States Kansas Governor
Governor
Governor, Kansas
November 3, 2026 · 12 statements · 2026.09.30-4f502cba
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Cindy Holscher Democratic Ty Masterson Republican
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Taxes No. 01/12
Kansas should amend its constitution to cap yearly increases in property tax assessments.
Background Kansas does not limit how fast a home's assessed value can rise from year to year, so tax bills can climb with market prices. A cap would slow those increases and limit growth in local government and school revenue.
Essentially, we have to take into consideration that services for local police departments, local roads, those costs aren't going to decrease or disappear. The funds have to come from somewhere else.
Press quote · Feb 26, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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We have two problems. We have rapid increases, and then we have taxing someone on an unrealized gain. So this amendment goes after that rapid increase.
Press quote · Jan 27, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Taxes No. 02/12
Kansas should cut its state income tax rates further.
Background Kansas cut its income tax rates in 2024 and stopped taxing Social Security benefits. Further cuts would reduce state revenue that funds schools, roads and other services.
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That's what's missed by a lot of people. It's if the growth growth is there, the tax revenue growth, then it buys it down.
Press quote · Sep 14, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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A bi-partisan supermajority of the Kansas Senate took a significant step towards reducing taxes for every Kansan and implementing significant and sustainable tax reform by passing SB 539.
Press quote · Mar 15, 2024 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Health care No. 03/12
Kansas should expand Medicaid to cover more low-income adults.
Background Kansas is one of the states that has not adopted the Medicaid expansion for adults earning up to 138 percent of the poverty line. Expansion would cover many uninsured adults, with the federal government paying most of the cost.
You lose your hospital, you lose care, and you lose good jobs.
Press quote · Sep 13, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Education No. 04/12
Kansas should use state money to help students pay private school tuition.
Background Kansas currently offers a limited tax-credit scholarship for some low-income students to attend private schools. Broader state funding, such as vouchers or education savings accounts, would make more students eligible.
Those voucher programs go to typically folks who are already sending their kids to private school that are making over six figures. It's just a transfer in terms of defunding your public schools.
Interview or debate · Sep 23, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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We have kids that in effect are trapped by their ZIP code. We cannot leave those kids like that. They just learn to be on generational welfare or they learn crime pays.
Press quote · Sep 14, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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SB 61 embraces a student-focused mindset by empowering more low-and-middle income families in Kansas the ability to provide hope and opportunity for their kids.
Press quote · Feb 12, 2021 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Energy and climate No. 05/12
Kansas should pause construction of new large data centers.
Background Several large data centers have been proposed in Kansas, raising questions about electricity rates, water use and tax incentives. A pause would halt new projects while the state sets rules on those issues.
These hyperscale data centers come into communities that suck up our water, that jack up utility rates and don't bring the promised jobs.
Interview or debate · Sep 23, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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If we, the government, don't say we gotta have these parameters, of course we can't expect big corporations to do it on their own
Press quote · Sep 1, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Economy No. 06/12
Kansas should set a state minimum wage higher than $7.25 an hour.
Background Kansas' minimum wage matches the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. A higher state minimum would apply to most employers in the state.
Session of 2026 SENATE BILL No. 471 By Senator Holscher
Campaign or official site · Feb 3, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Democracy and elections No. 07/12
Kansas should have voters elect state supreme court justices.
Background Kansas Supreme Court justices are chosen by the governor from nominees picked by a commission, then face retention votes. Electing justices would require a constitutional amendment, and voters rejected one in August 2026 by about 61 to 39 percent.
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It was about changing the system to put the people back in charge of that branch of government, because it has become the most powerful branch.
Press quote · Sep 14, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Abortion No. 08/12
Kansas should keep abortion legal up to about 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Background Kansas law allows most abortions until about 22 weeks, and in 2022 voters rejected an amendment that would have removed abortion protections from the state constitution. Keeping current law would leave that limit in place.
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Public safety No. 09/12
Kansas should legalize recreational marijuana for adults.
Background Kansas bans marijuana for both recreational and medical use, while neighboring Missouri and Colorado allow adult use. Legalization would let adults buy marijuana under state rules, with sales that could be taxed.
legalization of cannabis and public school funding — those are all things supported by a large majority of Kansans. So my views and what I'm doing are absolutely mainstream.
Interview or debate · Sep 23, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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I certainly wouldn't push for it because, I think, almost like the Medicaid expansion question, it's been realized in so many states.
Press quote · Jul 16, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Energy and climate No. 10/12
Kansas should require large data centers to pay the full cost of the power lines they need.
Background New data centers can require power plants and transmission lines whose costs utilities may spread across all customers. This would assign those costs to the data centers instead of other ratepayers.
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Education No. 11/12
Kansas should fully fund the state share of special education costs set in state law.
Background Kansas law calls for the state to cover most of districts' extra special education costs, but budgets have paid less than that level for years. Full funding would raise state school spending and reduce the gap districts cover locally.
Special education hasn't been fully funded since 2011. Again, we're federally mandated, so when that funding doesn't happen on the state level, it gets pushed over to the local level.
Interview or debate · Sep 23, 2026 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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Foreign policy No. 12/12
Kansas should ban companies tied to foreign adversary governments from buying farmland in the state.
Background Kansas limits some corporate ownership of farmland, and lawmakers have added limits on land near military bases. A broader ban would bar farmland purchases by companies linked to governments the U.S. names as foreign adversaries.
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The governor's decision to side with foreign adversaries, like China, to own land adjacent to military installations demonstrates Biden-like weakness and is troubling.
Press quote · May 10, 2024 · retrieved Sep 24, 2026
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