November 7, 2023 General Election

Election Contest Positions

City Officials

Bonner Springs - Mayor - 4 Year Term, Council Ward 4 - 4 Year Term
De Soto - 3 Council Members At-Large - 4 Year Term
Edgerton - 3 Council Members At-Large - 4 Year Term

Fairway - Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 Year Term
Gardner - 3 Council Members At-Large - 4 Year Term
Lake Quivira - Mayor - 2 Year Term, 3 Council Members At-Large - 4 Year Term
Leawood - Mayor - 4 Year Term, Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 Year Term
Lenexa - Mayor - 4 Year Term, Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 Year Term

Merriam - Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 Year Term
Mission - Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 Year Term
Mission Hills - 3 Council Members At-Large - 4 Year Term
Mission Woods - Mayor - 2 Year Term, 5 Council Members At-Large - 2 Year Term
Olathe - Mayor - 4 Year Term, 1 Council Member At-Large - 4 Year Term, Council Members Wards 1, 2 - 4 Year Term

Overland Park - Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - 4 Year Term
Prairie Village - Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - 4 Year Term
Roeland Park - Mayor - 2 Year Unexpired Term, Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 Year Term, Council Member Ward 4 - 2 Year Unexpired Term
Shawnee - Mayor - 4 Year Term, Council Members Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 - 4 Year Term
Spring Hill - 3 Council Members At-Large - 4 Year Term

Westwood - Mayor - 4 Year Term, 2 Council Members At-Large - 4 Year Term
Westwood Hills - Mayor - 2 Year Term, 5 Council Members At-Large - 2 Year Term

School District Officals

USD 229 Blue Valley Board Members - Positions 1, 2, 3 & 7 At-Large - 4 Year Term

USD 230 Spring Hill Board Members - Positions 1, 2, 3 & 7 At-Large - 4 Year Term
USD 231 Gardner Edgerton Board Members - Positions 1, 2, 3 & 7 At-Large - 4 Year Term
USD 232 De Soto Board Members - Positions 1, 2, 3 & 7 At-Large - 4 Year Term
USD 233 Olathe Board Members - Positions 1, 2, 4 & 7 At-Large - 4 Year Term
USD 289 Wellsville Board Members - Positions 1, 2, 3 & 7 At-Large - 4 Year Term, Position 6 (unexpired 2-year term)

USD 491 Eudora Board Members - 4 At-Large Positions - 4 Year Term
USD 512 Shawnee Mission Board Members - Positions 1, 3, 5 & 7 At-Large - 4 Year Term

Board Officials

Johnson County Community College Trustees - 3 At-Large Positions - 4 Year Term
Water District #1 of Johnson County - Positions 1, 2, 6 & 7 - 4 Year Term

Questions Submitted

City of Shawnee Question 1

Ordinance No. 3460

A proposition to authorize the City of Shawnee, Kansas, to continue to levy a special purpose citywide retailers' sales tax of one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) with approximately one-half of the revenue therefrom pledged to be used for acquiring and/or improving land for park or recreation purposes and approximately one-half for storm drainage improvements, including repayment of bonds issued for those purposes, such tax to take effect on January 1, 2026, the day following the expiration of the existing sales tax for the same purposes, and ending on December 31, 2035.

City of Shawnee Question 2

Ordinance No. 3461

A proposition to authorize the City of Shawnee, Kansas, to continue to levy a special purpose citywide retailers' sales tax of three-eighths of one percent (0.375%) to be used to fund the repairing, rebuilding, rehabilitating, upgrading and improving of streets, curbs, and sidewalks in the City of Shawnee, including repayment of bonds issued for those purposes, with approximately one-third of the revenue therefrom pledged to be used to initiate a street improvement program, such tax to take effect on April 1, 2025, the day following the expiration of the existing sales tax for the same purposes, and ending on March 31, 2035.