As Kansas prepares for its most consequential and closest Senate race in a generation — one that could elect a Democrat to the seat for the first time since 1932 — two medical doctors, Democrat Barbara Bollier and Republican Roger Marshall, are both running campaigns focused on what they ...

One of the only contested races in the Douglas County area for the Kansas Legislature will pit longtime incumbent Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, against current Rep. Willie Dove, R-Bonner Springs, for the state’s 3rd District Senate seat. Holland, a moderate Democrat who lost a 2010 bid to ...

Two Douglas County Commission candidates who opposed the county’s plan to expand its jail will face off in the upcoming general election. The two candidates — Pam McDermott, a Republican, and Shannon Portillo, a Democrat — come from different political parties, but their views on ...

After a long and drawn-out count of the votes in the Democratic primary election, candidate Shannon Reid appears likely to fill the 2nd District seat for the Douglas County Commission. However, her name won’t be the only one on the ballot when voters take to the polls on Nov. 3. Reid, 35, ...

While the 2020 general election will decide many major political races, a lot of local candidates won’t face challengers on Nov. 3. In Douglas County, 11 state and county races on the ballot will be uncontested — either those races were decided between candidates during the primary ...

Topeka mayor Michelle De La Isla and Kansas Treasurer Jake LaTurner will be facing off this year in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District — a seat that was decided by less than 1% of the vote in the 2018 midterms. De La Isla, a Democrat, and LaTurner, a Republican, are vying for the U.S. ...