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Elected Officials

This is a partial list of elected offices relevant to Wyandotte County.

Democrats (D) and the other party (r) are indicated for partisan races. Many local officeholders are active in the Democratic party, but their affiliation is not listed here since those races are non-partisan. Judges are not included.

Federal Offices

U.S. Congress - 2 year term

  • Kansas District 3 - Dennis Moore (D) (Elected 11/04/08)

U.S. Senate - 6 year term

  • Pat Roberts (r) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • Sam Brownback (r) (Elected 11/02/04)

Kansas - Executive Branch

  • Governor (4 year term) - Kathleen Sebelius (D) (Elected 11/07/06)
  • Lt. Governor (4 year term) - Mark Parkinson (D) (Elected 11/07/06)
  • Secretary of State (4 year term) - Ron Thornburgh (r) (Elected 11/07/06)
  • Attorney General - Stephen N. Six (D) (Elected 01/31/08)
  • State Treasurer - Dennis McKinney (r) (Appointed 11/18/08)
  • Commissioner of Insurance - Sandy Praeger (r) (Elected 11/07/06)

Kansas Senate

  • District 4 - David Haley (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 5 - Kelly Kultala (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 6 - Chris Steineger (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 10 - Mary Pilcher Cook (r) (Elected 11/04/08)

Kansas House

  • District 31 - Stan Frownfelter (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 32 - Louis Ruiz (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 33 - Tom Burroughs (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 34 - Valdenia Winn (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 35 - Broderick Henderson (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 36 - Margaret Long (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 37 - Michael Peterson (D) (Elected 11/04/08)
  • District 39 - Owen Donohoe (r) (Elected 11/04/08)


Kansas State Board of Education

  • District 1 - Janet Waugh (D) (Elected 11/07/06)
  • District 2 - Sue Storm (D) (Elected 11/04/08)

Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas

  • Mayor/CEO - Joe Reardon (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Commissioner-at-Large, District 1 - Rev. Mark R. Holland (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Commissioner-at-Large, District 2 - Donald L. DeSeure (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Commissioner, District 1 - Nathaniel Barnes (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Commissioner, District 2 - William. J. (Bill) Miller (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Commissioner, District 3 - Ann Murguia (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Commissioner, District 4 - Mark Mitchell (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Commissioner, District 5 - Mike Kane (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Commissioner, District 6 - Patricia Huggins Pettey (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Commissioner, District 7 - Thomas R. Cooley (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Commissioner, District 8 - Benoyd M. Ellison (Elected 04/05/05)
  • District Attorney - Jerome Gorman (Elected 11/02/04)
  • Register of Deeds - Barbara A. Golubski (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Sheriff - LeRoy Green (Elected 04/05/05)

City of Bonner Springs

  • Mayor - Clausie W. Smith (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Ward 1 - Lloyd K. Mesmer (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Ward 1 - Laurence D. Berg (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Ward 2 - Tom Stephens (Elected 04/09/07)
  • Ward 2 - Jerry Jarrett (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Ward 3 - Rodger Shannon (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Ward 3 - Bob Reeves (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Ward 4 - Jeff Harrington (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Ward 4 - Wayne Gray (Elected 04/03/07)

City of Edwardsville

  • Mayor - William “Heinz” Rodgers (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Councilmember - Patrick Isenhour (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Councilmember - Chuck Adams (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Councilmember - Bob Lane (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Councilmember - Craig Crider (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Councilmember - Doug Danner (Elected 04/03/07)

Kansas City Board of Public Utilities

  • District 1- Robert L. Milan Sr. (Elected 04/03/07)
  • District 2- Loretta M. Colombel (Elected 04/05/05)
  • District 3- John M. Pettey (Elected 04/03/07)
  • At-Large Position 1- Mary L. Gonzales (Elected 04/05/05)
  • At-Large Position 2- Mark P. Jones (Elected 04/05/05)
  • At-Large Position 3- Terry Eidson (Elected 04/03/07)

Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500) School Board

  • George Breidenthal (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Richard Kaminski (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Brenda C. Jones (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Vicki Meyer (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Linda Pendleton (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Meredith Roberts Schraeder (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Gloria Willis (Elected 04/03/07)

 

 

Turner (USD 202) School Board

  • Dennis L. Peters (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Joy Berry (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Jim Ernst (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Randy E. Berry (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Brad Stuart (Elected 07/17/07)
  • Linda K. Ingram (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Theresa Tillery (Elected 04/03/07)

Piper (USD 203) School Board

  • Thomas E. Beebe (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Jeffery Sanders, Sr (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Ron Kaminski (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Neal Palmer (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Martha Bach (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Lisa K. Sullivan (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Andy Turley (Elected 04/05/05)

Bonner Springs/Edwardsville (USD 204) School Board

  • Clifford Brents (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Bob DiMaggio (Elected 04/05/07)
  • Kay Shevling (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Gregg Gibson (Elected 04/05/07)
  • David Pierce (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Olliea R. Jarrett Peterson (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Lewis Wood (Elected 04/05/05)

KCK Community College, Board of Trustees

  • Donald Ash, Chairman (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Mary Ann Flunder, Vice Chairman (Elected 04/03/07)
  • Karen Hernandez (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Clyde Townsend (Elected 04/03/07)
  • John "JD" Rios (Elected 04/05/05)
  • Nolen Ellison (Elected 10/11/07)
  • Ray Daniels (Elected 04/03/07)

Sources: State and Federal officeholders from the Kansas Secretary of State's office, www.kssos.org Unified Government information from www.wycokck.org School data found at http://wyandottecountyks.com/school.htm All other data take from the organization's respective websites.