Democrat · Kansas Governor
Sources for Cindy Holscher
35 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
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Primary Records
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Kansas State Wide Office - 2026 Election Cyclekansas.gov
- Holscher, Cindy is listed under Gubernatorial Candidates
- The page links her Appointment of Treasurer and 202601 receipts-and-expenditures report
- The page says it was last updated January 22, 2026
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Appointment of Treasurer or Candidate Committee Formkansas.gov
- Candidate Name: Cindy Holscher
- Office Sought: Governor
- Treasurer Name: Lynn Rogers
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Campaign Finance Receipts and Expenditures Report - Cindy Holscherkansas.gov
- Report covers January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025
- Total contributions and other receipts were $397,952.07
- Total expenditures and other disbursements were $218,060.34
- Holscher represents Senate District 8, Johnson County
- She is a Democrat and Senate Minority Whip
- House service is listed as 2017-2020 and Senate service as 2021-Present
- Holscher's official 2025 Senate vote record
- Includes votes on election administration, public health, education, LGBTQ policy, reproductive-care-adjacent legislation, public assistance, taxes, and public safety
- March 10, 2026 Senate roll call shows Holscher voted yea on HB 2479
- HB 2479 concerned electronic monitoring with victim notification, domestic violence, stalking, protective orders, breach of privacy, blackmail, unlawful sexual relations, and child endangerment penalties
- https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/vote/?apn=b2025_26%2Fyear2%2Fsenate%2Flegislative_days%2Fday039_20260310%2Fvote_records%2Fvote_138_HB2479.odt
- Original and current sponsor is Sen. Cindy Holscher
- Bill would limit independent-expenditure political committee contributions and require accounting, reporting, and auditing
- Original and current sponsor is Sen. Cindy Holscher
- Bill would authorize each school district to include a nonvoting teacher representative on the board of education
- Current and original sponsor is Senator Holscher
- Bill would impose legislative term limits with additional terms conditioned on a primary-election vote
- Campaign biography emphasizes farm background, parents' work, public-school family, and Kansas residence
- Campaign says Holscher walked from Shawnee to Topeka in 2016 over school funding
- Campaign says she co-founded the Women's Bipartisan Caucus and helped reverse the Brownback tax experiment
- Campaign priorities include lower costs, Medicaid expansion, free school lunches, essential-products tax relief, special-education funding, housing, medical marijuana, redistricting, term limits, and corporate PAC limits
- 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 bas...
- 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 e
- Campaign news page lists releases through May 14, 2026
- Visible releases include running mate, voting-rights, CoreCivic, legislative-session, cell-phone-ban, ICE detention, Chiefs stadium, lower-costs, polling, healthcare, and redistricting items
- 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,...
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Cindy Holscher for Kansas · 2026-05-19
Sen. Cindy Holscher Announces State Rep. KC Ohaebosim as Running Mate for Lieutenant Governorcindyforkansas.com
- Campaign announced KC Ohaebosim as running mate for lieutenant governor
- Release frames ticket around affordability, public schools, healthcare, good jobs, worker protections, and government responsiveness
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Cindy Holscher for Kansas · 2026-05-19
Sen. Cindy Holscher Unveils 2026 Common Sense and Lower Costs Agendacindyforkansas.com
- Campaign agenda includes minimum wage, paid sick time, repeal right-to-work, property-tax relief, Medicaid expansion, free school lunches, essential-products tax relief, special education, housing security, medical mari...
- https://cindyforkansas.com/sen-cindy-holscher-unveils-2026-common-sense-and-lower-costs-agenda-focused-on-working-families/
- Local harvest confirms links to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, Threads, website, donation, volunteer, launch video, and Bluesky
- Linktree / presence detector: linktr.ee/cindyforkansas -- confirms Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, Threads, website, donate, volunteer, launch video, and Bluesky links; Threads preview listed 1.7K followers and 0 thread...
Reporting and Public Context
9 sources- Launch coverage described Holscher's focus on schools and kitchen-table issues
- Kansas Reflector: Holscher enters race (June 12, 2025)
- Kansas Reflector reported Holscher's launch on June 12, 2025, describing her focus on schools and "kitchen table" issues and quoting her concern that housing and food were expensive ([source](https://kansasreflector.com...
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Kansas Reflector · 2026-05-19
Democrats in governor's race use debate stage to spotlight affordability, health care, rural Kansaskansasreflector.com
- Debate coverage tied Holscher's campaign to affordability, healthcare, and rural Kansas
- > -- Kansas Reflector, March 8, 2026
- Kansas Reflector: Democratic debate (March 8, 2026)
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KMUW / Kansas Reflector · 2026-05-19
Kansas Democrats running for governor clash on CoreCivic, party establishment in forumkmuw.org
- KMUW republication reported Holscher's anti-establishment framing, CoreCivic contrast, and support for reproductive healthcare access
- 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 Ogal...
- 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 ant...
- Johnson County Post: Holscher school voucher critique (March 13, 2023)
- https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/03/13/capitol-update-sen-cindy-holscher-voucher-bill-196217/
- > -- Johnson County Post, March 13, 2023
- Cindy Holscher - Wikipedia
- Wikipedia: Cindy Holscher
- cost of living is too high - campaign/legislative framing, 2026-04-01, https://cindyforkansas.com/ - topic: affordability.
- As Governor, she’ll stand up for you. - campaign homepage metadata, 2026-04-01, cindyforkansas.com - topic: governing message.
- I’m running for Governor to fight for all Kansans - campaign site, 2026-04-01, https://cindyforkansas.com/ - topic: campaign message.
- > -- Kansas Reflector, August 1, 2025
- Kansas Reflector: Kelly staff pressure (Aug 1, 2025)
- "source": "Kansas Reflector, August 1, 2025, https://kansasreflector.com/2025/08/01/kansas-governor-candidate-cindy-holscher-objects-to-alleged-pressure-campaign-by-kellys-staff/"
- Kansas Reflector: Rural voter appeal (Nov 25, 2025)
- Kansas Reflector: Rural voters (Nov 25, 2025)
- Kansas Reflector coverage from November 25, 2025 described Holscher and Ethan Corson shaping Democratic campaigns to appeal to rural voters ([source](https://kansasreflector.com/2025/11/25/kansas-democratic-candidates-f...
- Ballotpedia: Cindy Holscher
Public Online Activity
11 sources- Public API resolved the campaign profile to DID did:plc:ei6fueazsxvhhjvbr53hr63f
- Local harvest captured 596 feed items, including 431 original posts and 165 replies, from February 24, 2025 through March 20, 2026
- Bluesky: @cindyforkansas.bsky.social -- 204 followers, 9 follows, 596 posts as of public API capture on 2026-05-11. Bio: "Candidate for Kansas Governor." Created 2025-02-24.
- Holscher posted that KC Ohaebosim was her pick for Lieutenant Governor
- Engagement at readback was 11 likes, 1 repost, 0 replies, 0 quotes
- Holscher posted about southwest Kansas wildfires and emergency teams
- Engagement at readback was 1 like, 0 reposts, 0 replies, 0 quotes
- Holscher posted that she would not take CoreCivic money
- Engagement at readback was 4 likes, 1 repost, 1 reply, 0 quotes
- Holscher posted about healthcare costs and extending ACA subsidies
- Local harvest captured Holscher posting about public education, school funding, vouchers, and children
- Local harvest captured Holscher posting about tariffs and Kansas crop economics
- On agriculture and rural economics, Holscher's feed links her farm background to tariffs, crop markets, sorghum, soybeans, beef imports, rural hospitals, and rural cost pressure. On September 10, 2025, she posted that t...
- 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 w...
- Highest-like original Bluesky post in the capture: December 2, 2025 union/fair-wages post with 16 likes, 4 reposts, 0 replies, 0 quotes (source).
- 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 polic...
- https://www.facebook.com/p/Cindy-Holscher-for-Kansas-100057624806871/
- Her campaign and social pages are public on Facebook, Instagram, and X.
- Facebook: Cindy Holscher for Kansas
- Cindy Holscher for Kansas
