You got through the primary, now it’s on to November!
Johnson Countians will have candidates up and down their ballots, from races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House to statewide offices like governor and attorney general.
Every Kansas House seat will be up for reelection this year.
And then there are the local races, highlighted by contests for several county commission seats. One local city, Prairie Village, has a mayoral contest, too.
Check out the full list of candidates at the Johnson County Election Office’s website,
It’s a lot to take in! But we want to put the power in your hands.
As the Post has done for nearly 15 years, we’ll be asking candidates about the issues YOU want to hear them discuss as they compete for your vote.
We’ll use this input to craft questions both for our candidate questionnaires that we will publish in October right before early voting begins, as well as questions we will ask candidates directly during live, in-person forums we are planning for this fall (more on that later).
We’ll take reader input for all candidates, regardless of the asker’s partisan affiliation. You can ask questions directed at certain races or offices, or you can ask more general questions that candidates at all levels could answer.
After we’ve written our final questions, we will publish a scannable list of all the input we got so anyone can see what is truly on readers’ minds. (We did this for the primary, too.)
Why we do this every election year
This “Citizens Agenda” philosophy, used by other local newsrooms across the U.S., seeks to center the interests of everyday voters — not political parties, power brokers or journalists.
“When we ask people about what they want to hear candidates talking about, we find it’s almost never the kinds of things that dominate discussion on cable news or talk radio,” said Post Publisher Jay Senter.
“These candidates want the job of representing you, of being your voice in the rooms where big decisions get made about where the state and county are heading. We think it’s our job to get the candidates talking about the things people say matter most to them,” Senter said.
That’s why for more than a decade, we’ve started our coverage of each election cycle with this ask of voters: What priorities do YOU have that you think candidates should be addressing?
How to ask questions of candidates
What do you want the candidates to be talking about as they compete for votes?
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What offices will be on JoCo ballots?
Again, check out the full list of candidates here.
On Nov. 3, Johnson County voters will get to vote on:
Federal offices
- U.S. Senate
- U.S. Representative
State offices
- Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- Treasurer
- Commissioner of Insurance
- Kansas Representative
- State Board of Education
County/Local offices
- County commissioner
- Prairie Village Mayor
