2020 General Election Endorsements

Our process Endorsements are decided by a United States nonpartisan committee that deliber- ates over candidate surveys, available Federal Races voting records, candidate interviews when needed, and other factors to Office Candidate determine how closely a candidate is aligned with the values of the US President ...... Joseph Biden Mainstream Coalition, and how well US Senate ...... their fundraising, organization, and US House (district 2) ...... Michelle De La Isla messaging would contribute to their US House (district 3) ...... Sharice Davids success. * No surveys were returned by candidates for US House Districts 1 or 4 Endorsement in any given election does not imply or guarantee endorse- ment in any current or future election. Kansas State Board of Education

Why are some people District Candidate not on this list? 2 ...... Melanie Haas 4 ...... Ann Mah During the endorsement process, MainPAC actively solicits questionnaires from all candidates regardless of party affiliation. Johnson County Board of If your candidate or race is not County Commissioners listed, it could be for a variety of factors. The most likely is that the District Candidate candidate did not return a survey, 3 ...... Stacy Obringer-Varhall as it is MainPAC’s policy that a 6 ...... Shirley Allenbrand candidate cannot be considered for endorsement unless they return a survey. See the Appendix (in the online endorsements at mainpac.org) for a list of people invited to take the survey, and who submitted one.

For more information and to see full appendix, go to mainpac.org/endorsements Kansas State Senate

District Candidate District Candidate 1 ...... Kirk Miller 18 ...... Tobias Schlingensiepen 2 ...... 19 ...... 3 ...... 20 ...... Rachel Willis 4 ...... 21 ...... 5 ...... 23 ...... Wendy Budetti 6 ...... 25 ......

7 ...... 27 ...... Mike McCorkle 8 ...... 28 ...... Jim Ward 9 ...... Stacey Knoell 30 ...... Melissa Gregory 10 ...... Lindsey Constance 34 ...... Shanna Henry 11 ...... Joy Koesten 37 ...... Becca Peck 13 ...... Nancy Ingle

Kansas State House District Candidate Representatives 55 ...... Annie Kuether 59 ...... Caren Rugg 60 ...... Todd Maddox District Candidate District Candidate 64 ...... Jim Vathauer 71 ...... Jefferey Zamrzla 2 ...... Lynn Grant 26 ...... Mike Shimeall 78 ...... Kathy Meyer 5 ...... Roger Sims 28 ...... Sally Jercha 81 ...... Matthew Joyce

9 ...... Alana Cloutier 29 ...... Brett Parker 82 ...... Edward Hackerott 10 ...... Christina Haswood 30 ...... Brandon Woodard 83 ...... Henry Helgerson 13 ...... Mark Pringle 31 ...... Louis Ruiz 84 ...... Gail Finney 14 ...... Angela Schweller 34 ...... Valdenia Winn 85 ...... Gregory Marcey 15 ...... Cole Fine 36 ...... Kathy Wolfe Moore 87 ...... Matt Fox 16 ...... Linda Featherston 38 ...... Sherri Grogan 88 ...... Elizabeth Bishop 17 ...... Jo Ella Hoye 39 ...... Les Lampe 92 ...... John Carmichael

18 ...... Cindy Neighbor 40 ...... Joana Scholtz 95 ...... Tom Sawyer 19 ...... Stephanie Clayton 43 ...... Pamela Finley 98 ...... Steven Crum 20 ...... Mari-Lynn Poskin 44 ...... Barbara Ballard 100 ...... Chad Smith 21 ...... Jerry Stogsdill 45 ...... Mike Amyx 103 ...... Ponka-We Victors 22 ...... Lindsay Vaughn 46 ...... Dennis Heighberger 104 ...... Garth Strand 23 ...... Susan Ruiz 48 ...... Jennifer Day 106 ...... James Swim 25 ...... Rui Xu 49 ...... Katie Dixon 116 ...... Rick Roitman

For more information and to see full appendix, go to mainpac.org/endorsements