Tag: Kansas Governor
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Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis: Masterson and Holscher at the Kansas State Fair Debate
Ty Masterson and Cindy Holscher faced off at the Kansas State Fair debate. This two-track analysis decodes the psychological patterns and persuasion architecture behind their answers — from repetition-as-truth to a rebuttal that doesn’t match what was said.
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Fact-Checking the Kansas Governor Debate: Masterson and Holscher’s Claims at the State Fair
Ty Masterson and Cindy Holscher cited dozens of statistics at their first head-to-head debate at the Kansas State Fair. We checked more than 20 of those claims against government records and independent reporting to see which held up.
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2026 Kansas Gubernatorial Debate, September 26 at Kansas State Fair
Verbatim transcript of 2026 Kansas Gubernatorial Debate on September 12, 2026, with candidates Cindy Holscher and Ty Masterson.
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Psychological and Rhetorical Analysis: Kansas Governor Candidates Masterson and Holscher
Ty Masterson and Cindy Holscher took the same stage, one question apart, at a Kansas oil and gas forum. This two-track analysis decodes their psychological signatures and the persuasion architecture behind their answers — from statistical overload to populist repetition.
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Masterson vs. Holscher: Where Kansas’s Governor Candidates Stand, Head to Head
Ty Masterson and Cindy Holscher sat for one-on-one interviews at a Wichita oil and gas forum, staking out opposite plans on property taxes, rural hospitals, and the Chiefs stadium incentive deal. Here’s where both Kansas governor candidates stand, topic by topic.
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Kansas SB 105 and the 2026 Senate Vacancy Debate: A Primary Source Analysis
Kansas SB 105, passed in 2025, rewrote the rules for filling U.S. Senate vacancies — and a provision buried in the bill could delay any 2026 election until 2028. This primary-source analysis separates verified facts from political spin.
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Kansas Republican Governor Debate Transcription June 5, 2026
Transcription of the formal 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary debate portion of Debate Night in Kansas, hosted by John Holt at Johnson County Community College on June 5, 2026.
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There Are No Good Reasons to Subsidize Stadiums. Governments Keep Doing It.
Despite decades of economic evidence showing that publicly funded sports stadiums fail to deliver promised benefits, governments continue to spend billions subsidizing wealthy team owners, often at the expense of taxpayers and public trust.
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The Importance of Agriculture in Kansas
In Kansas, is agriculture our “largest industry,” as Governor Laura Kelly says?
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The Kansas Economy Under Laura Kelly
A recent letter in support of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly published in the Wichita Eagle makes claims that are not true. Updated with new data.
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The Kansas Economy Under Laura Kelly
A recent letter in support of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly published in the Wichita Eagle makes claims that are not true.
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State of the State in Kansas, 2022
This week saw competing assessments of Kansas and different visions for the future.