Incumbents kept their seats with few surprises in Tuesday’s statehouse elections. The closest escape was Jeff Pittman, who edged out Republican candidate and small businessman Jeff Klemp by only 57 votes of nearly 31 thousand cast in the 5th senate district, which includes northwest Wyandotte County, Basehor, and Leavenworth. There […]
Voters go to the polls today to settle national, state, and local questions of great importance. The Kansas City, Kansas school district is voting on a bond question that would enable construction and renovation of multiple school buildings. Unlike a tax increase measure that was previously rejected by voters, this […]
Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools superintendent Anna Stubblefield will give a community presentation on a $180 million bond proposal that is on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. The event will be held at Sumner Academy, starting at 6:00 p.m. A dinner will be served from 5:00 p.m. before the […]
In the primary elections held on Aug. 6, most Kansas state senate races were unopposed. In the few contested primaries, the incumbents held serve and are expected to return to the statehouse. In northeast KCK’s District 4 Democratic primary, David Haley held off a spirited challenge from community organizer Ephren […]
Dr. Prasanth Reddy, a former oncologist and medical researcher from Lenexa, pulled out a 7-point win over small business owner Karen Crnkovich in the third district Republican primary on Aug. 9. Reddy will face incumbent Sharice Davids of Roeland Park in November’s Congressional election. Davids, a lawyer and former community […]
Kansas’s August 6 primary set up a match between former congresswoman Nancy Boyda and former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt for the second district seat being vacated by Jake LaTurner. Schmidt, who served as AG from 2010 to 2022 and narrowly lost the 2022 governor’s race to Laura Kelly, prevailed […]
