Elections

Turnout for the November election was the third highest in Johnson County’s history, despite the fact that it was in a non-presidential year, according to statistics shared by County Election Commissioner Connie Schmidt as the post-election vote canvass began...

By Grace Hills Overland Park Democrat Cindy Holscher is Kansas' next governor, according to the Associated Press, after a close-race audit that pushed the official race call to more than a week after Election Day. Kansas’ lieutenant governor will be Wichita...

It could have been any fall Sunday at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood. Parishioners, some in Chiefs jerseys, dropped off food for the needy in oversized boxes at the door and collected commitment cards to fill...

By Grace Hills Democrat Chris Mann has officially defeated incumbent Republican Kris Kobach in the Kansas attorney general’s race, according to a race called Friday by the Associated Press. In a rematch of the 2022 election, Mann won by a bit...

The Johnson County Election Office will begin an expanded post-election audit on Monday, taking a closer look at five races that remain too close to call after Tuesday's midterms. On Wednesday, the Kansas Secretary of State's office announced the "close-race"...

Charles E. Fiehler; Charlotte Patricia Grunhard; DeeAnna L. Chapman; James Richard Sylte; Kale Clinton Gentry; Irma Waxman; John David Messina; Alan Jon Schneider; Lucille Mary White; Scott Christopher Miles; Carl Bradford “Brad” Nelson; Colleen Marie Duffy; Maleta Brockus; ...

All 18 judges who appeared on Johnson County ballots for the Nov. 3 midterm election were retained by voters. That's not necessarily a surprise. Kansans have never voted to sack a state supreme court or appellate judge, though there have been...

Unless you're a journalist or an election junkie, you likely didn't stay up late enough Tuesday night to see all the returns come in. It turned out to be a historic night that saw Kansas send a Democrat to the...

Two Kansas House districts in Johnson County are among six races being audited statewide by election officials because of how close their margins were after election night. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab announced six "close-race" audits on Wednesday afternoon,...

Johnson County voters played a critical role in helping Democrats break the Republican supermajority in the Kansas House on Tuesday night. According to final unofficial vote totals reported by the Kansas Secretary of State and Johnson County Election Office, Democrats...

By Zach Boblitt  Updated Wednesday, Nov. 4 Johnson County Democrat Cindy Holscher declared victory in the razor-thin contest to determine Kansas' next governor on Wednesday morning. The Associated Press had yet to officially call the race as off 11 a.m. Wednesday, but...

Republican Rep. Pat Proctor has a narrow lead in what has turned out to be an extremely tight race to be the next Kansas Secretary of State. Proctor, a Republican state legislator from Leavenworth who chairs the Kansas House Elections...