2020 Trust Women Kansas General Election Voter Guide
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2020 Trust Women Kansas General Election Voter Guide Trust Women is a 501(c)3 organization and neither endorses nor opposes any candidate. In July and September we mailed a candidate questionnaire to each candidate running for office in the upcoming state and federal primary and general 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 is arranged according to elected office and in order numerically by district. In order to find Kansas State Senator candidates in district 16, first find the Kansas Senate section and then follow down numerical order until district 16. Voter Guide Key Y: Yes N: No U: Undecided VRP: Voting record pro-choice VRA: Voting record anti-choice PP End: Planned Parenthood Endorsement KFL End: Kansas for Life Endorsement 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 END. KFL END. Q) 1 Q) 2 Q) 3 Q) 4 Q) 5 Q) 6 Q) 7 Q) 8 Comments Barbara Bollier US Senate 0 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Roger Marshall US Senate 0 R VRA N Y Jason Buckley US Senate 0 L NA N N Kali Barnett US Senate 0 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Roger Marshall US Senate 0 R VRA N Y Jason Buckley US Senate 0 L NA N N Kali Barnett US House 1 D NA N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Tracey Mann US House 1 R NA N Y Michelle De La Isla US House 2 D NA Y N Jake LaTurner US House 2 R VRA N Y Robert Garrard US House 2 L NA N N Sharice L. Davids US House 3 D VRP Y N Amanda L. Adkins 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 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Bev Gossage KS Senate 9 R NA Lindsey Constance KS Senate 10 D NA Y N Mike Thompson KS Senate 10 R VRA N Y Joy Koesten KS Senate 11 D VRP N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 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 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 Tobias SchlingensiepenKS Senate 18 D NA Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 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 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 Wendy Budetti KS Senate 23 D NA Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Rob Olson KS Senate 23 R VRA N Y J.R. Claeys KS Senate 24 R VRA N A "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 representative, we can break the supermajority that the conservatives Nw hold. We have well over twice as many strong candidates as is necessary to build our caucuses to that point. Nt only would we be able to protest to protect the GoverNr'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 Mary Ware KS Senate 25 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 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 GouDeauKS Senate 29 D VRP Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Myron L. Ackerman KS Senate 29 R NA N Y Melissa Gregory KS Senate 30 D NA Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Renee Erickson KS Senate 30 R VRA N Y Carolyn McGinn KS Senate 31 R VRA N Y Larry W Alley KS Senate 32 R VRA N Y Alicia (Schartz) StraubKS Senate 33 R VRA N A Shanna Henry KS Senate 34 D NA Y N Mark Steffen KS Senate 34 R NA N A RicharD Wilborn KS Senate 35 R VRA N Y Elaine S. Bowers KS Senate 36 R VRA N Y Becca Peck KS Senate 37 D NA Y N Molly BaumgarDner KS Senate 37 R VRA N Y Edgar A. PanDo KS Senate 38 D NA N N BuD Estes KS Senate 38 R VRA N Y John Doll KS Senate 39 R Mixed N A Larry Joseph Dreiling KS Senate 40 D NA N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y RicharD (Rick) BillingerKS Senate 40 R VRA N Y Michael Houser KS House 1 R VRA N Y Lynn D. Grant KS House 2 D NA N N Kenneth Collins KS House 2 R VRA N Y Monica Murnan KS House 3 D VRP N N Charles (Chuck) SmithKS House 3 R VRA N Y Bill Meyer KS House 4 D NA N N Trevor Jacobs KS House 4 R VRA N Y Roger Sims KS House 5 D NA Y N Mark Samsel KS House 5 R VRA N Y Samantha M.