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Laura Jeanne Kelly (born January 24, 1950) [1] [2] 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. [ 3 ]
Incumbent Democratic Governor Laura Kelly is term-limited and ineligible to seek a third consecutive term. This will be one of five Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2026 in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2024 presidential election and the only one of those states that Trump won by a double-digit margin.
On June 12, 2020, Brewer died in Wichita after a long struggle with an illness. Following his death, the Wichita city council had the city's flags flown at half-staff and Governor Laura Kelly said that "Carl truly embodied all of the best qualities of what it means to be a Kansan, and he will be dearly missed." [10]
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly lit the Statehouse Christmas tree at an annual ceremony Wednesday, one of several holiday events hosted this year. The 18-foot tree is placed and decorated by volunteers ...
Gov. Laura Kelly's approval rating in Kansas is on the rise at 62%. A local political expert attributes her travels around the state and efforts to act as a check on Republican legislative power.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was in Washington Thursday in her new role as vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
Former Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent Mark Bruce must be reinstated to the rank of major, a federal judge ruled Friday, after Bruce was terminated by Gov. Laura Kelly.
The 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Kansas, with primary elections taking place on August 2, 2022. [2] Governor Laura Kelly won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican State Attorney General Derek Schmidt in the general election by a margin of roughly 2.2 percentage points.