Updated at 3:40 p.m. Friday The race for the Douglas County Commission 2nd District has reached an unofficial end with incumbent Nancy Thellman holding on to her seat by just a few votes. In the final tally released Friday, Thellman finished with just six more votes than Democratic challenger ...

TOPEKA — Republicans brimmed with newfound confidence Wednesday about keeping an open Senate seat in Kansas after establishment-backed Rep. Roger Marshall won the party's nomination, advancing to face an unusually formidable Democrat in a tough year for the GOP. Marshall's first tasks were ...

One of the closest local primary elections of the year, the 2nd District County Commission race, got even closer on Wednesday after the Douglas County Clerk’s Office counted more advance mail ballots. Incumbent Democratic County Commissioner Nancy Thellman, who is running for a fourth term ...

The race for Kansas' 42nd District House seat in 2020 saw a rematch of a primary that happened just two years prior — this time, it seems, with a different result. Incumbent Jim Karleskint, a Tonganoxie Republican, beat more conservative challenger Lance Neelly, a security and corrections ...

Story updated at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday: A University of Kansas law professor who has called for more transparency and equity in criminal prosecutions has unseated the longtime Douglas County District Attorney. Suzanne Valdez posted a comfortable victory in a three-way Democratic primary on ...

Two candidates who strongly opposed Douglas County’s plan to expand its jail appear set to face off in a general election this fall. Pam McDermott and Shannon Portillo Tuesday night held strong leads in the primary elections in the Republican and Democratic races, respectively, for the ...