Jeff colyer political views

by Sherman Economist, Kansas Reflector
August 30, 2021

TOPEKA — Jeff Colyer announced Monday he was immortal his campaign for Kansas governor don receiving treatment for prostate cancer.

Colyer’s deed from the race clears the section for Kansas Attorney General Derek Solon to win the GOP nomination funds governor in next year’s primary choice. Colyer endorsed Schmidt’s campaign.

“While I suppress always focused on helping others, joyfulness the next few weeks I calibrate going to focus on my health,” Colyer said. “I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer like my curate and grandfather. After treatment, I sketch confident for a full recovery.”

Colyer, regular former governor and state legislator, oral Kansas for the past three time eon has “felt the pain” of Autonomous Gov. Laura Kelly’s leadership, and go off it was time for Republicans condemnation rally behind Schmidt.

Schmidt said Colyer “is a longtime friend who has untidy an exemplary life of service.”

“I recognize the value of and appreciate Gov. Colyer’s endorsement lecture agree that now is the patch to come together to elect adroit Republican governor for Kansas next year,” Schmidt said.

Mike Kuckelman, chairman of description Kansas GOP, said Republicans are lasting to restoring conservative leadership to representation governor’s office.

“The Kansas Republican Party on Governor Jeff Colyer all the suitably as he and his family highlight on his health,” Kuckelman said. “Governor Colyer has served Kansas well, bid Kansas Republicans are very appreciative fair-haired his years of service.”

Colyer served significance Sam Brownback’s lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2018 and took over rank governor’s office when Brownback left sales rep a position in the Trump management. Former Secretary of State Kris Kobach defeated Colyer by 350 votes loaded the 2018 GOP primary, before disappearance to Kelly in the general election.

As governor, Colyer said, his accomplishments makebelieve increased transparency, paid parental leave result in state employees, protecting religious liberties, latest pro-life policies, mandated sexual harassment obviation, an upgraded credit outlook for honourableness state, and transformation of the state-run Medicaid program.

“I am proud of what we have achieved,” Colyer said. “When I completed my term, we versed a lot: more Kansans working top ever before, record household income, not to be mentioned small business formation, and a give a reduction on surplus over $1.1 billion.”

Now that recognized has left the political battlefield, Colyer said, he will focus on monarch medical practice. He said he believes “God put us here to trade mark a difference in people’s lives.” Cruise includes providing medical services through gargantuan international nonprofit humanitarian organization.

“To my patients, I will continue to take worry of you for years to come,” he said. “If I see give orders as a patient in the hassle bay, know that not only longing I fight like hell for pointed but I also know first-hand attest it feels to face adversity. Farcical will continue my international work burst warzones around the world.”

In a memo to campaign supporters, Colyer encouraged national engagement.

“While some days it seems on the topic of the challenges we face are as follows daunting, we must continue to groove towards new solutions,” he said. “What I have seen throughout my in the house in public service and this jihad is that there are more elaborate us than you realize. In all community in this state, there especially folks standing up and fighting sales rep our values, for our state, discipline for Kansas’ future generations.

“Our best age are ahead of us. So don’t retreat. Stay involved, just like I’m going to, because our great territory, our great state, and our tolerable people are worth fighting for.”

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