2023 Democratic
Candidate Information

Advance Voting Locations

Arts and Heritage Center (8788 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66212)
Hilltop Conference Center (7700 W. 143rd St., Overland Park)
Johnson County Northeast Offices (6000 Lamar Ave., Mission, KS 66202)
Monticello Library (22435 W. 66th St., Shawnee)
Johnson County Election Office (2101 E. Kansas City Rd, Olathe, KS 66061)
JCCC Midwest Trust Center (12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS 66210)
Johnson County Sunset Offices (11811 S Sunset Dr., Olathe, KS 66202)
Olathe Indian Creek Library (16100 W 135th St., Olathe, KS 66062)
Olathe Downtown Library (260 E. Santa Fe, Olathe)
New Century Fieldhouse (551 New Century Pkwy, New Century)

Hours are 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Monday-Friday (10/30-11/3) and 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Saturday (10/28 and 11/4)

Candidate Information

The following candidates are Democrats and running in the 2023 General Election.

You can get more information and contact them at each of their websites.

Johnson County Boards

JCCC Trustees: (Only vote for THREE)

At-Large: Laura Smith-Everett – www.laurasmitheverett.com
At-Large: Greg Mitchell – www.mitchell4jccc.com
At-Large: Valerie Jennings – www.valeriejenningsforjccctrustee.com

WaterOne Board

Board Member 1: Melanie Kraft – www.drkraftforwaterone.com
Board Member 2: Ullyses Wright – www.electullyseswright.com
Board Member 6: Whitney Wilson – www.whitneyforwaterone.com
Board Member 7: Renee Dinsmore – dinsmoreforwaterone.com

City Officials

DeSoto

City Council

At-Large: Courtney Tripp – https://courtney4desoto.com/

Fairway

City Council

Ward 1: Lee Story – https://www.facebook.com/LeeStoryforFairway
Ward 2: Jerry Williams – https://www.jerrywilliamsforfairway.com/
Ward 3: James Hafner – jhafnerforfairwaycouncil.com
Ward 4: Jenna Brofsky – facebook.com/jenna4fairway

Gardner

City Council

At-Large: Mark Wiehn – https://www.markforgardner.com

Leawood

City Council

Mayor: Steve Hentzen – https://www.4leawood.org/
Ward 1: Alan Sunkel – https://www.alansunkelforleawood.com
Ward 2: Sherrie Gayed – www.facebook.com/SherrieGayedforLeawoodCityCouncil

Lenexa

City Council

Mayor: Julie Sayers – www.julieforlenexa.com
Ward 1: Courtney Eiterich – https://www.courtneyforkansas.org
Ward 2: Jermaine Jamison – https://jermaineforlenexa.com
Ward 3: Chelsea Williamson – https://chelsea4lenexa.com
Ward 4: Christopher Herron – https://herronforlenexa.com

Merriam

City Council

Ward 1: Jason Silvers – https://www.facebook.com/jasonformerriam
Ward 2: Whitney Yadrich – www.whitneyformerriam.com
Ward 3: Bruce Kaldahl – https://www.facebook.com/KaldahlForCouncil
Ward 4: Staci Chivetta – https://www.staciformerriam.com

Mission

City Council

Ward 1: Trent Boultinghouse – https://trentformission.com
Ward 2: Mary Ryherd – https://www.facebook.com/maryformission/
Ward 3: Brian Schmid – https://brianschmidformission.wordpress.com
Ward 4: Cheryl Carpenter Davis

Olathe

City Council

At-Large: Matt Schoonover – https://www.schoonover4olathe.com
Ward 1: Chad Carroll – https://www.carrollforolathe.com
Ward 2: Dean Vakas – https://www.deanvakasforolathe.com

Overland Park

City Council

Ward 1: Holly Grummert – https://www.facebook.com/HollyforOP/
Ward 2: Drew Mitrisin – www.drewforop.com
Ward 3: Richard Borlaza – www.richardforop.com
Ward 5: Inas Younis – https://www.inas4op.com
Ward 6: Chris Newlin – www.chris-newlin.com

Prairie Village

City Council

Ward 2: Inga Selders – https://www.ingaselders.com
Ward 3: Bonnie Limbird – www.bonnieforpv.com
Ward 4: Piper Reimer – https://www.facebook.com/PiperforPV
Ward 5: Ciara Chaney – https://ciaraforpv.com
Ward 6: Ian Graves – www.gravesforpv.com

Roeland Park

City Council

Mayor: Michael Poppa – michaelpoppa.com
Ward 1: Jan Faidley – https://www.facebook.com/jan4roelandpark
Ward 2: Benjamin Dickens – https://benjamin4roelandpark.com
Ward 2: Haile Simes – hailesims.com
Ward 3: Emily Hage – emily4rp.com
Ward 4 (2 year Unexpired Term): Miel Castagna-Herrera
Ward 4: Matthew Lero

Shawnee

City Council

Ward 1: Sierra Whitted – https://sierraforshawnee.com
Ward 2: Jeanie Murphy – https://www.revjeanieforshawnee.com
Ward 4: Laurel Burchfield – https://www.laurelforshawnee.com

School Boards

Blue Valley School Board

At-Large: Clay Norkey – https://www.theateam4bv.com/claynorkey
Position 3: Jodie Dietz – https://www.theateam4bv.com/jodiedietz

Gardner-Edgerton School Board

Position 1: Emma Jones – www.emmajonesforpubliceducation.com
Position 2: Aleksandra Nokes – www.aleksandranokes.com
Position 3: Katie Williams – katieforusd231.com
Position 7 At-Large: Heath Freeman – https://www.heathforschoolboard.com/

Olathe School Board

Member 1: Stacey Yurkovich – https://www.yurkovich-olatheboe.com/
Member 2: Brad Boyd
Member 4: Claire Reagan – www.reaganforolathe.com
Member 7 At-Large: Will Babbit – https://www.willbabbitforolathe.com/

Shawnee Mission School Board

At-Large: David Westbrook – davidhwestbrook.com
North: Mario Garcia III – marioforsmsd.com
South: Jessica Hembree – www.jessicaforsmsd.com
Position 5: Jamie Borgman – jamieborgmanforsmsd.com

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