Dr. Barbara Bollier left the Republican Party in 2018. Now, she is vying to be the first Democrat elected to represent Kansas in the Senate since 1932.
"So I changed parties. And here I am running for U.S. Senate."
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2/ Just two years ago, Bollier was a Republican in the Kansas state Senate feeling like a woman without a party. The final straw? Party policies hostile to LGBTQ+ rights that stated:
"God created two genders"
"Privileges of marriage exist only between one man and one woman"pic.twitter.com/hGbtQ0Wgp3
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3/ Bollier's race against her Republican opponent Rep. Roger Marshall is a barometer of whether the Republican Party's lurch rightward is creating openings for moderate Democrats in solidly red states like Kansas.
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4/ Every indicator shows that Bollier has a decent chance. She is neck-in-neck in recent opinion polls with Marshall. Their race has also shattered previous fundraising records. Bollier raised roughly $13.4M in the third quarter and Marshall about $2.7M.https://bit.ly/35iJMJR
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5/ The race has also pitted doctor against doctor in a pandemic that has left 220,000+ dead nationally. Bollier would be the 1st female physician elected to U.S. Senate. Marshall is an obstetrician and an American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNS member.https://bit.ly/35iJMJR
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6/6 Health care has become a defining issue in the Kansas Senate race, perhaps unsurprisingly.
"We're both Kansans and we're both doctors. But that's where the similarities end," Bollier has said.
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