The top three finishers in the April 3 election will take seats at City Hall - the top two vote-getters will receive four-year terms and a likely turn as mayor; the third-place finisher gets a two-year term. Commission members will deal with ongoing issues about how to plan the city's growth, lure new jobs and keep the streets free from potholes.
Lawrence City Commission
Candidates
Dennis 'Boog' Highberger
David Schauner
James Bush
Rob Chestnut
Mike Dever
Carey Maynard-Moody
Straw Poll
- City Commission election put jobs on front-burner
- April 21, 2007
- Talk of jobs has landed Mike Dever and Rob Chestnut new jobs on the Lawrence City Commission.
- New mayor discusses potential needs, possibility of seeking sales tax
- April 21, 2007
- Lawrence’s new mayor is all business.
- Student voting sparse during April 3 election
- April 21, 2007
- Kansas University has a strong presence in Lawrence with its nearly 30,000 students, but their presence lags on election days.
- Western part of city’s voter turnout highest
- April 21, 2007
- The west was best.
- Skewed figures
- April 7, 2007
- To the editor: Indeed voter turnout is not the pride of Lawrence. But to say the leading candidate for City Commission received only 20.6 percent is misleading.
- Canvass confirms election results
- April 7, 2007
- The ballots from Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission and school board elections are now official.
- Ballots from Tuesday’s elections are now official
- April 6, 2007
- All of the ballots from Tuesday's City Commission and School Board elections are now official - and the results remain unchanged.
- Western part of Lawrence produces higher voter turnout
- April 6, 2007
- The west was best. At least in terms of voter turnout, that’s the clear conclusion from Tuesday’s election results.
- Geography played role in City Commission Election results
- April 5, 2007
- The numbers show that eight of the ten precincts with the highest turnout were West of Iowa St., which helped fuel victories by political newcomers Mike Dever and Rob Chestnut.
- Fresh faces looking to boost economy
- April 5, 2007
- It’s time for a meeting of the minds. Mike Dever, the top vote-getter in Tuesday’s City Commission election, said city commissioners, Douglas County commissioners and leaders with the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce need to meet soon to discuss ways to boost economic development.
- Thanks, candidates
- Regardless of who wins and who loses, all of the candidates in Tuesday’s election deserve a vote of thanks.
- April 4, 2007
- As this is being written the results of Tuesday’s election for Lawrence City Commission and school board members are not known.
- City Commission election results
- April 4, 2007
- Who won the election? Mike Dever, Rob Chestnut and Boog Highberger won seats on the Lawrence City Commission. As top vote-getters, Dever and Chestnut will serve four-year terms, while Highberger will serve a two-year term.
- County clerk likes idea of visual reminders to vote
- April 4, 2007
- Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew saw an idea Tuesday that he wants to investigate as a way to boost voter turnout: special yard signs that say “Vote Today.”
- Two new faces in City Hall
- Dever, Chestnut, incumbent Highberger win commission race
- April 4, 2007
- Voters on Tuesday ensured there will be a four-letter word ringing throughout City Hall in the coming weeks and months: Jobs.
- Election results totaled in quick turnaround
- April 3, 2007
- It took elections officials less than two hours to tabulate all of Tuesday's results.
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