Flags across the State of Kansas will be flown at half-staff today in honor of former Kansas Congresswoman Martha Keys.
Keys – a native of Hutchinson – served as the U.S. Congresswoman from the 2nd congressional District from 1975 to 1979. Keys was a Democrat who ran the McGovern presidential campaign in Kansas in 1972. after she left Congress, she served as a special adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1982, Keys was elected to the National Governing Board of Common Cause, a watch-dog group aimed at government reform.
Keys died at her home in Locust Grove, Virginia, on December 19, 2024, at the age of 94.
Governor Laura Kelly called Keys a trailblazer whose work left a lasting impact on the State of Kansas.
