DemocratCandidate / challenger

Anne Parelkar

U.S. Senate candidate - candidate

Sources

44

linked public trail

Issues

9/14

with evidence

Records

7

documented items

Online

16

observations

Source mix

44 total

17 primary10 secondary17 social

Latest source access: May 20, 2026

Source Trail
BackgroundWho They Are

Anne Parelkar is profiled here for U.S. Senate candidate as a Democratic. Parelkar's platform footprint is broader than the portion that was measurable in this harvest. Her campaign website links official Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, and YouTube accounts (source); Bluesky is the only account in that set that yielded public... https://kansasreflector.com/2025/08/25/democratic-immigration-lawyer-wants-to-fix-broken-system-with-run-for-u-s-senate-in-kansas/. These biography/status records are descriptive background only; no policy position is inferred from identity, faith, family, or associations.

Party
Democrat
Office
U.S. Senate candidate
Occupation
Community Advocate
Hometown
Overland Park, KS (Johnson County)
Campaign or official page
www.anneforkansas.com/
Issue overviewWhere They Stand on Big Issues

Position summary

Shown first when sourced

Dated actions

7 items on file

Online signals

16 observed

Actions and source trailActions and Decisions

This profile links 7 public items across 4 of the 14 issue areas. Examples include: Immigration / border: Within Reason with Mike Matson (News Radio KMAN, March 2026). Immigration / border: KMAN Radio - Anne Parelkar Interview (Mar 2026). Election integrity / voting / courts: Parelkar's platform footprint is broader than the portion that was measurable in this harvest. Her campaign website links official Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, and YouTube accounts (source); B... Public safety / law enforcement / criminal justice: Within Reason with Mike Matson (News Radio KMAN, March 2026). Public online activity is listed separately as context.

How to read this section

Dated actions appear here when a linked source supports them. Candidate statements, reporting, and public online activity are labeled where they appear.

  • Abortion / life0 documented items
  • LGBT / gender / parental rights0 documented items
  • Education / curriculum / schools0 documented items, 1 online observation
  • Religious liberty / church / civic morality0 documented items
  • Taxes / spending / debt0 documented items
  • Economy / jobs / labor0 documented items, 2 online observations
  • Guns / Second Amendment0 documented items, 1 online observation
  • Immigration / border2 documented items, 3 online observations
  • Health care / insurance / Medicaid0 documented items, 2 online observations
  • Election integrity / voting / courts1 documented item, 3 online observations
  • Public safety / law enforcement / criminal justice3 documented items
  • Agriculture / rural economy / water0 documented items, 1 online observation
  • Local governance / transparency / ethics1 documented item, 3 online observations
  • Environment / energy / land use0 documented items
Social/online observationsPublic Online Activity

16 public online items are tied to issue areas. Additional online activity is treated as context, not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Education / curriculum / schools

    Across the captured period the feed contains no standalone posts centered on gun policy, Fort Riley, or water policy including the Ogallala Aquifer. The captured Bluesky feed contains one agriculture post and a linked campaign agriculture plank, but no detailed Farm Bill post. Veterans appear in a Veterans Day post, "Our Veterans served us selflessly. Now it's our turn to serve them" (source), but the captured feed...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Economy / jobs / labor

    Across the captured period the feed contains no standalone posts centered on gun policy, Fort Riley, or water policy including the Ogallala Aquifer. The captured Bluesky feed contains one agriculture post and a linked campaign agriculture plank, but no detailed Farm Bill post. Veterans appear in a Veterans Day post, "Our Veterans served us selflessly. Now it's our turn to serve them" (source), but the captured feed...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Economy / jobs / labor

    On national and foreign-policy questions, Parelkar posts less often than she posts about campaign events and public access, but the captured feed includes immigration enforcement, voting, Russia, Iran, Gaza, federal labor policy, and the government shutdown. On March 1, 2026, she wrote, "Politicians fight and we the people pay the price. #Trump #Iran" (source). On November 29, 2025, she posted, "Today is the Interna...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Guns / Second Amendment

    Across the captured period the feed contains no standalone posts centered on gun policy, Fort Riley, or water policy including the Ogallala Aquifer. The captured Bluesky feed contains one agriculture post and a linked campaign agriculture plank, but no detailed Farm Bill post. Veterans appear in a Veterans Day post, "Our Veterans served us selflessly. Now it's our turn to serve them" (source), but the captured feed...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Immigration / border

    Across the captured period the feed contains no standalone posts centered on gun policy, Fort Riley, or water policy including the Ogallala Aquifer. The captured Bluesky feed contains one agriculture post and a linked campaign agriculture plank, but no detailed Farm Bill post. Veterans appear in a Veterans Day post, "Our Veterans served us selflessly. Now it's our turn to serve them" (source), but the captured feed...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Immigration / border

    On national and foreign-policy questions, Parelkar posts less often than she posts about campaign events and public access, but the captured feed includes immigration enforcement, voting, Russia, Iran, Gaza, federal labor policy, and the government shutdown. On March 1, 2026, she wrote, "Politicians fight and we the people pay the price. #Trump #Iran" (source). On November 29, 2025, she posted, "Today is the Interna...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Immigration / border

    Parelkar's public alignment network centers on county Democratic organizations, Kansas civic events, and campaign-controlled media. She tagged the Miami County Democratic Party account in an April 6, 2026 post: "See you tonight, Miami County! 💙 Join us at the @miamicoksdems.org meeting or watch online at miamicoksdems.org" (source). She also posted appearances with the Riley County Democratic Party (source), Saline...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Health care / insurance / Medicaid

    Across the captured period the feed contains no standalone posts centered on gun policy, Fort Riley, or water policy including the Ogallala Aquifer. The captured Bluesky feed contains one agriculture post and a linked campaign agriculture plank, but no detailed Farm Bill post. Veterans appear in a Veterans Day post, "Our Veterans served us selflessly. Now it's our turn to serve them" (source), but the captured feed...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Health care / insurance / Medicaid

    Audience response on Parelkar's measurable Bluesky feed is small and concentrated around party independence, health care, and campaign-media clips. Her highest-engagement Parelkar-authored Bluesky post in the captured set was a June 24, 2025 post with 6 likes, 1 repost, 1 reply, and 0 quotes as of May 11, 2026: "Pro Tip: You owe loyalty to no political party or political figure. Not now. Not ever. If your party dema...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Election integrity / voting / courts

    Parelkar's platform footprint is broader than the portion that was measurable in this harvest. Her campaign website links official Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, and YouTube accounts (source); Bluesky is the only account in that set that yielded public post counts and engagement through a logged-out API capture. The Bluesky profile listed 106 followers, 35 follows, and 126 posts as of May 11, 2026 (source). T...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Election integrity / voting / courts

    Campaign website: is active and links Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, and YouTube as campaign accounts. The site also uses NationBuilder for events, volunteer, contact, and donate flows.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Election integrity / voting / courts

    On national and foreign-policy questions, Parelkar posts less often than she posts about campaign events and public access, but the captured feed includes immigration enforcement, voting, Russia, Iran, Gaza, federal labor policy, and the government shutdown. On March 1, 2026, she wrote, "Politicians fight and we the people pay the price. #Trump #Iran" (source). On November 29, 2025, she posted, "Today is the Interna...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Agriculture / rural economy / water

    Across the captured period the feed contains no standalone posts centered on gun policy, Fort Riley, or water policy including the Ogallala Aquifer. The captured Bluesky feed contains one agriculture post and a linked campaign agriculture plank, but no detailed Farm Bill post. Veterans appear in a Veterans Day post, "Our Veterans served us selflessly. Now it's our turn to serve them" (source), but the captured feed...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Local governance / transparency / ethics

    Parelkar's platform footprint is broader than the portion that was measurable in this harvest. Her campaign website links official Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, and YouTube accounts (source); Bluesky is the only account in that set that yielded public post counts and engagement through a logged-out API capture. The Bluesky profile listed 106 followers, 35 follows, and 126 posts as of May 11, 2026 (source). T...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Local governance / transparency / ethics

    Campaign website: is active and links Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, and YouTube as campaign accounts. The site also uses NationBuilder for events, volunteer, contact, and donate flows.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Local governance / transparency / ethics

    Across the captured period the feed contains no standalone posts centered on gun policy, Fort Riley, or water policy including the Ogallala Aquifer. The captured Bluesky feed contains one agriculture post and a linked campaign agriculture plank, but no detailed Farm Bill post. Veterans appear in a Veterans Day post, "Our Veterans served us selflessly. Now it's our turn to serve them" (source), but the captured feed...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

Faith affiliationWhere They Worship

Public sources do not identify a current church affiliation. Parelkar has spoken publicly about being raised Presbyterian in Arkansas, but the source material does not identify a current Kansas congregation.

Campaign financeDonor/Funding Information

Finance snapshot

; s-fec-committee; coverageStart: 2025-03-03; coverageEnd: 2026-03-31; totalReceipts: 19898; totalContributions: 14398; totalIndividualContributions: 14398; itemizedIndividualContributions: 9676; unitemizedIndividualContributions: 4722; partyCommitteeContributions: 0; otherCommitteeContributions: 0; totalLoansReceived: 5500; candidateLoans: 5500; totalDisbursements: 19707.85; operatingExpenditures: 19707.85; endingCashOnHand: 190.15; debtsOwedByCommittee: 5500

Reporting period

Most recent public filing reviewed

Source: Reviewed public records

summary: NRSC alleged on March 11, 2026 that Parelkar and three other Kansas Democratic Senate candidates failed to timely file personal financial disclosure reports. Senate Ethics confirms candidate disclosure timing rules, but the reviewed public record did not confirm an official disposition or candidate response.;; s-nrsc-complaint

Research trailSources

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