Cindy Holscher is poised to be governor of Kansas. Here's what she told us this summer
Affordability was among Kansans’ top concerns this election year, Democratic state Senator Cindy Holscher said at a July meeting with The Kansas City Star ahead of the August primary. “The question that keeps coming up is: We’re in an affordability crisis; what is the legislature doing to help people?” Holscher said in the July meeting. “And sadly, we haven’t seen very good response from the legislature.” Earlier this week, Holscher, who earlier this week claimed victory over Republican Senate President Ty Masterson in the race for Kansaas governor. This week, the race was still too close to call, though Holscher held a 7,046 vote lead over Masterson, according to unofficial results on Friday. Residents at more than 70 town halls she attended across Kansas raised concerns about housing, health care, child care, gasoline and grocery prices, and high property taxes. Holscher also discussed school funding, saying that while the state funds general education, it hasn’t fully funded special education since 2011. She argued that the state funding gap shifts costs to local districts and contributes to higher property taxes. Holscher also discussed cannabis policy, defended Kansas’ merit-based system for selecting Supreme Court justices, and called for a data-center moratorium, among
