The 2024 general election kicks off soon, with the deadline to register to vote on Oct. 15 and advance voting starting on Oct. 16. On the ballot in Douglas County are races for district attorney, County Commission and state legislative seats, and in Lawrence there are also ballot questions ...
The two men competing to be the next district attorney for Douglas County have both been highly critical of the outgoing one-term DA, citing high turnover in the office, poor outcomes in the courtroom and damaged relationships with police and judges, among other issues. Each candidate has ...
Neither candidate in the race for Kansas Senate District No. 2 will need directions to the Statehouse. Both have served there, although on different sides of the aisle and in different decades. Democrat Marci Francisco and Republican David Miller are vying for the seat in Senate District 2, ...
The newly established Douglas County District 5 will have three people competing for its seat in the general election. The three candidates for District 5 are Democrat Erica Anderson, Libertarian Kirsten Kuhn and Republican Rich Lorenzo. District 5 includes a small portion of south Lawrence, ...
Three candidates — a Democrat, a Libertarian and the Republican vice mayor of Eudora — will be competing for the newly created Douglas County Commission seat for District 4. Tim Bruce, a Republican candidate, was reelected to his seat on the Eudora City Commission last year, and his term ...
Voters in Lawrence are being asked to vote on a referendum that could raise the affordable housing sales tax from 0.05% to 0.10%, allowing some of the funds to pay for services to help persons experiencing homelessness. The ballot initiative was approved by the City Commission in August as ...