Candidates and campaigns routinely tout endorsements. The Beacon has compiled a list of Kansas, Missouri and national groups that are active in the 2024 election. Meet the endorsers and learn who and what they support: Abortion Action Missouri Abortion Action Missouri is an abortion access advocacy group that used to be called NARAL (National Abortion […]
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Have a felony record? You still might be eligible to vote
Until they get in touch with him, organizer TJ James says, many people with a felony conviction have no idea that they have the right to vote.
And it’s not for a lack of interest, said James, an organizer with the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, or MORE2.
“I’ve had people that I work with where they’ve been told specifically at the polls that they cannot vote,” James said. “They’re being told while in prison, ‘You can never vote again.’ And people, unfortunately, just don’t do the research.”
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Your guide to the school bond on the Kansas City, Kansas, ballot this November
After an earlier bond failed, KCKPS hopes voters will approve a smaller one during the general election. The district says it won’t raise taxes.
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Homeless in Kansas? Here’s how you can still vote
Being homeless in Kansas City, Kansas, comes with its own set of challenges. Wyandotte County has no permanent emergency shelters. And it has notably fewer resources and less funding available for homeless services than the Missouri side of the Kansas City area. Yet several agencies in that city and Wichita can help homeless people with […]
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A Kansas City-area Democrat who backed transgender sports ban loses reelection
The Kansas Democrat who cast a decisive vote that banned transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams has lost reelection. Rep. Marvin Robinson, a Kansas City, Kansas, Democrat, joined Republicans in 2023 to overturn the governor’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The law requires athletes in high schools and public colleges […]
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Prasanth Reddy wins GOP primary to face U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids in Kansas 3rd Congressional District
Dr. Prasanth Reddy won the Republican 3rd Congressional District primary Tuesday night, giving him the chance to flip the increasingly-blue district back to red. Reddy beat Karen Crnkovich by about 3,000 votes and a 53% to 47% margin in unofficial election returns in the Republican primary for the Kansas City-area seat in Congress. He raised […]
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Kansas primary election 2024 results
Find live election results from the Aug. 6 Kansas primary election. Looking for Missouri results? Head over to this page. To see results from The Wichita Eagle/Kansas.com go here for the Sedgwick County Commission and for Sedgwick County judge. Election results for U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas District 1: Election results for U.S. House of […]
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The Kansas primary election races that could shift political balance in the Statehouse
Battles over school funding and bans on gender-affirming care could change in the upcoming Kansas Legislature session based on what happens in a handful of primary election races. The Kansas Statehouse remains firmly in Republican control. The party holds a veto-proof majority and will almost certainly retain a comfortable margin in both the House and […]
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Chuck Schmidt and Veronica Gillette run in Wichita Democratic primary for Kansas House
Chuck Schmidt and Veronica Gillette both want to flip a Republican seat for Democrats in the Kansas House. The two face off in the Aug. 6 Democratic primary in hopes of challenging Republican Rep. Sandy Pickert in the general election for the seat from the 88th District in southeast Wichita. You can find your polling […]
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Steve Huebert, Jesse McCurry, Darren Pugh running in Wichita Kansas House Republican primary for District 90
Incumbent state Rep. Carl Maughan suspended his reelection campaign after a DUI arrest. That drew three challengers — Steve Huebert, Jesse McCurry and Darren Pugh — into the Republican primary for District 90. The winner of the primary takes on Tracy Edingfield in the general election this November. The primary election is Aug. 6. You […]