Bollier said the final straw that prompted her to switch from Republican to Democrat was the Kansas Republican Party’s adoption of a policy platform hostile to LGBTQ+ rights.
“I’m like, OK, how much can I take?” Bollier said in an interview.
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The race has pitted doctor against doctor during a global coronavirus pandemic. “We’re both Kansans and we’re both doctors. But that’s where the similarities end,” said Bollier, who would be the first female physician elected to the Senate. https://19thnews.org/2020/10/barbara-bollier-kansas-senate-seat-election/ …
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“Centrist women? Kansas has done that before,” said State Rep. Stephanie Clayton, who switched parties shortly after Bollier. “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes," she said, quoting Mark Twain. https://19thnews.org/2020/10/barbara-bollier-kansas-senate-seat-election/ …
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Women swept the Democratic congressional primaries in Kansas earlier this year “It looks like the Kansas I grew up in: it’s just Democrats instead of Republicans," State Rep. Stephanie Clayton said. https://19thnews.org/2020/10/barbara-bollier-kansas-senate-seat-election/ …
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