DemocratCandidate / challenger

Cindy Holscher

Kansas Governor - candidate

Sources

35

linked public trail

Issues

12/14

with evidence

Records

16

documented items

Online

34

observations

Source mix

35 total

15 primary9 secondary11 social

Latest source access: May 20, 2026

Source Trail
BackgroundWho They Are

Cindy Holscher is profiled here for Kansas Governor as a Democratic. Public education is not just background in the captured record; it is a recurring policy fight. The campaign says Holscher walked from Shawnee to Topeka with education advocates in 2016 to bring attention to Brownback-era underfunding, later helped reverse sc... Holscher's campaign identity includes a clear anti-establishment lane inside the Democratic primary. KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of the April 26, 2026 Democratic forum reported that she positioned herself as an anti-establishment candidate with a record... These biography/status records are descriptive background only; no policy position is inferred from identity, faith, family, or associations.

Party
Democrat
Office
Kansas Governor
Occupation
Kansas Senate District 8; Senate Minority Whip
Campaign or official page
cindyforkansas.com/
Issue overviewWhere They Stand on Big Issues

Position summary

Shown first when sourced

Dated actions

16 items on file

Online signals

34 observed

Actions and source trailActions and Decisions

This profile links 16 public items across 8 of the 14 issue areas. Examples include: Education / curriculum / schools: Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assis... Taxes / spending / debt: Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, an... Economy / jobs / labor: Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and... Economy / jobs / labor: Holscher's campaign identity includes a clear anti-establishment lane inside the Democratic primary. KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of the April 26, 2026 Democratic forum reported that she positioned herself as an... 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, 2 online observations
  • LGBT / gender / parental rights0 documented items
  • Education / curriculum / schools1 documented item, 2 online observations
  • Religious liberty / church / civic morality0 documented items, 1 online observation
  • Taxes / spending / debt1 documented item, 4 online observations
  • Economy / jobs / labor2 documented items, 4 online observations
  • Guns / Second Amendment0 documented items, 1 online observation
  • Immigration / border0 documented items, 3 online observations
  • Health care / insurance / Medicaid4 documented items, 4 online observations
  • Election integrity / voting / courts1 documented item, 4 online observations
  • Public safety / law enforcement / criminal justice0 documented items
  • Agriculture / rural economy / water4 documented items, 4 online observations
  • Local governance / transparency / ethics2 documented items, 3 online observations
  • Environment / energy / land use1 documented item, 2 online observations
Social/online observationsPublic Online Activity

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

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Abortion / life

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kmuw.orgRelated issue: Abortion / life

    KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of an April 26, 2026 forum reported that Holscher cast herself as the anti-establishment Democrat, criticized Republican "culture war" bills, attacked CoreCivic-linked donations to her opponent, said she had never taken CoreCivic money and never would, supported making voting easier and reproductive health care access, and described a coalition of nurses, teachers, neighbors, farmers...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Education / curriculum / schools

    Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and basic affordability. In the Bluesky harvest, cost of living, agriculture, tariffs, food assistance, housing, taxes, and household economics accounted for 76 of 431 original posts, or 18 percent; public e...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Education / curriculum / schools

    Audience response on measurable social media was modest and concentrated on labor, education, and anti-redistricting posts. Her highest-like original Bluesky post in the capture was a December 2, 2025 post about union workers, fair wages, and safe working conditions: 16 likes, 4 reposts, 0 replies, and 0 quotes as of May 11, 2026 (source). Her June 12, 2025 campaign-announcement post had 8 likes, 4 reposts, 1 reply,...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Religious liberty / church / civic morality

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Taxes / spending / debt

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Taxes / spending / debt

    Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and basic affordability. In the Bluesky harvest, cost of living, agriculture, tariffs, food assistance, housing, taxes, and household economics accounted for 76 of 431 original posts, or 18 percent; public e...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • cindyforkansas.comRelated issue: Taxes / spending / debt

    The priorities page lists a "Common Sense & Lower Costs" agenda: lowering healthcare, childcare, grocery, and gas costs; minimum wage; paid sick time; property-tax relief; Medicaid expansion; free school lunches; tax exemptions for essential products; special-education funding; housing security; medical marijuana; independent redistricting; term limits; and limits on corporate PAC money.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Taxes / spending / debt

    Holscher also uses her social feed to argue that federal decisions are raising Kansas costs. Healthcare posts include ACA subsidies, Medicaid expansion, rural hospitals, disability services, mental health, vaccine policy, and health-agency decisions. On September 25, 2025, she posted that if Congress did not restore affordable-care tax credits, more than 100,000 Kansans would lose healthcare (source). On January 8,...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Economy / jobs / labor

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Economy / jobs / labor

    Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and basic affordability. In the Bluesky harvest, cost of living, agriculture, tariffs, food assistance, housing, taxes, and household economics accounted for 76 of 431 original posts, or 18 percent; public e...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kmuw.orgRelated issue: Economy / jobs / labor

    Holscher's campaign identity includes a clear anti-establishment lane inside the Democratic primary. KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of the April 26, 2026 Democratic forum reported that she positioned herself as an anti-establishment candidate with a record of winning Republican-held legislative districts (source). In that same coverage, she responded to Ethan Corson's endorsements by saying she was running on her...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kmuw.orgRelated issue: Economy / jobs / labor

    KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of an April 26, 2026 forum reported that Holscher cast herself as the anti-establishment Democrat, criticized Republican "culture war" bills, attacked CoreCivic-linked donations to her opponent, said she had never taken CoreCivic money and never would, supported making voting easier and reproductive health care access, and described a coalition of nurses, teachers, neighbors, farmers...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Guns / Second Amendment

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Immigration / border

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • cindyforkansas.comRelated issue: Immigration / border

    Campaign news page: cindyforkansas.com/news -- active; visible releases through April 29, 2026, including voting-rights, CoreCivic, legislative-session, cell-phone-ban, ICE detention, Chiefs stadium, lower-costs agenda, polling, health-care, and redistricting items.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • cindyforkansas.comRelated issue: Immigration / border

    The news page shows campaign press activity through April 29, 2026. The latest visible items focused on voting rights, CoreCivic, the legislative session, cell-phone policy, ICE detention, the Chiefs stadium deal, lower costs, polling, working-family affordability, redistricting, and ACA costs.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Health care / insurance / Medicaid

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Health care / insurance / Medicaid

    Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and basic affordability. In the Bluesky harvest, cost of living, agriculture, tariffs, food assistance, housing, taxes, and household economics accounted for 76 of 431 original posts, or 18 percent; public e...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kmuw.orgRelated issue: Health care / insurance / Medicaid

    KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of an April 26, 2026 forum reported that Holscher cast herself as the anti-establishment Democrat, criticized Republican "culture war" bills, attacked CoreCivic-linked donations to her opponent, said she had never taken CoreCivic money and never would, supported making voting easier and reproductive health care access, and described a coalition of nurses, teachers, neighbors, farmers...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • cindyforkansas.comRelated issue: Health care / insurance / Medicaid

    The priorities page lists a "Common Sense & Lower Costs" agenda: lowering healthcare, childcare, grocery, and gas costs; minimum wage; paid sick time; property-tax relief; Medicaid expansion; free school lunches; tax exemptions for essential products; special-education funding; housing security; medical marijuana; independent redistricting; term limits; and limits on corporate PAC money.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kmuw.orgRelated issue: Election integrity / voting / courts

    Holscher's campaign identity includes a clear anti-establishment lane inside the Democratic primary. KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of the April 26, 2026 Democratic forum reported that she positioned herself as an anti-establishment candidate with a record of winning Republican-held legislative districts (source). In that same coverage, she responded to Ethan Corson's endorsements by saying she was running on her...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • FacebookRelated issue: Election integrity / voting / courts

    Campaign website: is active. The footer and pages link Facebook, X, and Instagram; the campaign news page is current through May 14, 2026.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kmuw.orgRelated issue: Election integrity / voting / courts

    KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of an April 26, 2026 forum reported that Holscher cast herself as the anti-establishment Democrat, criticized Republican "culture war" bills, attacked CoreCivic-linked donations to her opponent, said she had never taken CoreCivic money and never would, supported making voting easier and reproductive health care access, and described a coalition of nurses, teachers, neighbors, farmers...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • cindyforkansas.comRelated issue: Election integrity / voting / courts

    Campaign news page: cindyforkansas.com/news -- active; visible releases through April 29, 2026, including voting-rights, CoreCivic, legislative-session, cell-phone-ban, ICE detention, Chiefs stadium, lower-costs agenda, polling, health-care, and redistricting items.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Agriculture / rural economy / water

    The captured record has notable gaps. The Bluesky feed and campaign pages give much more attention to schools, affordability, healthcare, labor, redistricting, and federal cuts than to gun policy, water policy, the Ogallala Aquifer, or detailed state-budget mechanics (harvest). Abortion and reproductive-health access appear in indexed forum coverage -- KMUW reported both Democratic candidates supported access to rep...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Agriculture / rural economy / water

    Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and basic affordability. In the Bluesky harvest, cost of living, agriculture, tariffs, food assistance, housing, taxes, and household economics accounted for 76 of 431 original posts, or 18 percent; public e...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Agriculture / rural economy / water

    Holscher also uses her social feed to argue that federal decisions are raising Kansas costs. Healthcare posts include ACA subsidies, Medicaid expansion, rural hospitals, disability services, mental health, vaccine policy, and health-agency decisions. On September 25, 2025, she posted that if Congress did not restore affordable-care tax credits, more than 100,000 Kansans would lose healthcare (source). On January 8,...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kansasreflector.comRelated issue: Agriculture / rural economy / water

    Kansas Reflector coverage of a March 8, 2026 Democratic debate described the field emphasizing affordability, health care, and rural Kansas; the existing candidate file quotes Holscher warning about cuts to Medicaid, Social Security, and ACA tax credits (source).

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Local governance / transparency / ethics

    Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and basic affordability. In the Bluesky harvest, cost of living, agriculture, tariffs, food assistance, housing, taxes, and household economics accounted for 76 of 431 original posts, or 18 percent; public e...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • kmuw.orgRelated issue: Local governance / transparency / ethics

    Holscher's campaign identity includes a clear anti-establishment lane inside the Democratic primary. KMUW / Kansas Reflector coverage of the April 26, 2026 Democratic forum reported that she positioned herself as an anti-establishment candidate with a record of winning Republican-held legislative districts (source). In that same coverage, she responded to Ethan Corson's endorsements by saying she was running on her...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • FacebookRelated issue: Local governance / transparency / ethics

    Campaign website: is active. The footer and pages link Facebook, X, and Instagram; the campaign news page is current through May 14, 2026.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • BlueskyRelated issue: Environment / energy / land use

    Across the captured public feed, Holscher's most consistent message is that Kansas government should focus on practical household pressure: schools, healthcare, housing, groceries, wages, taxes, food assistance, and basic affordability. In the Bluesky harvest, cost of living, agriculture, tariffs, food assistance, housing, taxes, and household economics accounted for 76 of 431 original posts, or 18 percent; public e...

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

  • cindyforkansas.comRelated issue: Environment / energy / land use

    The priorities page lists a "Common Sense & Lower Costs" agenda: lowering healthcare, childcare, grocery, and gas costs; minimum wage; paid sick time; property-tax relief; Medicaid expansion; free school lunches; tax exemptions for essential products; special-education funding; housing security; medical marijuana; independent redistricting; term limits; and limits on corporate PAC money.

    Public activity only; not a policy position.

Faith affiliationWhere They Worship

Holscher has the most compelling personal narrative in the Democratic field -- granddaughter of tenant farmers, daughter of a construction worker and school custodian, first-generation college graduate, single mom who worked her way up through Sprint. Her leg... | Cindy Holscher | NOT IDENTIFIED | No faith references found anywhere |. This faith/worship note is descriptive only and is not used to infer any policy position.

Campaign financeDonor/Funding Information

Finance snapshot

; s-kpdc-treasurer; s-kpdc-202601; Reporting period: 2025-01-01 through 2025-12-31; filed: 2026-01-13; Total raised: $397,952.07; totalSpent: $218,060.34; cashOnHand: $179,891.73; inKind: $2,949.82; otherTransactions: $0.00; treasurer: Lynn Rogers

Reporting period

Most recent public filing reviewed

Source: Reviewed public records

Visible Schedule A examples include Thomas Adrian ($500), Quinta Avance ($50), Elizabeth Bishop ($100), Archie Blumhorst ($250 and later entries), Rick Blumhorst (multiple entries), Ross Boelling ($200 and later entries), and William Bradley ($500).; Visible PAC names in PDF text extraction include AT&T Kansas PAC, Kansas Bankers Association PAC State, and Kansas Anesthesiologist Assistant PAC; verify exact amounts from the original PDF before publishing PAC-specific amounts.; Literal PDF text search found no CoreCivic/Core Civic match; this is not a full affiliate or executive-donor audit.

Research trailSources

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