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Laura Kelly OppScore Rating: -2.14

Laura Kelly is a Democrat Governor for Kansas and holds an OppScore of -2.14. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.

Laura Kelly is the Democratic governor of Kansas, serving since 2019 after 14 years in the state Senate. Born in New York to a military family, she built a career in therapeutic recreation before entering politics and earned a reputation as a pragmatic moderate who restored fiscal balance and drove economic growth in a Republican-led state.

Laura Kelly rating summary

• Party: Democrat
• Office: Governor
• State: Kansas
• OppScore: -2.14 on a -5.00 to +5.00 scale
• Score basis: Record based, documented on 29 of 44 scored questions

What is on this profile

• Five Points of Opportunity score breakdown
• Voting record and legislative history
• Campaign finance and donor disclosures
• Dirt Alerts and accountability reporting
• Score trend over time

Primary sources

• Official website
• Ballotpedia profile

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