Kansas House District 16 covers a portion of Overland Park in central Johnson County. See a district map to see its boundaries.
Democratic incumbent Rep. Linda Featherston is running for reelection unopposed.
Learn more about her.
Linda Featherston (Democratic, incumbent)
Democrat Linda Featherston has represented District 16 since 2021 and is the ranking member on the House Local Government Committee. Featherston has owned and run an independent piano studio for more than 30 years and has served as president of the Kansas Music Teachers Association. She wants the state to fully fund special education and end unfunded mandates on counties as ways to lower property taxes. She supports Medicaid expansion and opposed the Chiefs stadium deal. She also supports a temporary pause on hyperscale data centers.
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