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Libertarian · Mayor of Wichita · Kansas · Spectrum score +40
Mayor ·
Lily Wu is Mayor of Wichita in Kansas. Political positions and ideology score +40 (Right). Lily Wu is an American politician and former television news anchor, serving as the 103rd mayor of Wichita, Kansas, since 2024.
- Term ends
- Jan 10, 2028
- LWu@wichita.gov
- Phone
- 316-268-4331
- Office
- 455 N. Main, 1st Floor, Wichita, KS 67202
- Website
- Official site
- Wikipedia
- Background
- Salary
- —
City pay varies · not on file
Where Lily stands on the spectrum
Lily Wu scores +40 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.
Composite +40 · Right · economic +74 · social +19 · authoritarian -17
Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →
Background & record
Lily Wu is an American politician and former television news anchor, serving as the 103rd mayor of Wichita, Kansas, since 2024. A member of the Libertarian Party, she is the first Asian American mayor in Kansas and the only Libertarian mayor of one of the 100 largest cities in the United States.
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Issue detail
−100 left pole · +100 right pole
- Economic
- +74
- Social
- +19
- Authoritarian
- -17
- Confidence
- 68
- Taxes & spending+84
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
- Health care+68
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
- Climate & energy+54
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
- Business regulation+88
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
- Labor & wages+72
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
- Immigration+18
Tighter borders, more deportations
- Abortion+8
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
- Guns+92
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
- Crime & policing+6
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
- Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
- Defense & alliances-20
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
- Civil liberties-48
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans
No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.
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Sources
- Ballotpedia, mayors of the 100 largest cities, August 2026
- Open States people (municipalities)
- wichita.gov
- en.wikipedia.org
- Local contact is from the public office listing. Scores are modeled, not a roll-call.
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Updated August 2026.