Laura Kelly
United States
Democratic
Governor of Kansas
government
Laura Jeanne Kelly is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 48th governor of Kansas. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 18th district in the Kansas Senate from 2005 to 2019. Kelly was elected governor in 2018 and reelected in 2022.
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is cited as a rare Democratic winner in a deep-red state now showing surprising Democratic enthusiasm.
Far left views Kelly as a centrist whose victories prove nothing about left governance; her record on Medicaid expansion and labor is seen as tepid, not a model for radical change.