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. So far, we’ve published responses on prices and tariffs.

Today, we’re publishing 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?

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

Adam Hamilton (Democratic)

Yes. Unlike my opponent, I’d vote for the war powers resolution the House has now passed three times.

Going to war with Iran was the wrong decision. The Constitution gives Congress the power to authorize war. A president can act alone in a real emergency, but this didn’t look like one. The president had already told us Iran’s nuclear sites were obliterated. There was time to come to Congress and make the case. That didn’t happen, and Congress didn’t do its job as a check.

We were told this would be quick. More than seven months later, we’re back to fighting with no clear path out. We’ve lost American service members. Experts say the war cost us more than $120 billion. Kansans feel it every time they fill up the tank. Diesel and fertilizer went up too, so farmers pay more to plant a crop and families pay more for groceries. That’s a self-inflicted wound.

I keep asking a simple question: are we safer than we were? Success would mean Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, the Strait of Hormuz is open so oil and fertilizer can move again, and our service members come home safely. Getting there will take diplomacy and our allies, not an open-ended war. And whatever comes next, a president should come to Congress first.

Roger Marshall (Republican, incumbent)

Did not provide the Post with a response.

David Graham (Libertarian)

Did not provide the Post with a response.

Coming up:

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

Readers remain split on immigration. Some want ICE reined in and to see improved conditions at the detention center in Leavenworth. Others want faster deportations and mandatory E-Verify for employers. What, specifically, would you change about how federal immigration enforcement works? Do you support reducing or increasing legal pathways to immigration?