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Common Ground Scorecard for Laura Kelly

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Laura Kelly (KS - D)

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Governor Laura Kelly began her lifelong career in public service at a children’s psychiatric center, where she learned firsthand the importance of accessible mental health care. She served as the Executive Director of the Recreation and Park Association in Kansas before her election to State Senate. Kelly has sought to strengthen early childhood education programs, expand affordable health care, and rebuild Kansas’ economic development recruitment tools.

(Biography courtesy of https://governor.kansas.gov/)

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Up for Reelection in 2026

Common Ground Score is

80
Champion

Based on a scale of 0-100, below is a breakdown of the Common Ground Score:

Official PerformanceMAX 30
30
Personal ActionsMAX 30
0
CommunicationsMAX 20
20
CommitmentsMAX 20
20
BONUS: Outstanding Common GrounderMAX 10
10

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Official Performance Commentary

Maximum credit for Official Performance. Net job approval 53 points higher than would be expected if purely based on partisanship.

Personal Actions Commentary

There is no information available to support this score.

Communications Commentary

"It’s time to care less about scoring wins for one political party or another, and to begin caring more about working together to score wins for the people we all represent."

Commitments Commentary

Affirmed Common Grounder Commitments.

Outstanding Commmon Grounder Commentary

Championed common ground in USA Today saying, "Kansans are desperate for a change in the tone of our politics... I’ve never met any voters — regardless of party — who prefer their leaders yell, insult and demean one another instead of getting things done... they agreed with my approach: listen, compromise and make Kansans’ lives better." Also championed common ground with a Disagree Better video alongside Republican Governor Mike Parson as part of the National Governors Association Disagree Better initiative led by Governor Spencer Cox.

What are the score ranges?

  • Champion
  • Well Above Average
  • Somewhat Above Average
  • Average
  • Somewhat Below Average
  • Well Below Average

Insufficient Data to Score

For candidates without congressional or gubernatorial service, Official Performance points are a predictive estimate using statistical modeling.

Personal Actions points can be provisionally awarded for a commitment to take the action(s) within the first six months of office, if elected.

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