TOPEKA — Today, KC BizPAC, the Political Action Committee of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce in Partnership with the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, announced their support of Governor Laura Kelly’s re-election campaign. During her first term, Governor Kelly put Kansas’ economy back on track with over $14 billion in new business investment and over 51,000 jobs created and retained.
“It is an honor to have the support of KC BizPAC and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “I first ran for Governor in 2018 to right the ship and grow Kansas’ economy. Now just four short years later, Kansas is breaking records and winning awards for our historic economic achievements. I’m looking forward to continuing to grow the Kansas economy in 2022 and beyond.”
Governor Kelly’s campaign continues to build momentum earning broad support from every corner of Kansas, including Republican Kansas Governor Bill Graves, Republican Kansas Governor Mike Hayden, former Republican US Senator Nancy Kassebaum, former Republican US Senator from Kansas Sheila Frahm, former RNC Committeewoman Alicia Salisbury, former Republican Attorney General Robert Stephan, former Republican Representative Jan Kessinger, former Republican Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, over 160 other Kansas Republicans, the Kansas Carpenters Union, Equality Kansas, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union of Kansas, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Union of Kansas, over 60 Kansas small business owners, the Kansas Service Employees International Union, the Kansas City Pipe Fitters Local 533 Union, the Kansas AFL-CIO, Kansas Laborers’ Local 1290, and End Citizens United & Let America Vote, The Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council, the Wichita / Hutchinson Labor Federation, the Ironworkers Local 10 Union, the Roofers Local 20 Union, over 50 Kansas ranchers and farmers, the Kansas State Council of Fire Fighters, over 125 current and former Kansas educators, Stand Up Blue Valley, Game on for Kansas Schools, Education First Shawnee Mission, American Federation of Teachers-Kansas, Kansas National Education Association, and United Teachers of Wichita, and the Kansas Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 441, and MainPAC.
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