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Jennifer Bacani McKenney

Democratic · KS · Wilson County Health Officer and Fredonia City Health Officer

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Dr. Jennifer Bacani McKenney is a Fredonia family physician serving as Wilson County Health Officer and Fredonia City Health Officer. A former USD 484 school-board member, she is Curt Skoog's candidate for lieutenant governor.

Where Jennifer Bacani McKenney stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (4 records)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 4 support

  • Submitted written testimony against a Kansas bill limiting the power of state and local health officers to order quarantines and other steps that stop the spread of infectious disease (Senate Bill 391), speaking for the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians.

    February 15, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: kslegislature.gov · researched August 20, 2026

  • On 2021-09-29, Jennifer Bacani McKenney testified before a U.S. House subcommittee about rural public-health infrastructure and described Wilson County’s COVID-19 case detection, contact tracing, public education, and vaccination work.

    September 29, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: docs.house.gov · researched August 20, 2026

  • On 2021-09-13, Governor Laura Kelly appointed Jennifer Bacani McKenney to co-chair a 16-member physician workgroup focused on protecting Kansas schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    September 13, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: iolaregister.com · researched August 20, 2026

  • The American Public Health Association published her essay about working as a county health officer in Fredonia, Kansas during COVID-19. She wrote that health workers should meet people who doubt or refuse vaccines with compassion instead of judgment. She argued that building trust with patients, and caring for everyone in a community, is the way to fight the pandemic.

    September 1, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: apha.org · researched August 20, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record

  • On 2023-04-05, Jennifer Bacani McKenney chaired the Kansas Cancer Partnership full-membership meeting documented by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

    April 5, 2023

    Source: kdhe.ks.gov · researched August 20, 2026

Past race Jennifer Bacani McKenney ran in:

Profile last researched July 23, 2026.