A top Kansas legislator who worked with Gov. Laura Kelly on a plan for expanding Medicaid in Kansas is not seeking re-election.
Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning,(R-Overland Park), said Friday that it’s time for him to focus again on his wife and business. Denning is the retired CEO of an eye care and optical surgery company and was expected to have a tough re-election race this year.
Denning has been majority leader since 2016. He helped block Medicaid expansion in 2019 but drafted his own plan in October and worked with Kelly on a bipartisan proposal that stalled.