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How do endorsements happen?
Local unions sit down with candidates and interview them on issues that are important to their membership. These interviews may happen individually or in a board room setting with one candidate interviewing in front of more than a dozen labor representatives.
Candidates are questioned on issues like prevailing wage, support for organizing new workers, support for organized labor, support from the community, buy American/buy union policies, past votes, their path to victory, and more.
Disclaimer: The Labor Beacon’s reporting is intended to reflect the endorsements of the Tri-County AFL-CIO or other major labor organizations with members living in Johnson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas. Various unions have made endorsements that are slightly different than those listed below. Do not automatically assume that this list reflects how your specific union has endorsed. Always check with your individual union to see if their endorsements vary.
Leavenworth County
- City Commissioner
- Joe Wilson
Wyandotte County
Unified Government
- UG CEO/Mayor
- Rose Mulvany Henry
- UG Commissioner Dist 1
- Jermaine Howard
- UG Commissioner At-Large
- Andrew Kump
- UG Commissioner Dist 5
- Carlos Pacheco III
- UG Commissioner Dist 8
- Andrew Davis
- Sheriff
- Daniel Soptic
Board of Public Utilities
- BPU District 2
- Chase Cook
- BPU At-Large Position
- David Haley
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, USD 500
- USD 500 Board
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
Blue Valley School District
- School Board 5
- Gina Knapp
- School Board 6
- Dave Bensen
DeSoto
- Mayor
- Rick Walker
Fairway
- City Council – Ward 2
- Emily Snyder
Johnson County
Johnson County Community College
- Trustee
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- Chad Carroll
- Geoff Holton
- Dawn Rattan
- Lee Cross
Water District Board
- Member 4
- Jennifer Gunby
Leawood
- City Council 1
- Matt Peppes
- City Council 3
- Mitch Lohr
Lenexa
- City Council 1
- John Michael Handi
- City Council 2
- Nicole Wasson
- City Council 3
- Avery Bell
Merriam
- City Council 4
- Rubin Cozmyer
Mission
- City Council 4
- Ben Chociej
- Mayor
- Sollie Flora
Olathe
- City Commissioner At Large
- Rob Olson
- City Council 4
- Kevin Deneault
District 3 School Board
- Position 3
- Julie Steele
- Position 6
- Becky Johann
Overland Park
- Mayor
- Curt Skoog
- City Council 1
- Logan Heley
- City Council 2
- Melissa Cheatham
- City Council 3
- Tom Carignan
Prairie Village
- City Council 1
- Cole Robinson
- City Council 2
- Ronald Nelson
- City Council 4
- Nathan Vallette
- City Council 6
- Jim Sellers
Shawnee
- City Council 1
- Thomas Steele
- City Council 2
- Eric Persson
- City Council 3
- Morgan Rainey
- City Council 4
- Erin Aldridge
Shawnee Mission
- School Board 6
- Heather Ousley
Spring Hill
- School Board 6
- Ted Beauchamp
- City Council At-Large
- Brian Peel
