There are potentially more than 800 votes yet to be counted from Tuesday’s primary in Douglas County, according to numbers from the Douglas County Clerk's Office.
That means Douglas County alone has enough uncounted ballots to swing the gubernatorial race between Gov. Jeff Colyer and Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who are separated by less than 200 votes statewide. Douglas County is just one of 105 counties ...
The Douglas County Commission took less than five minutes Wednesday to complete one of its most important actions of the year — unanimously approving the county’s 2019 budget.
Douglas County Administrator Craig Weinaug noted that although the final budget action required little time, the budget was developed during more than 18 hours of hearings in June and July.
The approved 2019 budget maintains the ...
The Douglas County Commission will consider Wednesday approving a 2019 budget that cuts or reallocates $3 million in current spending to be used for yet undefined measures to reduce overcrowding at the local jail.
Commissioners approved the budget for publication last month after deliberations over the cuts. The proposed budget maintains the 2018 mill levy of 46.018 mills. At that rate, the county’s share of ...
Lawrence educator Patrick Kelly pulled away from two competitors to win the Democratic Party primary race for the 1st District Douglas County Commission position.
Kelly led throughout the night Tuesday as votes were tallied in the Douglas County Courthouse and finished the night with 53 percent of the vote. A political newcomer, Kelly received 2,014 votes. Lawrence City Commissioner Leslie Soden was second with ...
Democrat Mike Amyx and Republican Cynthia Smith will face off in November to represent the 45th District in the Kansas House after each claimed easy victories Tuesday in their respective primaries.
Amyx, a former mayor of Lawrence, Lawrence city commissioner and Douglas County commissioner, won with 56 percent of the vote against Aidan Loveland Koster, a Lecompton corporate administrator, and Steven X. Davis, ...
Douglas County voters turned out for Tuesday primary in record shattering numbers, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said.
More than 18,500 voters participated in the primary for a turnout of about 24 percent. The turnout number isn’t known because advance ballots the Clerk’s Office receives by Friday will still be counted in the election.
But Shew won’t need to see final numbers to know this year’s ...
