DemocratLaura Kelly
Governor · Kansas
Governor of Kansas. Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Laura_Kelly
12 tracked promises, 2 rated
Kansas
Represents Kansas statewide
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+50 · based on 2 rated promises
- Attempted 1
- Championed 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 2 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept2
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
12 promises across 7 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Education4
- Taxes2
- Water / Environment2
- Child care1
- Education / Hunger1
- Health care1
- Health care / Mental health1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1083%
- Reputable news217%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
12 tracked promises
“Fully fund Kansas K-12 public schools every year she is in office (her budget again fully funds them for a seventh consecutive year).”
“Expand Medicaid in Kansas to cover roughly 150,000 low-income Kansans (the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans / HAWK Act).”
“Enact a plan to "Axe the Food Tax" and eliminate the Kansas state sales tax on groceries.”
“Continue to increase state funding for special education, keeping Kansas on track to fully fund special education (targeted for the 2028-29 school year).”
“Propose an additional $30 million for water in her budget, bringing overall annual investment to $90 million every year to safeguard the state's water supply.”
“Reject any effort to re-route public taxpayer dollars from public schools to private schools.”
“Use her budget to expand mental health capacity in Kansas, adding more treatment beds, more professionals, and more crisis response.”
“Sign into law a bipartisan bill banning cell phone use during the school day if the Legislature sends it to her desk.”
“Oppose/not support any tax proposal that reduces the funding public schools need (specifically calling a proposal to cut the state corporate income tax to zero a "non-starter").”
“Create an Office of Natural Resources to consolidate the 14 agencies that currently manage water and streamline water policy, planning, and investment.”
“Consolidate early-childhood functions now spread across state agencies into a single Office of Early Childhood (a one-stop shop for families and child-care providers).”
“Include budget funding to provide free school lunches to over 35,000 Kansas students currently on reduced-price meals.”
Stated positions
7 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Health care / Mental healthStated position
Use her budget to expand mental health capacity in Kansas, adding more treatment beds, more professionals, and more crisis response.
Sourceshttps://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KSOG/2026/01/13/file_attachments/3521560/Gov.%20Kelly%202026%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdfView position & sources → - Water / EnvironmentStated position
Propose an additional $30 million for water in her budget, bringing overall annual investment to $90 million every year to safeguard the state's water supply.
Sourceshttps://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KSOG/2025/01/15/file_attachments/3133603/Governor%20Kelly's%202025%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdfhttps://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KSOG/2026/01/13/file_attachments/3521560/Gov.%20Kelly%202026%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdfView position & sources → - Child careStated position
Consolidate early-childhood functions now spread across state agencies into a single Office of Early Childhood (a one-stop shop for families and child-care providers).
Sourceshttps://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KSOG/2025/01/15/file_attachments/3133603/Governor%20Kelly's%202025%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdfView position & sources → - Education / HungerStated position
Include budget funding to provide free school lunches to over 35,000 Kansas students currently on reduced-price meals.
Sourceshttps://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KSOG/2025/01/15/file_attachments/3133603/Governor%20Kelly's%202025%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdfhttps://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KSOG/2026/01/13/file_attachments/3521560/Gov.%20Kelly%202026%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdfView position & sources → - EducationStated position
Fully fund Kansas K-12 public schools every year she is in office (her budget again fully funds them for a seventh consecutive year).
Sourceshttps://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/KSOG/2025/01/15/file_attachments/3133603/Governor%20Kelly's%202025%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdfView position & sources → - Health careStated position
Expand Medicaid in Kansas to cover roughly 150,000 low-income Kansans (the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans / HAWK Act).
Sourceshttps://www.kmuw.org/education/2023-12-18/kansas-gov-laura-kelly-reveals-plan-for-medicaid-expansion-with-work-requirementsView position & sources → - TaxesStated position
Enact a plan to "Axe the Food Tax" and eliminate the Kansas state sales tax on groceries.
Sourceshttps://www.ksal.com/governor-plans-to-axe-the-food-tax/View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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