Mark R. Holland (D)
Background:
- Labored as a pastor in Kansas Metropolis till 2018
- Elected as Commissioner within the Unified Authorities of Wyandotte County/Kansas Metropolis in 2007
- Elected as mayor of Kansas Metropolis and served from 2013-2017
Stances on Points:
Taxes
- Believes the present tax coverage excludes the center class
Schooling
- College needs to be centered on making ready college students for vocational work and school
Public Security
- Create a safe border and a sensible immigration coverage which can permit the workforce to be stuffed
- Concentrate on reducing the variety of gun-related deaths by enacting bipartisan legislature
Well being Care
- Believes healthcare is a human proper
- Present reasonably priced healthcare to everybody
- Develop Medicaid
- Professional-choice
- Eradicate abortion restrictions
- Contraception needs to be accessible and reasonably priced all over the place
- Endorses the Reasonably priced Care Act
- Psychological well being care needs to be thought of healthcare
Polling
- In an Emerson School Ballot, Holland had assist from 33% of voters
Jerry Moran (R, incumbent)
Background:
- First elected to the US Senate in 2010
- Served as chairman of the Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee
- Served for 7 phrases within the US Home of Representatives
- Served for 8 years within the Kansas State Senate, spent 2 years as Majority Chief
Stances on Points:
Taxes
- Opposes reckless authorities spending and tax will increase
- Believes tax cash shouldn’t be utilized by the Division of Homeland Safety to buy ammunition
Schooling
- Education schemes needs to be tailor-made to suit the wants of scholars
- Colleges want extra certified academics
- Greater schooling is a necessity for college kids to reside fulfilling lives
- Congress ought to determine how one can use federal academic assets
- Opposes the No Youngster Left Behind Act
- Colleges ought to concentrate on making ready college students for all times’s challenges
Public Security
- Enhance safety on US borders
- Enhance authorized methods for immigrants to come back to America
- Shield the precise to maintain and bear arms
- Helps the Constitutional Hid Carry Reciprocity Act and the Listening to Safety Act
- Believes proscribing residents’ entry to firearms won’t lead to a lower of violent crime
- Residents who misuse firearms needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the legislation
- Make sure that all legislation enforcement has federal funding to get assets they want
- Present legislation enforcement with new gear, up to date know-how and outreach applications
- Create partnerships between federal, state and native legislation enforcement
Well being Care
- Insurance policies needs to be created to scale back healthcare prices
- Enhance competitors and selection for sufferers, giving them entry to extra well being suppliers
- Dedicated to advancing medical analysis
- Residents ought to have entry to TeleHealth as a dependable technique of receiving healthcare providers
- Psychological well being issues needs to be addressed by way of elevated consciousness, elevated screenings and entry to therapy
- Helps funding for psychological well being providers
- Helps the Commander John Scott Hannan Psychological Well being Care Enchancment Act
- Professional-life
David C. Graham (L)
Background:
- Earned a legislation diploma from Kansas College
- Serves as a legislation practitioner
Stances on Points:
Taxes
- Decrease taxes and reduce authorities involvement
Public Security
- Charges of incarceration within the U.S. are too excessive
- U.S. must focus extra on violent crime
- Authorities needs to be prohibited from polygraph testing
- Opposes authorities regulation of weapons
- Believes faculties and store house owners needs to be allowed to ban weapons
- Opposes obligatory minimal sentences
- Promotes legalization of marijuana and decriminalization of substance abuse
Well being Care
- Professional-life
- Endorsed by the Professional-Life Libertarian Caucus
Sources:
www.hollandforkansas.com
https://www.ksn.com/information/your-local-election-hq/candidates/mark-holland-democrat-for-u-s-senate-2/
https://www.jocoelection.org/candidates-elected-officials/candidates
www.moran.senate.gov
moranforkansas.com
graham4senate.com
David Graham, Libertarian candidate to represent Kansas in the US Senate
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