Mark R. Holland (D)
Background:
- Worked as a pastor in Kansas City until 2018
- Elected as Commissioner in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City in 2007
- Elected as mayor of Kansas City and served from 2013-2017
Stances on Issues:
Taxes
- Believes the current tax policy excludes the middle class
Education
- School should be focused on preparing students for vocational work and college
Public Safety
- Create a secure border and a smart immigration policy which will allow the workforce to be filled
- Focus on decreasing the number of gun-related deaths by enacting bipartisan legislature
Health Care
- Believes healthcare is a human right
- Provide affordable healthcare to everyone
- Expand Medicaid
- Pro-choice
- Eliminate abortion restrictions
- Birth control should be accessible and affordable everywhere
- Endorses the Affordable Care Act
- Mental health care should be considered healthcare
Polling
- In an Emerson College Poll, Holland had support from 33% of voters
Jerry Moran (R, incumbent)
Background:
- First elected to the US Senate in 2010
- Served as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
- Served for 7 terms in the US House of Representatives
- Served for 8 years in the Kansas State Senate, spent 2 years as Majority Leader
Stances on Issues:
Taxes
- Opposes reckless government spending and tax increases
- Believes tax money should not be used by the Department of Homeland Security to purchase ammunition
Education
- Education programs should be tailored to fit the needs of students
- Schools need more qualified teachers
- Higher education is a necessity for students to live fulfilling lives
- Congress should decide how to use federal educational resources
- Opposes the No Child Left Behind Act
- Schools should focus on preparing students for life’s challenges
Public Safety
- Increase security on US borders
- Improve legal ways for immigrants to come to America
- Protect the right to keep and bear arms
- Supports the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act and the Hearing Protection Act
- Believes restricting citizens’ access to firearms will not result in a decrease of violent crime
- Citizens who misuse firearms should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law
- Ensure that all law enforcement has federal funding to get resources they need
- Provide law enforcement with new equipment, updated technology and outreach programs
- Create partnerships between federal, state and local law enforcement
Health Care
- Policies should be created to reduce healthcare costs
- Increase competition and choice for patients, giving them access to more health providers
- Committed to advancing medical research
- Citizens should have access to TeleHealth as a reliable means of receiving healthcare services
- Mental health problems should be addressed through increased awareness, increased screenings and access to treatment
- Supports funding for mental health services
- Supports the Commander John Scott Hannan Mental Health Care Improvement Act
- Pro-life
David C. Graham (L)
Background:
- Earned a law degree from Kansas University
- Serves as a law practitioner
Stances on Issues:
Taxes
- Lower taxes and lessen government involvement
Public Safety
- Rates of incarceration in the U.S. are too high
- U.S. needs to focus more on violent crime
- Government should be prohibited from polygraph testing
- Opposes government regulation of guns
- Believes schools and shop owners should be allowed to prohibit guns
- Opposes mandatory minimum sentences
- Promotes legalization of marijuana and decriminalization of substance abuse
Health Care
- Pro-life
- Endorsed by the Pro-Life Libertarian Caucus
Sources:
https://www.ksn.com/news/your-local-election-hq/candidates/mark-holland-democrat-for-u-s-senate-2/
https://www.jocoelection.org/candidates-elected-officials/candidates
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