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Laura Kelly OppScore Rating: -2.24

Laura Kelly is a Democrat Governor for Kansas and holds an OppScore of -2.24. 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.

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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: -2.24 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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