Lawrence area votes reshape 45th and 42nd districts
In the primary results Amyx and Smith advance in the 45th District race with Amyx leading 1,421 to 633 and Smith winning 57 percent over Thacker 1,371 to 1,050. Karleskint edges Neelly 1,330 to 1,167 in the 42nd District, while Highberger defeats Ferro 2,850 to 396 in the 46th and will back Perry in November.
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Loveland Koster
Lecompton
Steven X. Davis
Lawrence
Amyx
Koster
Davis
Smith
Kansas City Power and Light
Ronald Thacker
Tom Sloan
Lawrence and
Douglas
Neelly
Eudora
Tonganoxie
Karleskint
Baker University
Connie O’brien
Leavenworth County
Thea Perry
No opponent set for Commission Kelly in November race
Commission Kelly faces no opponent on the November ballot as voters respond to his door-to-door campaign message. He pledges principled inclusive leadership for Douglas County and plans to stay engaged in county issues before taking office in January. He will continue door-to-door outreach to reassure residents he will serve all constituents to the best of his ability. Uncounted mail ballots postmarked by Tuesday arrive at the Clerk by Friday, with unofficial results until the Aug. 16 canvass.
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Smith
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas
Jim Karleskini
Tonganoxie
Lance Neelly
Kelly
Douglas County
Douglas County Commission
County clerk predicts record primary turnout in Douglas County
Douglas County voters streamed to the polls for Tuesday's primary with over 18,500 ballots cast, about 24 percent turnout. Clerk Jamie Shew indicated this could surpass the 2004 record of 13,709 votes, aided by a large polling site. Advance voting remained only slightly higher than normal, with Friday counts still pending.
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Douglas County
Jamie Shew
Shew
Watkins enters 2nd District race for retiring Jenkins seat
The political newcomer Watkins, a West Point graduate and Afghanistan veteran, enters the race to replace retiring U S Rep Lynn Jenkins. He gains outside support from a super PAC funded by his Topeka physician father while rivals question his conservative credentials. The contest draws several challengers and ends with a general election showdown against former Rep Paul Davis.
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Watkins
U.S
Lynn Jenkins
Topeka
West Point
U.S. Army
Afghanistan
Tyson
Steve Fitzgerald
Leavenworth
Dennis Pyle
Hiawatha
Kevin Jones
Wellsville
Kansas
Kelly defeats Colyer Kobach in Kansas GOP primary win
Governor hopeful Kelly congratulated Mayor Carl Brewer and former state Rep. Joshua Svaty after her victory speech in Topeka. She noted former Gov. Sam Brownback’s resignation and acknowledged independent candidate Greg Orman’s entry. The GOP race between Colyer and Kobach surprised observers, aided by Trump’s endorsement of Kobach.
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Carl Brewer
Joshua Svaty
Kelly
Topeka
Colyer
Kobach
Sam Brownback
Trump
Johnson County
Greg Orman
GOP
Donald Trump
Lawrence Journal-World Contact Information Card
The Lawrence Journal World staff directory lists publisher Scott Stanford editor Chad Lawhorn and other editors with contact numbers and email addresses. It provides office hours for classifieds and in town redelivery and postal information and notes AP and Alliance for Audited Media memberships.
Couple Welcome Newborn Daughters In Two Lawrence Births
Alicia and Tyler Douglas of Rantoul welcomed a girl on Monday. Kissom and Misty Moss of Lawrence welcomed a girl on Tuesday. Cody Springston and Molly Martin of Lawrence welcomed a girl on Tuesday.
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Alicia
Tyler Douglas
Rantoul
Kissom
Misty Moss
Lawrence
Cody Springston
Molly Martin
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