Recommended Candidates Johnson & Wyandotte Counties 11/3/2020 How to Use this Voter Guide – Go to KSBALLOT.ORG. Find the district races on your ballot. Note the recommended candidates and take time to do your own research, as well. US SENATE US HOUSE DISTRICT 3 Barbara Bollier Sharice Davids KANSAS STATE SENATE (contested races only) District 4 David Haley District 5 Jeff Pittman District 6 Pat Pettey District 7 Ethan Corson District 8 Cindy Holscher District 9 Stacey Knoell District 10 Lindsey Constance District 11 Joy Koesten District 21 Dinah Sykes District 23 Wendy Budetti District 37 Becca Peck KANSAS STATE HOUSE (contested races only) District 14 Angela Schweller District 15 Cole Fine District 16 Linda Featherston District 17 Jo Ella Hoye District 18 Cindy Neighbor District 20 Mari-Lynn Poskin District 21 Jerry Stogsdill District 23 Susan Ruiz District 26 Michael Shimeall District 27 no endorsement District 28 Sally Jercha District 29 Brett Parker District 30 Brandon Woodard District 31 Louis Ruiz District 32 Pam Curtis District 33 Tom Burroughs District 35 Broderick Henderson District 36 Kathy Wolfe Moore District 37 Write-in Vote* District 38 Sherri Grogan District 39 Les Lampe Stan Frownfelter District 43 Pamela Finley District 48 Jennifer Day District 49 Katie Dixon District 78 Kathy Meyer District 121 James Rexford STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 2 JOCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY Melanie Haas Zach Thomas JOCO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS District 2 Jeff Meyers District 3 Stacy Orbringer-Varhall District 6 Shirley Allenbrand JUDGES Recommended that all judges be retained. See JoCo Bar Association Review & Evaluations. RECOMMENDATIONS EXPLAINED Candidates evaluated on their support for issues like affordable/quality healthcare, public education, gun safety, equality for all, voting rights, & sustainable fiscal policy. Endorsements from MainPac (Mainstream Coalition), Game on For Kansas Schools, Education First Shawnee Mission, Stand Up Blue Valley, Kansas National Education Association, Moms Demand Action, and Equality Kansas were taken into account. Note: Use the links to learn more about these non-partisan groups and to see their specific endorsements. *Write-in is recommended due to controversies surrounding candidate Aaron Coleman. Stan Frownfelter is the current representative who has been a strong supporter of public schools. A NOTE ABOUT THE CURRENT KANSAS STATE LEGISLATURE Republicans currently hold a supermajority in both the House (67%) and Senate (72%), meaning there is no check on one party’s power; they alone can override the governor’s veto. Recently, Susan Wagle, the Republican Senate President outlined a plan to redraw district maps in a way that would prevent a democrat from winning a US House seat in Kansas, for the next 10 years. Because the remaining moderate republican legislators in JOCO (endorsed by many of the groups above) were defeated in the primary, the only way to stop Kansas republicans from gerrymandering district maps, is to end the supermajority by electing more democrats to statewide offices in 2020. Susan Wagle video Kansas voters should decide who represents them, not manipulated maps.