The Epoch Times Article RatingKansas Governor Primaries Only Formalities Before Fall's Intense Kelly-Schmidt Showdown
Jul 28, 2022 View Original Article
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24% Somewhat Conservative
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28% Moderately Conservative
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| "Among Schmidt's proposals is his Retire Tax Free initiative, which calls for the elimination of state tax on benefits and income from Social Security, IRAs, auities and other retirement vehicles to stymie a population exodus from Kansas." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "If elected, he will bring common sense and conservative leadership back to Kansas with a focus on building a climate of opportunity for all Kansans and protecting traditional values like religious freedom, the rule of law, life, freedom to speak openly, and the Second Amendment." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "If the ballot measure is approved in a vote being watched closely nationwide -- the first such referendum of the post-Roe era -- the Kansas Constitution would no longer guarantee access to abortion as a right." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "We're going to give you another reason to remain or return to Kansas by helping you retire tax free." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Since assuming office in 2018, Kelly's campaign states Kansas has seen a record of over $8.6 billion dollars of investment in new business initiatives and the creation and retention of over 41,000 jobs." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Kelly served 14 years in the state Senate, including as assistant minority leader and as minority whip, after a 16-year stint as Kansas Recreation and Park Association executive director." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Kelly touts bipartisan achievements in campaign literature, claiming she has brought together both parties to get things done for Kansas ... brought jobs, businesses, opportunities, and record economic success as she balanced the budget, fully funded schools, and is fighting for tax cuts ...The incumbent Democrat notes she has fulfilled her promise to be a moderate leader who would put Kansas back on track after years of fiscal mismanagement, harmful budget deficits, and underfunded schools." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "He and his Lt. Gov nominee Katie Sawyer, a senior staffer for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), raised $707,279 between Jan. 1-July 21, spent $508,981, and had $1.505 million cain on hand as of July 25, according to their campaign's KED filing." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "With her party only constituting a quarter of the state's voters, Kelly's campaign has focused on her appeal to independents and disaffected Republicans, ruing as an efficient, bipartisan administrator and moderate, pragmatic leader." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "That's less than half the $1.5 million Kelly raised, but yet, Schmidt noted in a recent statement, his campaign enters the three months to November with more money in its coffers." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Kelly's campaign reported to KED on July 25 that it had raised more than $1.5 million between Jan. 1-July 21, spent nearly $2.1 million, and had $1.3 million on hand." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Kansans are disappointed with Gov. Kelly's failures and are excited about Derek's positive vision for our state, and that's reflected in today's report, Schmidt campaign manager CJ Grover said in a statement." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Kelly has been endorsed by more than 60 Kansas Republicans, including former Kansas Republican National Committee member Alicia Salisbury, former Kansas attorney general Robert Stephan, former Kansas House Rep. Jan Kessinger, and former Republican insurance commissioner Sandy Praeger, in addition to more than 60 small business owners, 125 educators, Equality Kansas, and more than a dozen labor unions across the state." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "But both primaries are perfunctory formalities, non-competitive preambles to a predicted three-month toss-up brawl between incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and her Republican challenger, Kansas attorney general Derek Schmidt." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Kelly is among 22 Democratic governors seeking re-election but the only one doing so in a state that former president Donald Trump won in 2020, garnering 56 percent of the vote." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Kelly is among 22 Democratic governors seeking re-election but the only one doing so in a state that former president Donald Trump won in 2020, garnering 56 percent of the vote." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Schmidt maintains he is not Brownback, but he is an America First conservative who can serve deep red Kansas voters better than a Democrat who claims to be a moderate but is hardly such." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "During his three terms as attorney general, Schmidt has personally and successfully argued three Kansas cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and defended President Trump's America First policies that grew jobs, promoted freedom and made our economy strong." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The proposal has drawn criticism from the Kansas Democratic Party, which says it is Schmidt's ploy to distract voters from his association with former GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's 2012 tax cut experiment that lawmakers repealed in 2017 after causing massive budgetary disruptions." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Kelly and incumbent Lt. Gov. David Toland, who also serves as Kansas secretary of commerce, are being challenged in the Democratic primary by Richard Karnowski and his Lt. Gov. hopeful, Barry Franco." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Laura Kelly is so out of touch, she called efforts to secure America's southern border 'political games' and said of the coming Biden recession, 'Bring it on.'" | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Laura Kelly is so out of touch, she called efforts to secure America's southern border 'political games' and said of the coming Biden recession, 'Bring it on.'" | Negative | -38% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : Among Schmidt's proposals is his Retire Tax Free initiative, which calls for the elimination of state tax on benefits and income from Social Security, IRAs, annuities and other retirement vehicles to stymie a population exodus from Kansas.50% :If elected, he will "bring common sense and conservative leadership back to Kansas" with a focus on "building a climate of opportunity for all Kansans and protecting traditional values like religious freedom, the rule of law, life, freedom to speak openly, and the Second Amendment."
46% : If the ballot measure is approved in a vote being watched closely nationwide -- the first such referendum of the "post-Roe era" -- the Kansas Constitution would no longer guarantee access to abortion as a right.
43% : We're going to give you another reason to remain or return to Kansas by helping you retire tax free."
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