These are the 2021 General Election candidate ratings of MainPAC, the political action committee of the Mainstream Coalition, for the November 2nd races in Kansas. 

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Local elections are important!

This November you will be voting for school boards, city councils and local utility boards; make sure you have the best information to easily cast your vote with MainPAC’s ratings for candidates in Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte counties.

Just like in the August primaries, the MainPAC committee is publishing our results from a consistent rating process that involved candidates answering multiple choice questions. These ratings, presented as a percentage, indicate how likely a candidate is to align with Mainstream values (the higher the rating percentage, the greater the likelihood), including their view on the role of local government with regards to:

• Access to health care
• Climate change
• Gun safety
• Voting access
• Personal religious beliefs in policy decisions

We recognize that this process may present you with multiple options for candidates who align closely with issues that are important to you. We encourage you to use additional resources when researching who will earn your vote, including the election tool by The Voter Network - KSBallot.org / KSBoleta.org (live in September). In addition to information about your candidates, you can find where to vote early and set voting reminders.

If you’re interested in learning about our methodology and process, take a look at the FAQ section below.

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2021 MainPAC General Ratings

Download the printer-friendly candidate ratings here (.pdf).

Download all the individual candidate responses with scoring matrix here (.pdf), or click on a candidate's name in the table below for each individual response.

Why are some candidates or races missing from this list? The most likely reason is that the they did not return a survey.

The higher the rating percentage below, the greater the likelihood of a candidate aligning with Mainstream values.

County	City or School District	Office	District	Score	First Name	Last Name
Shawnee	Auburn-Washburn	School Board	A4	82%	Jacqueline	Lightcap
Douglas	Baldwin City	Mayor	At-Large	94%	Brian	Cramer
Douglas	Baldwin City	Mayor	At-Large	94%	Casey	Simoneau
Sedgwick	Bel Aire	City Council	At-Large	88%	Ashley	Markley
Sedgwick	Bentley	Mayor	At-Large	59%	Rex	Satterwaite
Johnson	Blue Valley	School Board	4	94%	Andrew	Van Der Laan
Wyandotte	Bonner Springs	City Council	2	82%	Tom	Stephens
Wyandotte	Bonner Springs	School Board	At-Large	41%	William	Barajas, Jr.
Sedgwick	Clearwater	City Council	At-Large	94%	Crystal	Walter
Sedgwick	Clearwater	School Board	At-Large	100%	John	Burke
Sedgwick	Clearwater	School Board	At-Large	59%	Kathleen	Garrison
Sedgwick	Derby	City Council	4	100%	John	McIntosh
Sedgwick	Derby	School Board	At-Large	94%	Claudia	Peebler
Sedgwick	Derby	School Board	At-Large	71%	Robin	Folkerts
Johnson	De Soto	School Board	4	76%	Crystal	Duke
Johnson	De Soto	School Board	6	47%	Emily	Carpenter
Johnson	De Soto	School Board	6	59%	Brandi	Jonasson
Johnson	Edgerton	City Council	At-Large	71%	Josie	Stambaugh
Johnson	Edgerton	Mayor	At-Large	94%	Brent	Carroll
Johnson	Fairway	City Council	3	94%	David	Watkins
Johnson	Fairway	City Council	4	94%	Tanya	Keys
Johnson	Gardner	City Council	At-Large	88%	Alexander	Coleman
Johnson	Gardner	School Board	6	94%	Stacey	Coleman
Sedgwick	Haysville	School Board	At-Large	47%	Jason	Welch
Douglas	Lawrence	City Commission	At-Large	100%	Amber	Sellers
Douglas	Lawrence	City Commission	At-Large	94%	Milton	Scott
Douglas	Lawrence	School Board	At-Large	100%	Kelly	Jones
Douglas	Lawrence	School Board	At-Large	94%	GR	Gordon-Ross
Douglas	Lawrence	School Board	At-Large	94%	Nate	Morsches
Douglas	Lawrence	School Board	At-Large	88%	Kay	Emerson
Johnson	Leawood	City Council	1	100%	Debra	Filla
Johnson	Leawood	City Council	2	100%	Mary	Larson
Johnson	Lenexa	City Council	3	100%	Melanie	Arroyo
Johnson	Lenexa	City Council	4	65%	Scott	Callaway
Wyandotte	Kansas City, KS	KCKCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	82%	Evelyn	Criswell
Wyandotte	Kansas City, KS	KCKCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	76%	Brad	Isnard
Wyandotte	Kansas City, KS	KCKCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	100%	Linda	Sutton
Wyandotte	Kansas City, KS	School Board	At-Large	100%	Maxine	Drew
Wyandotte	Kansas City, KS	School Board	At-Large	88%	Rachel	Henderson
Wyandotte	Kansas City, KS	School Board	At-Large	*	Diosselyn	Tot
Sedgwick	Maize	School Board	1	94%	Ashley	Burdick
Sedgwick	Maize	School Board	5	76%	Tracy	Taton
Johnson	Merriam	City Council	1	82%	Jacob	Laha
Johnson	Merriam	City Council	2	71%	Nancy	Hammond
Johnson	Merriam	City Council	3	100%	Chris	Hands
Johnson	Merriam	City Council	4	94%	David	Neal
Johnson	Merriam	City Council	4	76%	Stacie	Chivetta
Johnson	Merriam	Mayor	At-Large	76%	Angel	Lopez III
Johnson	Merriam	Mayor	At-Large	82%	Bob	Pape
Johnson	Mission	City Council	1	94%	Hillary	Thomas
Johnson	Mission	City Council	2	94%	Lea	Loudon
Johnson	Mission	City Council	3	88%	Debra	Kring
Johnson	Mission	City Council	4	94%	Ben	Chociej
Johnson	Mission	Mayor	At-Large	94%	Arcie	Rothrock
Johnson	Mission	Mayor	At-Large	94%	Sollie	Flora
Johnson	Mission Hills	City Council	At-Large	94%	Barbara	Nelson
Johnson	Mission Hills	City Council	At-Large	82%	Bill	Bruning
Johnson	Mission Woods	City Council	5	76%	Robert	Tietze
Johnson	Mission Woods	City Council	At-Large	94%	Selina	Bur
Johnson	Olathe	City Council	3	82%	LeEtta	Felter
Johnson	Olathe	City Council	At-Large	100%	Dean	Vakas
Johnson	Olathe	City Council	4	100%	Marge	Vogt ***
Johnson	Olathe	School Board	2	82%	Robert	Kuhn
Johnson	Olathe	School Board	2	94%	Kristin	Schultz ***
Johnson	Olathe	School Board	3	94%	Julie	Steele
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	1	100%	Logan	Heley
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	2	94%	Melissa	Cheatham
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	3	100%	Jim	Kite
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	3	100%	Amanda	Vega-Mavec
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	4	76%	Stacie	Gram
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	5	94%	Sam	Passer
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	5	94%	Shelia	Rodriguez
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	6	94%	Chris	Newlin
Johnson	Overland Park	City Council	6	76%	Jeffrey	Cox
Johnson	Overland Park	Mayor	At-Large	88%	Curt	Skoog
Johnson	Blue Valley	School Board	5	100%	Gina	Knapp
Johnson	Shawnee Mission	School Board	4	65%	Sean	Claycamp
Johnson	Blue Valley	School Board	6	94%	Lindsay	Weiss
Sedgwick	Park City	City Council	2	53%	George	Glover
Johnson	Prairie Village	City Council	1	100%	Cole	Robinson
Johnson	Prairie Village	City Council	2	94%	Ron	Nelson
Johnson	Prairie Village	City Council	4	100%	Dave	Robinson
Johnson	Prairie Village	City Council	5	100%	Gregory	Shelton
Johnson	Prairie Village	City Council	6	94%	Terrance	Gallagher
Johnson	Roeland Park	City Council	1	94%	Tom	Madigan
Johnson	Roeland Park	City Council	2	94%	Jen	Hill
Johnson	Roeland Park	City Council	3	100%	Kate	Raglow
Johnson	Roeland Park	City Council	4	**	Michael	Poppa
Johnson	Roeland Park	Mayor	At-Large	94%	Mike	Kelly
Johnson	Shawnee	City Council	1	94%	Sophia	Theodore
Johnson	Shawnee	City Council	2	88%	Eric	Persson
Johnson	Shawnee	City Council	3	94%	Lisa	Larson-Bunnell
Johnson	Shawnee	City Council	4	82%	Kevin	Makalous
Shawnee	Shawnee Heights	School Board	5b	53%	Tim	Watts
Shawnee	Shawnee Heights	School Board	6c	65%	Christina	Flaming
Johnson	Shawnee Mission	School Board	2	94%	Mary	Sinclair
Johnson	Shawnee Mission	School Board	4	100%	April	Boyd-Noronha
Johnson	Shawnee Mission	School Board	At-Large	88%	Heather	Ousley
Shawnee	Silver Lake	City Council	At-Large	53%	Brad	Bryant
Shawnee	Silver Lake	School Board	At-Large	88%	Brady	Hoffman
Johnson	Spring Hill	City Council	At-Large	35%	Chad	Eckert
Johnson	Spring Hill	City Council	At-Large	71%	Brian	Peel
Johnson	Spring Hill	City Council	At-Large	88%	Rodolfo	Arevalo
Shawnee	Tecumseh	School Board	5	88%	Erica	Price
Shawnee	Topeka	City Council	3	94%	Regina	Platt
Shawnee	Topeka	City Council	5	76%	Marcus	Clark
Shawnee	Topeka	School Board	2	29%	Andrew	Foreman
Shawnee	Topeka	School Board	2	94%	Randall	Schumacher
Shawnee	Topeka	School Board	3	94%	Keith	Tatum
Shawnee	Topeka	School Board	4	100%	Rosa	Cavazos
Wyandotte	Unified Government of WyCo/Kansas City KS	Board of Public Utilities	2	76%	Brian	Matlock
Wyandotte	Unified Government of WyCo/Kansas City KS	Board of Public Utilities	1	100%	Mary	Gonzales
Wyandotte	Unified Government of WyCo/Kansas City KS	Board of Commissioners	8	94%	Andrew	Davis
Wyandotte	Unified Government of WyCo/Kansas City KS	Board of Commissioners	At-Large	100%	Claudine	Sanders
Wyandotte	Unified Government of WyCo/Kansas City KS	Mayor	At-Large	100%	Tyrone	Garner
Johnson	Westwood	City Council	At-Large	82%	Jason	Hannaman
Johnson	Westwood	City Council	At-Large	94%	Jeff	Harris
Johnson	Westwood Hills	City Council	At-Large	76%	Ed	Gogol
Johnson	Westwood Hills	City Council	At-Large	94%	Karen	Sexton
Johnson	Westwood Hills	City Council	At-Large	71%	Rosemary	Podrebarac
Johnson	Westwood Hills	Mayor	At-Large	82%	Paula	Schwach
Sedgwick	Wichita	City Council	1	88%	Brandon	Johnson
Sedgwick	Wichita	City Council	3	76%	Jared	Cerullo
Sedgwick	Wichita	School Board	1	88%	Benjamin	Blankley
Sedgwick	Wichita	School Board	2	82%	Julie	Hedrick ***
Sedgwick	Wichita	School Board	5	94%	Mia	Turner
Sedgwick	Wichita	School Board	6	94%	Holly	Terrill
Johnson	Johnson County	JCCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	100%	Lee	Cross
Johnson	Johnson County	JCCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	65%	Martha	Davis
Johnson	Johnson County	JCCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	100%	Joy	Koesten
Johnson	Johnson County	JCCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	94%	Jae	Moyer
Johnson	Johnson County	JCCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	94%	Dawn	Rattan
Johnson	Johnson County	JCCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	47%	Wayne	Sandberg
Johnson	Johnson County	JCCC Board of Trustees	At-Large	100%	Paul	Snider
Johnson	Johnson County	Water District #1	3	100%	Kay	Heley
Johnson	Johnson County	Water District #1	4	88%	Jeffrey	Mendoza
Johnson	Johnson County	Water District #1	At-Large	94%	Jill	Westra

 

*Diosselyn Tot serves on the board of directors for Mainstream Coalition. Her survey was not scored, however we’ve included her full responses for your review.

**Michael Poppa is the executive director of Mainstream Coalition. His survey was not scored, however we’ve included his full responses for your review.

***Candidates ratings have been corrected based on staff error

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FAQ

 

Why did you rate instead of endorse?

Historically, MainPAC endorsements were decided by a nonpartisan volunteer committee that deliberated over candidate surveys, available voting records, candidate interviews when needed, and other factors to determine how closely a candidate is aligned with the values of Mainstream Coalition, and how well their fundraising, organization, and messaging would contribute to their success. The committee then either endorsed the candidate or did not - a result that didn’t provide a lot of additional information about the candidate for you, the voter.

This year, MainPAC worked to provide a more engaging way for you to interact with candidate positions and priorities. Instead of a straight endorsement, ratings were automatically calculated from candidate answers to multiple choice questions. This allows you to make more informed decisions as you head to the polls this November.

How were the ratings calculated?

Candidates were provided the opportunity to fill out a survey with questions to determine how closely they aligned with Mainstream values. Ratings were then calculated using a consistent scoring matrix designed by the nonpartisan committee. The higher the rating, the greater the probability the candidate aligns with these values. 

MainPAC also wants you to have access to your candidates full response, especially in those cases where a rating is better understood through the more nuanced context of their full answers. That’s why, for the first time, we published the candidates' complete surveys with scoring matrix.

Why are some candidates missing?

MainPAC actively solicited surveys from candidates in city and school board races in Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte counties. An invitation for all candidates to participate was also posted on our social media platforms. The most likely reason your candidates or race is not listed above is that the candidates did not return a survey. 

Where can I find more information about the election? 

Mainstream’s affiliate, The Voter Network, offers a suite of nonpartisan resources to make voting easier, including KSBallot.org where you can view your sample ballot, learn more about your candidates, and make a plan to vote.