TOPEKA — Kansas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cindy Holscher shared snippets of family history during a campaign appearance that included references to her sharecropper grandparents and a father who worked as a union carpenter and a mother employed as a school custodian.
During the KCUR forum with Democratic rivals state Sen. Ethan Corson and Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog, Holscher credited her parents’ job opportunities for drawing the family out of poverty. Holscher, a Johnson County state senator, expressed empathy for Kansans struggling to afford inflated grocery and fuel costs.
“I know about working to make ends meet in that struggle.
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