Despite August Vote, Abortion an Issue in Kansas Governor Race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Kelly touts bipartisan achievements in campaign literature, claiming she "has brought together both parties to get things done for Kansas."Since assuming office in 2018, Kelly's campaign states "Kansas has seen a record of over $8.6 billion dollars of investment in new business initiatives and the creation and retention of over 48,000 jobs."She addressed those same themes in the Sept. 10 debate, discussing bipartisan achievements such as working with GOP-led Legislature to balance the state budget, building a $1 billion rainy-day fund, fully funding public education, eliminating the state's 6.5 percent grocery sales tax, securing a $4 billion Panasonic battery plant -- the state's largest-ever economic development project -- and breaking ground on more than 1,000 infrastructure projects since 2019.
46% : He said if elected governor, he would support the state's Republican-controlled Legislature if it imposed restrictions on abortion because it is the role of state lawmakers to make such decisions in accordance with the U.S. Supreme Court's June repeal of Roe v Wade.
46% : "What we should not do is turn this into an excuse to take guns away from law-abiding American citizens," he said, claiming Kelly is opposed to the Second Amendment.
42% : Schmidt, the state's three-term attorney general, doubled-down on his opposition to abortion, claiming the fact that Kansans on Aug. 2 shot down a proposed amendment eliminating access to abortion as a right by 165,000 votes, or by a 59-to-41 percent margin, doesn't mean the state's conservative voters support "unrestricted" access.
31% : While Schmidt said he would contemplate removing several of the six Kansas Supreme Court justices who interpreted the state's Bill of Rights includes a right to abortion, Kelly said she would reappoint all six when their terms expire.

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