Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence, filed for re-election Monday by submitting his paperwork at the Douglas County Courthouse.

Sloan, who was first elected in 1994, will be running for his 12th term in the Legislature. He represents the 45th District, which includes the western fringe of Lawrence, the city of Lecompton and portions of rural western Douglas County.

He is currently vice chairman of the House Vision 2020 Committee, which deals mainly in long-term planning on major policy issues. He was demoted from being chairman of that committee last year because of his work pushing a bill to expand the state’s Medicaid program, something strongly opposed by the conservative leadership of the House.

“If re-elected, I will continue my work to appropriately support K-12 and higher education, ensure the health of our state’s drinking water supply, lakes and rivers, protect and expand our safety-net health care system and promote responsible energy policies,” Sloan said. “I will also continue my efforts to restore an equitable tax system that will enable us to invest in education, infrastructure and economic opportunities in our state.”

So far, Sloan and Democratic Rep. Barbara Ballard are the only members of the Lawrence-area delegation who have filed for re-election

Ballard, who filed in January, will be seeking her 13th term in the House. She represents the 44th District, which includes much of the west side of Lawrence between Iowa Street and Wakarusa Drive.

Ballard also has a primary challenger this year. Steven X. Davis, a freelance writer, copy editor and math tutor in Lawrence, also has filed in that race.

Clinton campaign sends faulty mailer in Douglas County

Some Democratic voters in Douglas County recently received a letter bearing the signature of former President Bill Clinton, urging them to support his wife, Hillary Clinton, in the upcoming caucuses on Saturday. The only problem: The letter contained the wrong address for their caucus site.

The letter went out to some Democratic voters in the 3rd State Senate District, which includes Baldwin City, Eudora and most of eastern Douglas County. The caucus site for those voters is Eudora High School, 2203 Church St.

The letter, however, incorrectly listed an address in Topeka, which is actually the caucus location for another state Senate district.

Gavin Young, a spokesman for the Hillary for America campaign in Kansas, said the incorrect address came from an early data file that was sent from the Kansas Democratic Party. The correct address has since been updated on the party’s website.

“The campaign is reaching out to all the people who received that letter,” Young said. “Eudora High School is the correct site. The address on the letter was not.”