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