2022 KS Senate race: on Principles & Values


Joan Farr: Keep God in the public sphere

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Keep God in the public sphere"?

A: SUPPORT

Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Kansas Senate race Dec 10, 2021

Mark Holland: We're the greatest nation, we need to teach honest history

We live in the greatest state, in the greatest nation in the world. We need to teach honest history about how far we have come and where we still fall short. Only with the truth can we heal broken relationships and build a more just nation. The Kansas and America I love are always celebrating who we are AND working to do better.
Source: 2022 Kansas Senate campaign website HollandForKansas.com Jun 26, 2022

Mark Holland: I firmly believe in separation of church and state

I firmly believe in a cornerstone of the First Amendment, separation of church and state, or a common sense way to ensure everyone can practice whatever religion they want, or no religion at all. I get frustrated with people who claim that their particular brand of Christianity is the only voice that matters. In public office, I never have and never will lead with my particular Christian or United Methodist beliefs. I will instead lead with Kansas values and American values.
Source: 2022 Kansas Senate campaign website HollandForKansas.com Jun 26, 2022

Mark Holland: Must stand up for the Constitution after January 6

[On Jan. 6 events]: "If you can't stand up for the Constitution of the United States after January 6, you've just told us you can't stand up for what's right.

"Moran voted against even investigating the Jan. 6 attack on our Capitol, and then within weeks was asking Trump for his endorsement, which means he's accepting the lies about the election. Now we're being told the desecration on our Capitol was 'legitimate political discourse.' By accepting that, Moran has chosen re-election over integrity.

Source: The Iola Register on 2022 Kansas Senate race Feb 8, 2022

Mark Holland: We all want meaningful work, opportunity for our children

Holland started his stump speech by declaring lineage as a fourth-generation union Democrat and third-generation United Methodist pastor. In faith communities, he said, members didn't segregate themselves in pews by partisan affiliation. "We all want the same thing," he said. "We all want meaningful work. We all want opportunity for our children. And, we all want to live in a community that we can be proud of."
Source: Kansas Reflector on 2022 Kansas Senate race Jun 30, 2022

Jerry Moran: Biden won in 2020, but no inquiry into Jan. 6

[Democratic opponent Mark] Holland said U.S. senators from Kansas ought declare in clear language President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. Holland said dozens of lawsuits were filed, but no clear evidence of election fraud has been uncovered. "What we're seeing right now is this long-play grief cycle that is born because the leaders in the Republican Party have refused to have the courage to look people in the eye and tell them the plain truth," Holland said. "I'm just as plainspoken preacher, and I'm just going to tell people the truth. We need the courage to tell people the truth, even an unpopular truth or a truth they don't want to hear."

Moran has said Biden won the 2020 national election and it would be wrong for Congress to not certify the Electoral College vote. He denounced the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, but opposed formation of an independent inquiry into violence precipitated by a rally led by Trump.

Source: Kansas Reflector on 2022 Kansas Senate race Aug 22, 2022

Mark Holland: Respect interests of neglected rural voters

Holland said a formula for success against Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran was to prevail in 10 counties holding two-thirds of the state's vote and by respecting interests of neglected rural voters. His U.S. Senate campaign will take him to all 105 counties for face-to-face conversations with folks deciding Nov. 8 whether to end the longest GOP winning streak in the nation.

"We have a better message on public education. We have a better message on health care. We have a better message on wages. We need to get out and share our message," Holland said on the Kansas Reflector podcast. "And, we need to spend the time listening to the real concerns of real people."

Holland said reversing that trend [of Republican victories]required Democrats to resonate with voters in the state's populous 10 counties and draw upon a reservoir of support in the others. A cadre of voters statewide, both urban and rural, feel abandoned by their representatives in Washington, he said.

Source: Kansas Reflector on 2022 Kansas Senate race Aug 22, 2022

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