate 19 R NA N Y Rachel Willis KS Senate 20 D NA Y N Brenda S. Dietrich KS Senate 20 R VRA N A Eric Rucker KS Senate 20 R VRA N Y Dinah Sykes KS Senate 21 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Tom Bickimer KS Senate 21 R NA N Y Tom Hawk KS Senate 22 D VRP Y N Craig Bowser KS Senate 22 R NA N Y Bryan Pruitt KS Senate 22 R NA N N Wendy Budetti KS Senate 23 D NA Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Chris Lengquist KS Senate 23 R NA N N Rob Olson KS Senate 23 R VRA N Y J.R. Claeys KS Senate 24 R VRA N A Randall Hardy KS Senate 24 R Mixed N A 8. "Women's reproductive rights truly are fundamental rights. I lived through the "Summer of Mercy" and later when my daughters were infants through Dr. Tiller's murder. It is my daughters that I keep in mind with this fight. In this critical election, we have the opportunity to reshape how our state government works. With an addition of only three senators and one Mary Ware KS Senate 25 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y representative, we can break the supermajority that the conservatives now hold. We have well over twice as many strong candidates as is necessary to build our caucuses to that point. Not only would we be able to protest to protect the Governor's veto power, we would have twice as many on each standing committee. What this boils down to is that the opposition would be forced to negotiate with us rather than steamroll us. Vail Fruechting KS Senate 25 R NA N Y Dan Kerschen KS Senate 26 R VRA N Y Mike McCorkle KS Senate 27 D NA N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Gene Suellentrop KS Senate 27 R VRA N Y Jim Ward KS Senate 28 D VRP Y N Mike Petersen KS Senate 28 R VRA N Y Oletha Faust Goudeau KS Senate 29 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Myron L.