Did Guv Kelly Ruin Her Chances At Kingmaker With 'Extremist' Comment?!?

Don't worry . . . It's only the boomer JoCo voters who are REALLY sweating this debate. 

However . . . 

We Kansas Guv talking trash on Dem allies kinda reveals that she's anything but a "moderate" and offers a peek that she's more concerned about her successor than she's willing to openly admit . . . Check-it: 

Kelly said she ran for governor to get Kansas back on track, grow the economy and make the state a place people were proud to call home. In 2018 and 2022, Kelly defeated well-known conservative Republicans Kris Kobach and Derek Schmidt in her campaigns for governor. As she prepared to leave government service, she said it was important Kansas elected a new governor in 2026 with vision, skills and fortitude to move the state ahead.

“Ethan Corson possesses those qualities,” Kelly said. “I know he can do the job.”

The Democratic governor said Corson earned her endorsement because he stood the best chance of winning the Aug. 4 primary and mounting a general election campaign attractive to a coalition of Democratic, independent and moderate Republican voters. Those voting blocs were essential for a Democratic candidate to prevail in November, she said.

“I think in Kansas you just have to do that unless you want to bully your way through being governor,” she said in an interview with Kansas Reflector. “If you really want to do what’s in the best interests of the state, generally, a bipartisan approach is the best. Ethan’s made it very clear he’s good at that. I think Republicans will work with him.”

Holscher and Skoog, both Democrats from Overland Park, responded to comments attributed to Kelly by the Kansas City Star regarding her belief Kansas voters wouldn’t elect an “extremist” governor from the right or left in November.

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Gov. Laura Kelly affirms endorsement in Kansas governor's race despite rivals' protest * Kansas Reflector

Democratic gubernatorial candidates Cindy Holscher and Curt Skoog unleash rebuttals to Gov. Laura Kelly's reaffirmed endorsement of Ethan Corson.