NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES SS SCS HCS HJR Nos. 173 & 174 PRIMARY ELECTION STATE AUDITOR STATE AUDITOR Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: STATE OF MISSOURI Quentin Wilson Dustin Coffell • Require legislative phase-out of the individual state TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2026 Gregory Upchurch U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 4 income tax based on revenue growth, and authorize the Notice is hereby given to the registered qualified voters U. S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 4 Thomas Holbrook expansion of sales and use taxes; of Kansas City, Missouri, within Jackson County, Mis- Jordan Herrera U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 5 • Curtail constitutional limits on taxing goods and ser- souri, that a Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, Wayne Russell Randall (Randy) Langkraehr vices; and August 4, 2026. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. until Hartzell Gray III U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 6 • Require local tax rate cuts without reducing school 7 p.m. G Rick Andy Maidment funding if local sales tax revenue increases? The Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners will Jeanette Cass JACKSON COUNTY The proposal has no direct impact on state or local tax conduct the election in that portion of Jackson County Ashleigh Rogers LIBERTARIAN revenue. If passed, implementing legislation will have an within the corporate limits of Kansas City. Randy Miller COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN unknown impact to state and local tax revenue. If imple- The official ballot for the Primary Election will be sub- U. S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 5 AND COMMITTEEWOMEN mented, state government entities expect a reduction of stantially in the following form: Emanuel Cleaver, II COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 1ST WARD $57,000 annually in income tax check-off donations and REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES U. S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 6 No Candidate Filed implementation costs of at least $100,000. STATE AUDITOR Josh Smead COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 1ST WARD Scott Fitzpatrick Scot Pondelick No Candidate Filed YES NO Gerald (Jerry) Wistrand Jr. Matt Levine COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 2ND WARD If you are in favor of this question, completely U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 4 STATE REPRESENTATIVE No Candidate Filed darken the oval beside “YES”. Mark Alford District 19, Wick Thomas COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 2ND WARD If you are opposed to this question, completely Heather Shelton District 22, Yolanda Young No Candidate Filed darken the oval beside “NO”. Scott Vincent Vera District 23, Tony L. Van Trece COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 3RD WARD PRIMARY ELECTION No Candidate Filed CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 5 District 24, Kevin Garner Brad Patty District 25, Pattie Mansur COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 3RD WARD AUGUST 4, 2026 No Candidate Filed QUESTION 1 Brett Hueffmeier District 26, Tiffany Price Taylor Burks District 27, Melissa A Douglas COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 4TH WARD Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri issue its gen- No Candidate Filed eral obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed Rick Brattin District 28, Mike Sager Berton A. Knox District 28, Donna Barnes COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 4TH WARD $100,000,000.00 for the purpose of affordable housing No Candidate Filed through the rehabilitation, renovation, and construction Micah Beebe District 35, Michael Scott U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 6 District 36, Anthony T. Ealy Jr. COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 5TH WARD of houses and buildings, including blight removal, to pro- No Candidate Filed vide affordable housing for very low- to moderate-income Jim Ingram District 37, Karissa Marie Varga Chris Stigall JACKSON COUNTY COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 5TH WARD households? No Candidate Filed The authorization of the bonds will authorize the City to Nathan Hall Willett COUNTY EXECUTIVE Cody J. Oshel Stacy Lake COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 6TH WARD maintain tangible property tax rates sufficient to pay the No Candidate Filed interest and principal on the bonds until fully paid. Nathanael Schultz Ryan Meyer STATE REPRESENTATIVE Holmes Osborne COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 6TH WARD YES NO District 19, Karen Irene Spalding Bill Baird No Candidate Filed QUESTION 2 District 28, Steven W Hinton Dan T. Tarwater III COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 7TH WARD Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri issue its gen- District 35, Jacquie Aziere Stenger Manuel “Manny” Abarca IV No Candidate Filed eral obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed District 36, Dave Thomas COUNTY LEGISLATOR 1ST DISTRICT COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 7TH WARD $100,000,000.00 for the purpose of paying for the acqui- JACKSON COUNTY Kelly Thompson No Candidate Filed sition, construction, renovation, improvement, equipping, COUNTY EXECUTIVE COUNTY LEGISLATOR 2ND DISTRICT COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 8TH WARD and furnishing of City convention facilities and building No Candidate Filed facilities constructed before 1950 that are used primarily Alan Rohlfing Venessa Huskey COUNTY LEGISLATOR 1ST DISTRICT J. Eric Dickinson COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 8TH WARD for governmental administration, convention, or public No Candidate Filed COUNTY LEGISLATOR 3RD DISTRICT No Candidate Filed assembly? COUNTY LEGISLATOR 2ND DISTRICT Dennis R. Rowland COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 9TH WARD The authorization of the bonds will authorize the City to No Candidate Filed maintain tangible property tax rates sufficient to pay the No Candidate Filed Phyllis Hernandez COUNTY LEGISLATOR 3RD DISTRICT COUNTY LEGISLATOR 4TH DISTRICT COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 9TH WARD interest and principal on the bonds until fully paid. Tony Miller Byron Townsend No Candidate Filed YES NO Scott Qualls John T. Maloney COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 10TH WARD QUESTION 3 COUNTY LEGISLATOR 4TH DISTRICT COUNTY LEGISLATOR 6TH DISTRICT No Candidate Filed (Central City Economic Development Sales Tax) Lon McDonald Tony Lawson COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 10TH WARD Shall the City of Kansas City be authorized to renew a COUNTY LEGISLATOR 6th DISTRICT COUNTY LEGISLATOR 1ST DISTRICT-AT-LARGE No Candidate Filed sales tax authorized by Section 67.1305 of the Revised Bill Haley Carla Fields COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 11TH WARD Statutes of Missouri for a period of 10 years at a rate of COUNTY LEGISLATOR 1ST DISTRICT-AT-LARGE Justice Horn No Candidate Filed 1/8% to be used for funding economic development proj- Lance Pollard Jalen Anderson COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 11TH WARD ects within the area bounded by 9th Street on the north; COUNTY LEGISLATOR 2ND DISTRICT-AT-LARGE COUNTY LEGISLATOR 2ND DISTRICT-AT-LARGE No Candidate Filed Gregory Boulevard on the south; The Paseo on the west; Gresia Cabrera Donna Peyton COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 12TH WARD and Indiana Avenue on the east, which may include the COUNTY LEGISLATOR 3RD DISTRICT-AT-LARGE Brandon Ellington No Candidate Filed retirement of debt under previously authorized bonded No Candidate Filed COUNTY LEGISLATOR 3RD DISTRICT-AT-LARGE COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 12TH WARD indebtedness or to repay bonds not yet issued? REPUBLICAN Susan B. Wilson No Candidate Filed This sales tax would continue the existing sales tax COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 13TH WARD authorized by Section 67.1305 of the Revised Statutes No Candidate Filed AND COMMITTEEWOMEN COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN of Missouri and scheduled to expire on September 30, COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 13TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 1ST WARD AND COMMITTEEWOMEN 2027. No Candidate Filed John J. Rowe COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 1ST WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 14TH WARD YES NO COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 1ST WARD John Fierro Cassandra Decker COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 1ST WARD No Candidate Filed QUESTION 4 COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 14TH WARD SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE APPROVED? COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 2ND WARD Mary Hill No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 2ND WARD No Candidate Filed Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri issue wa- COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 15TH WARD terworks revenue bonds in the principal amount of COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 2ND WARD Tony Van Trece No Candidate Filed Elmer Buford Taylor No Candidate Filed $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, ex- COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 15TH WARD panding and improving the City’s waterworks system, COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 3RD WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 2ND WARD No Candidate Filed including acquiring necessary land and rights of way, Ricardo Merchan Virginia Dee Evans David Ndayishimiye COUNTY COMMITTEMAN - 3RD WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 16TH WARD in order to provide for its continuing operation and to No Candidate Filed maintain compliance with federal, state and judicial COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 3RD WARD Alan A. Young Sr. Mireya Barragan COUNTY COMMITTEWOMAN - 3RD WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 16TH WARD requirements, with the principal of and interest on said No Candidate Filed revenue bonds to be payable solely from the revenues COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 4TH WARD Barbara Anne Washington COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 17TH WARD derived by the City from the operation of its waterworks Mark Anthony Jones COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 4TH WARD No Candidate Filed system, including all future rehabilitations, improvements COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 4TH WARD Randy Hite No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 4TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 17TH WARD and expansions thereto? No Candidate Filed YES NO COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 5TH WARD Allie Woods Jonathan Pointdexter COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 5TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 18TH WARD QUESTION 5 No Candidate Filed SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE APPROVED? COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 5TH WARD Kevin Garner No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 5TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 18TH WARD Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri issue sani- No Candidate Filed tary sewer revenue bonds in the principal amount of COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 6TH WARD Shelli Carman-Brown COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 19TH WARD $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, ex- Josh Anthony LaSalle COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 6TH WARD No Candidate Filed panding and improving the City’s sanitary sewer system, COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 6TH WARD Jared Wight No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 6TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 19TH WARD including acquiring necessary land and rights of way, in No Candidate Filed order to provide for its continuing operation and to main- COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 7TH WARD Beth Low-Smith No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 7TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 20TH WARD tain compliance with federal, state and judicial require- No Candidate Filed ments, with the principal of and interest on said revenue COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 7TH WARD Da-Nearle T. Clarke (Chiefy) COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 20TH WARD bonds to be payable solely from the revenues derived by No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 7TH WARD No Candidate Filed the City from the operation of its sanitary sewer system, COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 8TH WARD Sonya Lynette Bailey COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 22ND WARD including all future rehabilitations, improvements and John J. Butler COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 8TH WARD No Candidate Filed expansions thereto? COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 8TH WARD Alex Sachs No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 8TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 22ND WARD YES NO No Candidate Filed INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 9TH WARD Marsha Lerenberg No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITEEMAN - 9TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 23RD WARD If you are in favor of this question, completely No Candidate Filed darken the oval beside “YES”. COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 9TH WARD No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 23RD WARD No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 9TH WARD No Candidate Filed If you are opposed to this question, completely COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 10TH WARD Cathleen (Katie) Lillis COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 24TH WARD darken the oval beside “NO”. No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 10TH WARD No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 10TH WARD Rodney S. Bland COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 24TH WARD SPECIAL ELECTION No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 10TH WARD No Candidate Filed CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT #58 COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 11TH WARD Jenee Lowe No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 11TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 25TH WARD OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI No Candidate Filed TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2026 COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 11TH WARD Ryan Meyer No Candidate Filed COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 11TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 25TH WARD QUESTION No Candidate Filed Shall the Board of Education of Center School District COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 12TH WARD Ingrid Burnett COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 26TH WARD No. 58 of Jackson County, Missouri issue its general Joseph (Joey) Peterson COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 12TH WARD No Candidate Filed obligation bonds in an amount up to $5,000,000 for the COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 12TH WARD Wick Thomas Gresia Cabrera COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 12TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 26TH WARD purpose of refinancing lease purchase obligations of the No Candidate Filed District previously issued to finance improvements and COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 13TH WARD Patricia Hernandez COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 13TH WARD STATE OF MISSOURI equipment? No Candidate Filed Manuel “Manny” Abarca IV SPECIAL ELCTION COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 13TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 13TH WARD TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2026 If this question is approved, the District’s debt service CONSTITUTIONAL property tax levy is still estimated to decrease from $0.90 No Candidate Filed Phyllis Hernandez COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 14TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 14TH WARD AMENDMENT NO. 1 per $100 of assessed valuation of real and personal property to $0.73 per $100 of assessed valuation of real No Candidate Filed Carl W. Bussey Proposed by Article IV, Section 47(c) and personal property in connection with the increase to COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 14TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 14TH WARD (Second Regular Session) SJR No. 1 No Candidate Filed Melissa Patterson Hazley Shall Missouri continue for 10 years the one-tenth of the District’s operating tax levy authorized at the April 7, COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 15TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 15TH WARD one percent sales/use tax that is used for soil and water 2026 election, in part because the District will abandon No Candidate Filed Thomas H. Randolph conservation and for state parks and historic sites, and a portion of the $29,000,000 voter-approved bonding au- COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 15TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 15TH WARD resubmit this tax to the voters for approval in 10 years? thority from the April 7, 2026 election equal to the amount No Candidate Filed Velda Cook The measure allows continued collection of the existing issued for the purpose described above and any portion COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 16TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 16TH WARD sales and use tax, which generates revenue of approxi- of the $5,000,000 described above not used for the pur- No Candidate Filed Kenneth T. Bacchus mately $140 million annually. pose described above. COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 16TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 16TH WARD YES NO YES NO CONSTITUTIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS No Candidate Filed Gail McCann Beatty COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN -17TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 17TH WARD AMENDMENT NO. 2 If you are in favor of this question, completely No Candidate Filed Craig Bland Proposed by 103rd General Assembly, darken the oval beside “YES”. COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 17TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 17TH WARD (First Regular Session) HCS HJR Nos. 23 & 3 If you are opposed to this question, completely Dawn D. Wright Melissa A. Douglas Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: darken the oval beside “NO”. COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 18TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 18TH WARD • require all charter counties, including Jackson Coun- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Kansas City Board of No Candidate Filed Ronald White ty, to provide for the election of a county assessor; and Election Commissioners has caused the name of its COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 18TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 18TH WARD • require assessors in all charter counties to comply Secretary to be hereunto signed and the official seal No Candidate Filed Angela S. White with any training requirements established by general affixed this 16th day of June, 2026. COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 19TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 19TH WARD law? (SEAL) No Candidate Filed Cecil D. Williams State and local governmental entities estimate no costs COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 19TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 19TH WARD or savings. KANSAS CITY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS No Candidate Filed Kristi D. Whitaker YES NO Sarah (Sally) Miller, Chair COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 20TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 20TH WARD CONSTITUTIONAL Sharon Turner Buie, Secretary No Candidate Filed Geoff Gerling AMENDMENT NO. 4 Ralph F. Munyan II, Member COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 20TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 20TH WARD Proposed by 103rd General Assembly Vacant, Member Nola Wood Kathy LaFrensen (Second Extraordinary Session) HCS HJR No. 3 Shawn Kieffer, Director COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 22ND WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 22ND WARD Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: Lauri Ealom, Director David Lightner Dan T. Tarwater III • Modify current requirements that a statewide majority COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 22ND WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 22ND WARD of voters may approve initiative petitions to amend the ATTEST: Christina McDonough Hunt Laura Loyacono constitution; Sharon Turner Buie, Secretary COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 23RD WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 23RD WARD • Require a majority of voters in each congressional No Candidate Filed Clinton Adams, Jr. district to approve initiative petitions to amend the con- NOTICE OF ACCESSIBILITY COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 23RD WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 23RD WARD stitution; and FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that, where a regular poll- No Candidate Filed Venessa Huskey • Make available to each voter the full text of initiative ing place has limited accessibility, a disabled or elderly COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 24TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 24TH WARD petitions with their ballot? voter may be provided an alternative means of casting No Candidate Filed Michael A. (Mike) Wells The Department of Corrections estimates increased his or her ballot. Such means may include reassignment COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 24TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 24TH WARD annual costs of up to $21,817. The Office of State Pub- to an accessible polling place, curbside voting, assisted Tracey Chappell Ryana Parks-Shaw lic Defender estimates an unknown fiscal impact. Other voting or voting by absentee ballot. A voter may apply for COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN – 25TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 25TH WARD state governmental entities estimate no costs or sav- an absentee ballot in person or by mail, or may have a No Candidate Filed Darrell Curls ings. Local governmental entities estimate no costs or relative or guardian apply in person on his or her behalf. COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN – 25TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 25TH WARD savings. If an absentee voter is disabled or incapacitated, the no- No Candidate Filed No Candidate Filed YES NO tary requirement is waived. In addition, voters requiring COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 26TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN - 26TH WARD CONSTITUTIONAL assistance may be assisted by a person of the voter’s No Candidate Filed Byron Townsend AMENDMENT NO. 5 choice. COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 26TH WARD COUNTY COMMITTEEWOMAN - 26TH WARD Proposed by 103rd General Assembly, FOR A COMPLETE POLL LIST GO TO OUR WEB- Andrea Horner Julia A. Jamerson (Second Regular Session) SITE: KCEB.ORG