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.
No. Opposed Medicaid expansion, saying it would bankrupt health care system while failing to provide “meaningful health care for the most vulnerable.” Voted to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. “Morally, spiritually, socially,” some “just don’t want health care.”
No position found. Voted against SHIELD Act, which would make campaigns report election interference from foreign powers.
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. Trump is standing up “for our rights.” More would have died from shutting down the economy than the virus itself. “We are winning the war against this invisible enemy.” Says he is taking hydroxychloroquine for prevention.
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.”
Tighten. “We must reduce carbon emissions,” but doesn’t support Green New Deal. League of Conservation Voters endorsed.
No position found.
Loosen. “Overregulation of community banks limits consumer access to credit.”
No position found, but historically supportive of union positions.
Yes. Co-sponsored 2019-2020 National Right-to-Work Act.
Yes. “I support the people of Kansas. I do not condemn whoever they are.”
No. Supported ban on transgender people serving in the military because Trump said that his generals supported the ban.
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. Doesn’t support free college, but more financial support for students and let students refinance loans.
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.
Yes. Opposed HR1, which included various measures to make voting easier. Opponents said this risked voter fraud and gave government undue power to interfere.