Kansas Sen. Cindy Holscher held her first news conference as governor-elect on Friday in Topeka after a close Democratic win over Republican Sen. Ty Masterson, KWCH reported¹.

Kansas Reflector reported Thursday that a required close-race audit confirmed her lead and that Masterson conceded after the Associated Press called the race². Unofficial totals cited by the Reflector put her ahead by 7,644 votes; KWCH put the margin at 7,261^1,2.

Holscher, of Overland Park, will succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly in January^1,2. KWCH said she listed improving public education, lowering household costs, a moratorium on data centers and cutting property taxes, and said she would work with Republicans¹.

She appeared with Lt. Gov.-elect KC Ohaebosim¹. Kansas Reflector said Ohaebosim would become the second Black Kansan elected to statewide office after a long interval².

Masterson, the Senate president from Andover, said he had called Holscher to congratulate her and that the race had been hard for people who share his vision². Results were not yet certified; counties still had provisional ballots to consider before a Dec. 1 state certification, the Reflector reported².