Earlier this summer, the Post asked our readers what issues you wanted to hear candidates in federal, state and local races address leading up to the Nov. 3 election.

Based on that feedback, we developed a five-item questionnaire centering the issues most important to residents across Johnson County.

Each day this week, we’ll publish the candidates’ responses to one question.

Today, we’re publishing candidates’ responses to the following question:

Rising everyday prices remain readers’ top worry, from groceries and beef to insurance and rent. Several readers also asked where candidates stand on tariffs, which some blame for exacerbating inflation and farm losses. Name one vote you would cast next year that would lower a specific household cost for Kansans. Should Congress, rather than the president alone, have to approve new tariffs?

Below are the answers the Post received from candidates on the issue:

Adam Hamilton (Democratic)

Here’s one: I’d vote to restore the health insurance tax credits that expired at the end of last year and reverse cuts to Medicaid. In Hutchinson I met a woman about my age whose health insurance had climbed to nearly $3,000 a month. That was more than her house payment, so she was dropping her coverage and hoping to make it to Medicare without a cancer diagnosis or a heart problem. She’s not alone. About 36,000 fewer Kansans had marketplace coverage this February than a year before. The House passed a three-year extension in January with votes from both parties. The Senate never passed it. I’d vote yes.

On tariffs, yes. Congress should have to approve them. There can be a place for tariffs. But you can’t run a farm or a small business when the rate changes from one week to the next. Farmers tell me they spent years building trade relationships, and with a tariff and a tweet those markets were gone. Meanwhile fertilizer and equipment cost more, and so do groceries.

Tariffs are taxes, and the Constitution gives the power to tax to Congress. The Supreme Court said as much in February when it struck down the emergency tariffs. The White House simply switched to other laws. Republican Chuck Grassley and Democrat Maria Cantwell have a Senate bill requiring a president to tell Congress what a new tariff will cost families and win Congress’s approval to keep it. I’d support it.

David Graham (Libertarian)

Did not provide the Post with a response.

Roger Marshall (Republican, incumbent)

Did not provide the Post with a response.

Coming up:

Tomorrow, we will publish the candidates’ responses to the following question:

The U.S. has been at war with Iran since February without congressional authorization, and the House has now voted three times to end U.S. involvement. Readers asked what the mission is and what it costs Kansans, including at the gas pump. Would you support a Congressional resolution authorizing this war to end? What do you consider a successful outcome of this conflict?