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2025 Candidate Information

Municipal and School Elections

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Candidate Resources

We recognize that it is difficult to find information about candidates. This page provides videos and articles for races on the ballot in the local area.

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.

Johnson County

Johnson County Community College Trustees

Candidate Forum 9/4/25 Sponsored by JCCC Faculty Association and League of Women Voters of Johnson County. All 8 candidates attended: Carlton Abner, Chad Carroll, Jerry Charlton, Lee Cross, Mark Hamill, Geoff Holton, Dawn Rattan, and Kenneth Stokes.

Mayor and City Council

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

Lenexa Ward 1 7/21/25 Johnson County Post Primary Article Candidates:John Michael Handley, Trevor Keegan and Joe Shull

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.

Wyandotte County

The Beacon

Election Coverage

Mayor

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

On June 7th 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 June 15th 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

The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 1 Darnell Busch, Korri Hall, Jermaine Howard, and Lisa Walker Yeager
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 2 At Large Andrew Kump, J. Michael Tiner Mackey, and Kalla McLaughlin
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 5 LaVert A. Murray, Alma A. Hall, and Carlos Pacheco III
The Beacon Primary Candidate Interviews for UG District 8 Andrew Davis, Jacob Handy, and Nanette Tucker

On June 7th 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.

On July 29th 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.

Sheriff

On June 7th 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 July 22th 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.

BPU

School Boards and KCK Trustees

On August 2nd 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.