After election, Republican supermajority remains in Kansas Legislature
Republicans appear set to hold onto their legislative supermajority, after Democrats fell short in flipping a crucial Kansas House seat Wednesday.
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Republicans appear set to hold onto their legislative supermajority, after Democrats fell short in flipping a crucial Kansas House seat Wednesday.
Supermajorities in the House and Senate mean Republicans have greater opportunity to block or impose laws on taxation, abortion, education, budgets, guns, medical or recreational marijuana and health care, including Kelly’s quest to expand eligibility for Medicaid.
Republicans preserved a two-thirds supermajority in the Kansas House to mirror the GOP-dominated Kansas Senate and keep in place this substantial legislative barrier in a second term for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
Preliminary results of 2022 election: Kansas House and Senate will hold two-thirds GOP majorities capable of blunting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's agenda.
Supermajorities in the House and Senate mean Republicans have greater opportunity to block or impose laws on taxation, abortion, education, budgets, guns, medical or recreational marijuana and health care, including Kelly’s quest to expand eligibility for Medicaid.