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2025 Candidate Information

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League Meet and Greets and Candidate Forums

The league sponsors candidate forums and meet and greets. All candidates were invited to the Meet and Greet events. Below are the videos of those candidates who attended our events and approved their video taken at the event.

The Johnson County Post

2025 Election Primer. The videos and reporting of the candidate forums are also included in links below.

Johnson County Chambers of Commerce

votejoco.com Sponsored by area chambers of commerce who serve Johnson County. The latest videos can be found at their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@votejoco.

The Beacon

The Beacon Election Page

The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City Star Election Page provides election guides, election information and recommendations. Some information is behind the paywall.

Johnson County

Johnson County County Wide Races

Johnson County Board of Trustees

Candidate Forum 9/4/25 Sponsored by JCCC Faculty Association and League of Women Voters of Johnson County. Candidates: Carlton Abner, Chad Carroll, Jerry Charlton, Lee Cross, Mark Hamill, Geoff Holton, Dawn Rattan, and Kenneth Stokes.

Candidate Forum 9/17/25 Johnson County Post. Candidates: Carlton Abner, Chad Carroll, Jerry Charlton, Lee Cross, Mark Hamill, Geoff Holton, Dawn Rattan, and Kenneth Stokes.

10/8/25 Meet and Greet Chad Carroll,
10/8/25 Meet and Greet Lee Cross
10/8/25 Meet and Greet Geoff Holton
10/8/25 Meet and Greet Dawn Rattan

Water One Board

9/27/26 Meet and Greet District 3 Kay Heley
9/27/25 Meet and Greet District 4 Jennifer Gunby

Mayor and City Council

De Soto
De Soto Mayor and City Council 10/9/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Mayor Robert Daniels and Rick Walker City Council: Zack Bradley, James Doscher, Mark Gulley, Jr., and Joe Sabo

De Soto Mayor Meet and Greet 9/27/25 Robert Daniels and Rick Walker

De Soto City Council Meet and Greet 9/27/25 Zack Bradley and James Doscher

Fairway City Council Wards 2, 3, and 4 9/10/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Dan Bailey, Emily Snyder, Jim Hafner, Bill Stafford, Kiel Corkran, and Tanya Keys

Gardner City Council 10/1/24 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Mark Baldwin, Kelly Johnson, Dawn Kirtley, Steve Shute, and John Snyder

Leawood City Council 9/25/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Ward 1 Matt Peppes and Sarah Meuli Ward 3 Mitch Lohr, Rachel Rubin, and Daniel Taylor.

Lenexa
Lenexa City Council 10/8/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Ward 1 John Michael Handley and Joe Shull Ward 2 Bill Nicks and Nicole Wasson Ward 3 Avery Bell and Corey Hunt
Ward 4 Craig Denny
Lenexa Ward 1 7/21/25 Johnson County Post Primary Candidates: John Michael Handley, Trevor Keegan and Joe Shull

Merriam Mayor and Council 9/23/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Mayor Billy Croan and Bob Pape City Council Ward 4 Rob Arnold and Reuben Cozmyer

Mission City Council 9/23/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Ward 2 Joe Donaway and Sam Komosa Ward 3 Debbie Kring and Kayla Schiller

Olathe
Olathe City Council 10/15/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum. Candidates: At-large Jeff Creighton and Rob Olson Ward 4 Kevin Deneault and Marge Vogt
10/8/25 Meet and Greet City Council At-Large Rob Olson
10/8/25 Meet and Greet City Council Ward 4 Kevin Deneault

10/8/25 Meet and Greet City Council Ward 4 Marge Vogt

Overland Park
Overland Park Mayor 10/2/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum. Candidates: Curt Skoog and Faris Farassati
Overland Park City Council 10/2/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum. Candidates: Ward 2 Melissa Cheatham and Sydney Marsden Ward 3 Tom Carignan and Amy Scrivner Ward 4 Amy Antrim and Scott Mosher Ward 5 Andrew Payne and Alexandria Washington

Prairie Village City Council 9/30/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Ward 1 Daniel Garrett and Cole Robinson Ward 2 Edward Boersma and Ron Nelson Ward 3 Amy Aldrich and Shelby Bartelt Ward 4 Kelly Sullivan Angles and Nathan Vallette Ward 5 John Beeder and Betsy Lawrence Ward 6 Dan Prussing and Jim Sellers

Shawnee City Council
Johnson County Post Candidate Forum 9/11/25 Candidates: Ward 1 Tony Gillette and Steele Reynolds Ward 2 Mike Kemmlling and Eric Persson Ward 3 Dave Myres and Morgan Rainey Ward 4 Erin Aldridge and Laurel Stiffler
9/27/25 Meet and Greet Ward 1 Steele Reynolds
9/27/25 Meet and Greet Ward 2 Eric Persson
9/27/25 Meet and Greet Ward 3 Morgan Rainey
9/27/25 Meet and Greet Ward 4 Erin Aldridge

Spring Hill Mayor 9/16/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Rodolfo Arevalo and Chad Young

Spring Hill City Council 9/16/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: At Large Rodolfo Arevalo, Steven Boswell, Ivan Delgado, Michael Grant, Brian Peel At Large Unexpired Term Rodolfo Arevalo, James Savage, and Phillip Thron

Westwood City Council 9/10/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Fourm Candidates: Jeff Harris, Greg Hirleman, Stephanie Becker, Jennifer Westlake, Spencer Day and James Spies

School Boards

USD 229 Blue Valley
USD 229 Blue Valley 9/25/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Member 5 Gina Knapp and Steve Roberts Member Area 6 David Benson and Jim McMullen
Meet your Blue Valley Board candidates The Beacon

USD 230 Spring Hill
Meet the Spring Hill School Board Candidates The Beacon
USD 230 Spring Hill 9/16/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Member 4 Autumn Coleman-Marconett and Nicole Melius Member 5 Steve Miller and Chris Olsen Member 6 Ted Beauchamp and Keith Weing

USD 231 Gardner Edgerton
USD 231 Gardner Edgerton 10/1/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Board Position 1 Julie Aldridge, Matthew Harlow, and Melissa Hershey Board Position 4 Sam Dominguez and Lana Sutton. Board Position 6 Greg Chapman and Keith Davenport
Meet your Gardner Edgerton School Board candidates The Beacon

USD 232 De Soto
USD 232 De Soto 10/9/25 Johnson County Post Candidate Forum Candidates: Member Area 4:
Lucy Rumsey DeWitt and Nancy Moneymaker Member Area 5: Christian Amend and Calley Malloy Member Area 6 TJ Finan and Brandi Jonasson
Meet the De Soto School Board candidates The Beacon
9/27/25 Meet and Greet District 4 Nancy Moneymaker
9/27/25 Meet and Greet District 5 Christian Amend and Calley Malloy
9/27/25 Meet and Greet District 6 Brandi Jonasson

USD 233 Olathe
Meet your Olathe School Board candidates The Beacon
10/15/25 Johnson County Post Interview with Julie Steele
10/8/25 Meet and Greet USD 233 District 3 Position 3 Julie Steele

USD 512 Shawnee Mission
9/27/25 Meet and Greet District 4 April Boyd-Noronha

Wyandotte County

Unified Government Mayor

10/15/25 Meet and Greet Christal Watson

KCTV5 KCK Primary Mayoral Candidate Forum
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG Mayor Candidates: Tom Burroughs, Rose Mulvany Henry, Gwendolyn S. Thomas, Christal Watson, and Janice Witt

On 7/7/25 a Primary Town Hall was held at the Bonner Springs Library. The Bonner Springs NAACP sponsored the forum. All candidates for the Mayor, Sheriff, UG Commissioner and BPU were invited. Here is the link to the video.

On 7/15/25 a Primary Candidate Forum was held at the KCK West Library. The Bonner Springs NAACP sponsored the forum. All candidates for the Mayor were invited. Here is the link to the video.

Unified Government Commissioners

UG District 1
10/15/25 Meet and Greet Jermaine Howard and Lisa Walker Yeager
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 1 Candidates: Darnell Busch, Korri Hall, Jermaine Howard, and Lisa Walker Yeager
On 7/29/25 a Candidate Forum was held at the KCK West Library. The Bonner Springs NAACP sponsored the forum. All candidates for UG Commissioner District 1 were invited. Here is the link to the video.

UG District 2 At Large
10/15/25 Meet and Greet Andrew Kump and Philip Lopez
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 2 At Large Candidates: Andrew Kump, J. Michael Tiner Mackey, and Kalla McLaughlin

UG District 5
10/15/25 Meet and GreetLaVert A Murray and Carlos Pacheco III
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 5 Candidates: LaVert A. Murray, Alma A. Hall, and Carlos Pacheco III

UG District 8
10/15/25 Meet and Greet Jacob Handy
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 8 Candidates: Andrew Davis, Jacob Handy, and Nanette Tucker

Sheriff

On 7/7/25 a Primary Town Hall was held at the Bonner Springs Library. The Bonner Springs NAACP sponsored the forum. All candidates for the Mayor, Sheriff, UG Commissioner and BPU were invited. Here is the link to the video.

On 7/22/25 a Primary Candidate Forum was held at the KCK West Library. The Bonner Springs NAACP sponsored the forum. All candidates for Wyandotte County Sheriff were invited. Here is the link to the video.

10/15/25 Meet and Greet Daniel Soptic

BPU

On 7/7/25 a Town Hall was held at the Bonner Springs Library. The Bonner Springs NAACP sponsored the forum. All candidates for the Mayor, Sheriff, UG Commissioner and BPU were invited. Here is the link to the video.

BPU District 2
10/15/25 Meet and Greet Neal Palmer

BPU District At-Large Position 1
10/15/25 Meet and Greet Gary Bradley Lopez and Lisa Walker Yeager

BPU District At-Large Position 2
10/15/25 Meet and Greet David Haley

School Boards and KCK Trustees

On 8/2/25 a Primary Town Hall was held at the Bonner Springs Library. The Bonner Springs NAACP sponsored the forum. All candidates for Turner, Piper, Bonner, and KCK School Boards KCKCC Board were invited. Here is the link to the video.

Meet the KCKCC Board of Trustees The Beacon

USD 203 Piper
On 8/2/25 a Candidate Forum was held for USD 203 Piper School District School Board. All candidates were invited. Here is the link to the video.

USD 500 KCK
Meet the KCK School Board candidates The Beacon
10/15/25 Meet and Greet Sheyvette Dinkens, Pamela Penn Hicks, Rachel Russell, and Joycelyn Strickland Egans