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Kansas Chapter Endorses State Legislative Candidates
To get more information about these candidates at Project Vote Smart,
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Kansas House of Representative seats are up for election every two years, and Kansas Senate seats are up every four years. This year only members of the House are being elected. The Kansas Chapter of the Sierra Club screened two groups of candidates for endorsement.
The first group is incumbents who cooperated with the Sierra Club in promoting pro-environment legislation or helped fight legislation bad for the environment. Many were supportive of environmental issues in House deliberations, especially in committees. Most were endorsed previously.
Endorsed Incumbents:
3rd Pittsburg, Julie Menghini
8th Chanute, Jerry Williams
10th Baldwin City, Tom Holland
13th Fredonia, Forrest Knox
17th Lenexa, Stephanie Sharp
25th Mission Hills, Terrie Huntington
27th Overland Park, Sue Storm
33th Kansas City, Tom Burroughs
35th Kansas City, Broderick Henderson
40th Leavenworth, Candy Ruff
41st Leavenworth, Marti Crow
45th Lawrence, Tom Sloan
46th Lawrence, Paul Davis
53rd Topeka, Ann E. Mah
55th Topeka, Annie Kuether
57th Topeka, Vaughn Flora
58th Topeka, Harold Lane
66th Manhattan, Sydney Carlin
67th Manhattan, Tom Hawk
84th Topeka, Oletha Faust-Goudeau
88th Wichita, Jim Ward
89th Park City, Melody McCray-Miller
92nd Wichita, Nile Dilmore
98th Wichita, Geraldine Flaharty
103rd Wichita, Delia Garcia
108th Ellsworth, Joshua Lee Svaty
114th Saint John, Mitch Holmes
121st Colby, Jim Morrison
A second group of candidates have not been endorsed previously, and most are not incumbents. They returned our questionnaires on clean air, clean water, transportation, wind energy, CAFO's, net metering, public lands, coal fired power plants, renewable portfolio standards and conservation. The primary source of information for making an endorsement decision was their answers. When possible, feedback from local Sierra Club leaders was also considered.
They are as follows:
16th Overland Park - Gene Rardin
18th Shawnee - Cindy Neighbor
24th Mission/RP, dual endorsement - Andy Sandler and Ed O'Malley
30th Lenexa - Amy Kamm
49th Overland Park - Bond Faulwell
52nd Topeka - Letha Swank
54th Topeka - Tanya Dorf
64th Clay Center - Vern Swanson
76th - Emporia -Susan Fowler
81st Clearwater - Judy Armstrong
91st Wichita - Walt Chappell
105th Wichita - Jane Byrnes
To be endorsed, candidates were voted on by two Sierra Club Committees-the Kansas Chapter Political Committee and the Kansas Chapter Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote was needed for endorsement.
To get more information about these candidates at Project Vote Smart,
CLICK HERE.
If you live in a district where there is no endorsed candidate, ask questions about where they stand before voting. Contact information for all candidates is available on the Vote Smart Web page.
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