Josh MerchantLocal government reporter

The primary election on Aug. 2 will see Jackson County voters choose party candidates for nine legislator races, as well as the county executive. Winners will advance to the general Jackson County ballot in November. In the 2nd District, however, the winner of the Democratic primary will face no opposition in November and will become […]

When Kansas City voters arrive at their polling place on Aug. 2, their ballots will show five Jackson County primary races for their county government. These include the county executive, their district’s legislator and three at-large legislators. After Crystal Williams, who represents the 2nd At-Large District, decided not to run for reelection this year, a […]

Primary races for the nine seats in the Jackson County Legislature have drawn 29 candidates. While most of them will be elected in district races, three at-large legislators are elected by the entire county in the Jackson County election.  One of those races, for the 3rd At-Large District, features a challenge to an incumbent. Democrats […]

In the 2022 Jackson County primary election, more than half of the county legislature will turn over, with fresh faces in at least five out of nine seats. This includes the 6th District, where current legislator Theresa Cass Galvin has decided to run for county executive, leaving an open seat. In the coming days, The […]

The Jackson County primary election on Aug. 2 will ask voters to select each party’s candidates for the Jackson County Legislature. While six of the nine legislators are elected by voters of smaller districts, three at-large legislators, including the 1st At-Large District, are elected by the entire county.  In the coming days, The Beacon will […]

All nine members of the Jackson County Legislature — which oversees spending and makes crucial decisions about tax assessments, jail operations and other functions of Missouri’s second largest county — are up for election in 2022. In the days leading up to the Jackson County primary, The Beacon will introduce many of the races and […]

Johnson County’s elected leaders oversee a budget of $1.45 billion and set the direction for a sprawling county of more than 600,000 residents and growing.  Governance is vested in the seven-member Johnson County Commission. Six members are elected from districts. The seventh member, the chairperson, is elected to represent the entire county and thus holds […]

This November, voters in the Johnson County election will elect four candidates to the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, which oversees a budget of $1.45 billion and about 30 county departments, ranging from emergency services to public transit. Though county elections draw fewer voters to the polls than high-profile national and state races, county […]