KS-SEN: Bollier begins her tour in Hutchinson

[RandySF]

Kansas Sen. Barbara Bollier, a Democrat, started her in-person campaign for the U.S. Senate in downtown Hutchinson on Friday. A crowd of approximately 50 supporters gathered on chairs and cheered Bollier as she spoke of COVID, Medicaid expansion and education.

“I am a very proud pragmatic Democrat,” Bollier said. “I am about fiscal responsibility. I follow data and common sense.”

Bollier said she purposely put both red and blue on her campaign materials, saying she wants to be able to walk across the aisle.

“We are red and blue because we can work together,” she said. “We are used to looking at the person, not just the party.”

Bollier, a physician, said her job is to listen to farmers, teachers and community leaders. As for schools, she wants to open them when they believe it is safe.

“It is so important for local areas to decide and know what’s best for the teachers and the staff and who lives at home,” she said. “We all know masks work.”

Although she grew up, went to school and practiced medicine in the greater Kansas City area, Bollier’s relatives come from rural Kansas.



https://www.hutchnews.com/news/20200829/bollier-begins-her-tour-in-hutchinson

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Any sense if she has a chance?

[RandySF]

2. Last poll I saw had her in a dead heat with Marshall

That was earlier this month.

[judeling]

3. Yes she does

While recent polls are a bit mixed as one outlier has her way down the others have her tied or slightly ahead.

The thing to remember Kansas actually does have a Democratic governor and she in not unpopular.

[NBachers]

4. Whatever faith you want to put into recent polls, has her within a point of two

And from 538, tightening way up since March:

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. That's remarkable.

I used to live in Kansas and I know what that state is like. I'm glad I moved away (in 2008) before it got too awful.