2020 Kansas US Senate Voters Guide
Barbara Bollier (D) vs Roger Marshall (R)
The Candidates
Yes. Build on ACA. As state senator, sponsored legislation to expand Medicaid eligibility. “I have been always about expanding Kansans’ access to health care.” Leading push to end surprise medical bills.
Yes. Supports “a comprehensive plan to reduce carbon emissions.” Opposed efforts to repeal state renewable energy standard. Would harness state’s wind energy potential.
No. Avoid rushing replacement. “Now is not the time to politicize the Supreme Court.” See CEEP Supreme Court guide.
Yes. Calls for quick action. See CEEP Supreme Court guide.
No. Opposes statewide mask mandate, but says Marshall’s unmasked campaign events show more concern “with his political health than” Kansans’ health. “Potentially dangerous … to promote unproven medicine” like hydroxychloroquine as a cure.
Yes. President Trump “fixed a broken economy once; he’s the best bet to do it twice.”
No. Republican reluctance to extend unemployment benefits shows “failure of leadership.” “Families won’t get the help they need.”
No position found.
Tighten. “We must reduce carbon emissions,” but doesn’t support Green New Deal. League of Conservation Voters endorsed.
No position found.
No position found.
No position found, but historically supportive of union positions.
Yes. Co-sponsored 2019-2020 National Right-to-Work Act.
Decriminalize. Supports decriminalization of marijuana.
Keep illegal. Willing to consider medical use, but “not convinced … it’s medically proven.”
Yes. Supports the Justice in Policing Act. Against defunding police, but supports reforms to “help end inequities in our systems that harm communities of color.”
No position found.
No. Tax cuts ballooned the deficit and benefited wealthy over middle class Kansans. Opposed similar Kansas tax cuts.
Yes. Voted in favor of the tax cuts. Average Kansas family kept “$2,000 of their hard-earned money.”
No. Make it easier to vote, including early voting, same-day registration for eligible voters, and postage-paid return envelopes for mail-in ballots.
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