Early in-person voting in Johnson County began Saturday, Oct. 17, and voters can cast advance ballots through Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

There’s a lot on the Nov. 3 ballot, from a high-profile Senate contest to deciding who will be Prairie Village’s next mayor. Not to mention 18 judicial retention votes and a vote on a constitutional amendment regarding whether only citizens should be allowed to vote in Kansas elections.

During this critical midterm election season, the Johnson County Post gave our readers in-depth informative coverage of the issues affecting Johnson County.

We hosted 11 candidate forums over seven nights, focused on the most local of races — Kansas House, county commission, and Prairie Village mayor. (A hoped-for forum for U.S. House candidates, unfortunately, did not materialize.)

For bigger statewide races, we extended invitations to all candidates running for U.S. Senate, governor, secretary of state, attorney general and a Kansas State Board of Education seat. As of last week, we’ve received eight responses and recorded interviews with those candidates.

We garnered responses to reader-generated questionnaires from about 65 candidates who are seeking federal, state and local offices impacting Johnson County.

All of that, so we could give you access to those who would govern your communities, control your tax dollars and make important decisions on your behalf.

As Johnson County voters head to the polls and mail in ballots or drop them off at secure drop box locations, we’ve put together election primers for each of the races in the Post’s coverage area.

These guides will give you an easy way to find out more about the candidates and where they stand on the issues important to our readers, so you can decide for yourself who will best represent you in Washington, Topeka and right here at home.

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The candidates

• Cindy Holscher / KC Ohaebosim (Democrat)
• Ty Masterson / Jeffrey Klemp (Republican)

*Read more about the candidates in this voter guide.

The key issues

The Post crafted a five-item questionnaire for this race based on our readers’ input about what they wanted to hear from candidates.

Click on the links below to read the candidates’ responses to each of the following issues:

• Property taxes
• Special education funding 
• Medicaid and federal cuts
• The state budget
• Sheriffs and ICE

Watch our candidate interviews

The Post extended invitations to both candidates in this race.

A recording of our interview with Cindy Holscher is embedded below. Read highlights from that interview here.

Headlines on this race

• In race for Kansas governor, Masterson and Holscher focus on taxes and education funding
• Kansas governor election: What to know about the candidates running in November
• Watch Dem gov candidate Cindy Holscher answer 4 key issues JoCo readers care about
• Why would independent Kansans vote for a Democrat for U.S. Senate but not for governor?
• Cindy Holscher Q&A: Can a Johnson County Democrat win Kansas governor’s race?
• Kansas candidates for governor call each other extremists at State Fair debate
• In Kansas governor’s race, Republican Ty Masterson will face Democrat Cindy Holscher