Barbara Bollier
This photo belongs to Barbara Bollier and is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.Bio | Barbara Bollier earned her M.D from the University of Kansas and practiced medicine as an anesthesiologists. She served in the kansas House of Representative from 2013 to 2017. She is running for the U.S Senate in the 2020 election. |
Status and Position | Former State Senator of Kansas |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Kansas |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Senate Election Kansas 1 | Kansas 1 | Yes | Running | 45.0% |
Campaign Financing | Bollier has almost raised $8 million for her campaign. |
Voting Rights | Bollier believes in protecting Americans' right to vote. She has been endorsed by Let America Vote, an organization dedicated to voting rights. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Unknown | She does not have a clear stance on universal healthcare. N/A |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | Bollier has supported drastically increasing funding to Medicaid. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | Bollier advocates for the expansion of public options, rather than empowering private healthcare companies. |
| LGBT Rights | For | She is supportive of LGBT rights. Bollier cites LGBT rights as the reason why she moved away from the Republican Party. She denounced anti-transgender provisions of the GOP platform. |
| Taxes | For | She is supportive of taxes. Bollier has condemned Republicans' efforts to impose tax breaks for the wealthy. She would not like to grant tax breaks. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Bollier opposes a flat tax rate. Bollier has condemned Republicans' efforts to impose tax breaks for the wealthy. She would not like to grant tax breaks. |
| Abortion | For | She is pro-choice. Bollier does not believe the government has a right to interfere with the reproductive choices of women. She believes those decisions should be made by women and their physicians. |
| Gun Control | For | Bollier supports gun control efforts. She would like to tighten restrictions on gun ownership. During National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Bollier took an active role in promoting more restrictive gun control legislation. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | He has not taken a stance on this issue. She would like to tighten restrictions on gun ownership. During National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Bollier took an active role in promoting more restrictive gun control legislation. |
| Government Interference | For | Bollier suggests a larger role of government with many public programs. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | She supports Planned Parenthood. |
| Welfare | For | She supports welfare programs. Bollier has advocated for expanding welfare programs. She would like to see increased funding to Medicaid. |
| Welfare | Unknown | She does not have a strong stance on stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | She has not taken a stance on capital punishment. N/A |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | She argues for the re-evaluation of mandatory minimum sentences. |
| Military Spending | Unknown | She does not have a clear stance on military spending. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | She does not have an explicit stance on the War on Terrorism. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | She supports international interaction. Bollier is a proponent of free trade. She has denounced President Trump's trade war with China for its negative effect on Kansas farmers. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | She has not taken a stance on the United Nations. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | She does not have a position on the threat of white nationalism. |
| Free Markets | Against | She opposes free markets. Bollier has consistently complained about efforts to back off the wealthy. Instead of a free market, she would like to increase taxes. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Bollier has not taken a position on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | She has not taken a stance on affirmative action. |
| Government Spending | For | Bollier believes government spending, specifically in the form of infrastructure investment, will spur economic growth. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | She has not taken ann explicit stance on charter schools. |
| Common Core | For | She supports Common Core standards. Bollier has spoken out against repealing Common Core standards in Kansas. She states that she advocates for local control of educational standards and cites the fact that the local school board voted in favor of Common Core. |
| Clean Energy | For | She promotes clean energy. Bollier sees the need for drastic efforts to move toward renewable energy. She would like to invest in renewable energy development while putting regulations on fossil fuels. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Bollier has not taken an explicit stance on religious freedom. N/A |
| Separation of Church and State | For | Bollier supports the separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | She has not taken a position on reparations. |
| Border Control | Unknown | She does not have an explicit stance on increased border control. N/A |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | She has not taken a stance on passenger profiling. |
| DACA | Unknown | Her position on DACA is unknown. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Her stance on sanctuary cities is unknown. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | She has been a strong advocate of decriminalizing marijuana. |
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