Senator John Kavanagh has a long record of advancing voter suppression, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and racist rhetoric.

• Pushed extreme anti-voting legislation, including bans on early voting, mail voting, and ballot drop boxes; he stated that the “quality of votes” matters more than access to the ballot.
• Sponsored multiple anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-First Amendment bills, including bans on gender-affirming care, pronouns, and trans students’ bathroom access; backed efforts to ban discussions of race and gender in schools.
• Made racist jokes targeting Latinos, Muslims, and Asians at a public event; dismissed criticism from civil rights groups as “satire.”
• Belonged to far-right Facebook groups and authored legislation criminalizing protest and restricting public filming of police.