2020 Primary Voters Guide: One final look at candidates in Douglas County, state races

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Lots of big local offices are up for election this year — Douglas County commissioners, sheriff, district attorney and more — and quite a few of them will be decided in the primaries today. Here’s another look at the candidates from our Voters Guide that was published in mid-July.
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2020 Primary Voters Guide (07-19-20)
Douglas County
County Commission 2nd District — Democratic Primary
• Shannon Reid, Lawrence
• Sara Taliaferro, Lawrence
• Nancy Thellman, Lawrence (incumbent)
More:
• Democratic candidates all voice opposition to planned jail expansion
County Commission 3rd District — Democratic Primary
• Shannon Portillo, Lawrence
• Karen Willey, Baldwin City
More:
• Candidates face residence questions; clerk’s office says they’re both legal
• Democratic candidates all voice opposition to planned jail expansion
County Commission 3rd District — Republican Primary
• Pam McDermott, Lawrence
• Ronald Thacker, Lawrence
District attorney — Democratic Primary
• Charles Branson, Lawrence (incumbent)
• Cooper Overstreet, Lawrence
• Suzanne Valdez, Lawrence
More:
• Candidates answer colleagues’ questions, address experience in bar forum
• In NAACP forum, candidates share laws they want to see changed
• Candidates address racial disparities, anti-Blackness
• Candidates trade barbs in Democratic party forum
• Candidates share views on law enforcement misconduct, needed changes
Sheriff — Democratic Primary
• Jay Armbrister, Baldwin City
• Dale Flory, Baldwin City
• Doug Woods, Lawrence
More:
• Sheriff candidates address budget experience, release of records and more
• In forum, candidates address violence against Indigenous women, sexual harassment
• In NAACP forum, candidates give thoughts on drug activity, white supremacists, body cameras
• In forum, candidates address systemic racism, issues affecting transgender people
• Candidates voice range of opinions on jail expansion, including opposition
• Candidates share views on public transparency, training against bias-based policing