These are the 2022 Primary Election candidate ratings of MainPAC, the political action committee of the Mainstream Coalition, for the August 2nd races in Kansas. 

---

Your vote on August 2nd is critical to supporting common sense policy and elected officials in Kansas

This August every registered Kansas voter will be voting on the so-called "value them both" constitutional amendment, even if you are not affiliated with a party.

MainPAC opposes this constitutional amendment which would allow for the legislature to pass a complete ban on abortions.

In addition to the constitutional amendment, Kansans will have the opportunity to vote in select local and statewide primaries, including for important state offices.

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:

• Transparency in government
• Access to health care
• Public education
• Separation of government and religion
• Voting access
• LGBTQ equality
• Reproductive rights

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 July for the August primary). 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.

---

2022 MainPAC Primary Ratings

Download the printer-friendly candidate ratings here. We have also made individual pages available for Johnson County, Sedgwick County, and Wyandotte County. 

You can see all candidate's full responses here or click on their last name in the table below.

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. Candidates are sorted by Office with statewide offices listed first, followed by Kansas State House of Representatives sorted by District, and local candidates listed last.

First Name	Last Name	Office	District	County	Score
Laura	Kelly	Governor			100%
Jeanna	Repass	Secretary of State			100%
Lynn	Rogers	State Treasurer			100%
Jeff	Howards	Kansas State Board of Education	BOE 1		91%
Sheila	Albers	Kansas State Board of Education	BOE 3		100
Dennis	Hershberger	Kansas State Board of Education	BOE 7		23%
Mark	Holland	United States Senate			100%
Robert	Klingenberg	United States Senate			100%
Paul	Buskirk	United States Senate			95%
Jimmy	Beard	United States House of Representatives	US 01		100%
Patrick	Schmidt	United States House of Representatives	US 02		91%
Mark	Samsel	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 5	Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Miami	82%
Nina	Fricke	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 6	Miami	100%
Pam	Shernuk	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 8	Johnson	100%
Alana	Cloutier	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 9	Allen, Anderson, Miami, Linn	100%
Christina	Haswood	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 10	Douglas	100%
Gregory	Wilkinson	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 11	Montgomery	100%
Allison	Hougland	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 15	Johnson	91%
Linda	Featherston	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 16	Johnson	100%
Jo Ella	Hoye	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 17	Johnson County	100%
Cindy	Neighbor	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 18	Johnson	95%
Stephanie	Clayton	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 19	Johnson	100%
Mari-Lynn	Poskin	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 20	Johnson	100%
Jerry	Stogsdill	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 21	Johnson	100%
Lindsay	Vaughn	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 22	Johnson	100%
Susan	Ruiz	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 23	Johnson	100%
Jarrod	Ousley	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 24	Johnson	100%
Rui	Xu	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 25	Johnson	100%
Cheron	Tiffany	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 26	Johnson	100%
Christi	Pribula	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 27	Johnson	100%
Ace	Allen	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 28	Johnson	91%
Heather	Meyer	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 29	Johnson	100%
Courtney	Eiterich	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 30	Johnson	100%
Scott	Perkins	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 30	Johnson	100%
Louis	Ruiz	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 31	Wyandotte	100%
Dennis	Grindel	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 31	Wyandotte	59%
Taylor	Dean	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 33	Wyandotte	100%
Mathew	Reinhold	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 33	Wyandotte	100%
Bill	Hutton	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 33	Wyandotte	91%
Valdenia	Winn	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 34	Wyandotte	100%
Nelson	Gabriel	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 35	Wyandotte	91%
Faith	Rivera	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 37	Wyandotte	100%
Martha	Allen	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 40	Leavenworth	91%
Harry	Schwarz	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 41	Leavenworth	100%
Keith	Davenport	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 43	Douglas, Johnson	100%
Mike	Amyx	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 45	Douglas	100%
Dennis "Boog"	Highberger	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 46	Douglas	100%
Dan	Osman	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 48	Johnson	100%
Brad	Boyd	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 49	Johnson County	100%
Derik	Flerlage	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 52	Shawnee	100%
Joe	Cheray	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 53	Shawnee	100%
Kirk	Haskins	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 53	Shawnee	91%
Joshua	Luttrell	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 55	Shawnee	100%
Darrell	McCune	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 59	Franklin	100%
Tobias	Schlingensiepen	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 55	Shawnee	100%
Louis	Reed	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 59	Franklin	55%
Mic	McGuire	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 60	Lyon	100%
Patricia	Smetana	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 64	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Riley	86%
Sydney	Carlin	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 66	Riley	100%
Kim	Zito	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 67	Riley	91%
Chuck	Torres	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 76	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	91%
W. Michael	Shimeall	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 78	Johnson	100%
Kris	Trimmer	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 79	Cowley, Sumner	100%
Misti	Hobbs	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 82	Sedgwick, Sumner	95%
Ford	Carr	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 84	Sedgwick	82%
Jalon	Britton	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 85	Sedgwick	100%
Christopher	Strong	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 87	Sedgwick	100%
Chuck	Schmidt	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 88	Sedgwick	86%
Brooke	Chong	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 91	Sedgwick	100%
John	Carmichael	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 92	Sedgwick	91%
Michael	McCorkle	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 100	Sedgwick	91%
Joe	Seiwert	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 101	Reno, Sedgwick	73%
Jaelynn	Abegg	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 105	Sedgwick	100%
Gerald	Johnson	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 107	Cloud, Mitchell, Ottawa, and northern Saline counties	32%
Brandon	Woodard	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 108	Johnson	100%
Jo Ann	Roth	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 113	Pawnee, Barton, Rice, Rush & Stafford	100%
Kirsten	Barger	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 116	Pratt	100%
Courtney	Tripp	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 117	Douglas, Johnson	100%
Mel	Pinick	Kansas State House of Representatives	HD 121	Johnson	100%
Mike	Kelly	Chair of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners		Johnson	100%
Mary Ann	Morrison	Colwich, KS Council Member	4	Sedgwick	77%
John	McIntosh	Sedgwick County Commission	5	Sedgwick	100%

 

---

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.

MainPAC strives to improve our process each year and 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 year.

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, just like last year, we published the candidates' complete surveys with scoring matrix.

Why are some candidates missing?

MainPAC actively solicited surveys from candidates for all statewide races, U.S. Senate, U.S. and Kansas House of Representatives, State Board of Education, and local 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.