After getting attacked by Republicans for vetoing two bills requiring transgender students to play on teams matching their birth gender, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is airing an ad saying she opposes men playing women's sports.
featuring University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who lost a national match to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. "If Laura Kelly can't protect women, she shouldn't be governor of Kansas," Gaines says in the ad.Before the pivot to cultural issues, Schmidt, Kelly's GOP opponent, struggled to get traction in the race with an economic-centered pitch around grocery taxes.
Democrats have been tying Schmidt to unpopular former GOP Gov. Sam Brownback, whose tax cuts in office led to significant cuts in government programs.Axios on facebook
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