Laura Johnson for HD 26
In the House District 26 election, we have endorsed Laura Johnson. HD 26 includes portions of Olathe, Spring Hill, and Blue Valley school districts.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. She ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ or other diversion of tax dollars to private schools. She ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. She ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ and school staff other than law enforcement officers, and is a Gun Sense Candidate from Moms Demand Action.
Laura Johnson is NOT backed by (or beholden to) any dark-money organizations and is not affiliated with Americans for Prosperity or other anti-public education groups.
Johnson is challenging one-term ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ. ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ผ. Although his website claims he supports schools (they all make that claim...), weโve logged his votes over the past 2 years. ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐-๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐, which he proudly posted on his Facebook page. (See links in comments.)
VanHouden voted ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ FOR a budget that did NOT fully fund public schools.
He voted ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข: YES to give more federal and state tax money to private schools.
On voting rights, he voted ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ to restrict mail ballots and disallow voters from using mail ballots for convenient voting.
He voted ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐-๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ to usurp the State Board of Education and dictate curriculum, and then voted WITH them to override Gov. Kellyโs veto of that bill.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐...๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป, ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ. ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ when he voted AGAINST fully funding our kidsโ schools, FOR tax money diversion to private schools, and voted to RESTRICT the use of mail ballots. He has a lifetime (2 years) score of 0 (yes, zero) on Mainstream Coalitionโs scorecard (link in comments).
VanHoudenโs website lists no endorsements. When he ran in 2024, he did not return our candidate questionnaire.
House District 26 voters are fortunate to have a choice of a pro-public education candidate who will prioritize fully funding our kidsโ schools, ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ supporting teachers, who wonโt vote to expand tax money diversion to private schools, or chip away at voting rights. ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐.ย
VanHoudenโs AFP endorsement:ย
VanHoudenโs Voting record:
VanHoudenโs Mainstream scorecard:
Laura Johnsonโ website:
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