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Primary candidates listed
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Below are the offices on the Tuesday primary ballot and the candidates who filed for them. The information comes from the Barton County Clerk’s Office.
 • Barton County Commission
First District – Kenny Schremmer
Fourth District – Dean Akings and Jennifer Schartz
Fifth District – Alicia (Schartz) Straub and Ken Lebbin
• U.S. Senate
Chad Taylor, Democrat, Topeka
Patrick Wiesner, Democrat, Lawrence
Pat Roberts, Republican, Dodge City
D.J. Smith, Republican, Osawatomie
Milton Wolf, Republican, Leawood
Alvin E. Zahnter, Republican, Russell
• U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
James E. Sherow, Democrat, Manhattan
Bryan R. Whitney, Democrat, Wichita
Tim Huelskamp, Republican, Fowler
Alan LaPolice, Republican, Clyde
• Kansas governor/lieutenant governor
Paul Davis / Jill Docking , Democrat, Topeka
Jennifer Winn/ Robin R. Lais, Republican, Haysville
Sam Brownback / Jeff Colyer, Republican, Topeka
• Secretary of state
 Jean Kurtis Schodorf, Democrat, Wichita
 Kris Kobach, Republican, Piper
Scott Morgan, Republican, Lawrence
• Attorney general
A.J. Kotich, Democrat, Topeka
Derek Schmidt, Republican, Independence
State treasurer
Carmen Alldritt, Democrat, Topeka
Ron Estes, Republican, Wichita
• Commissioner of insurance     
Dennis Anderson, Democrat, Overland Park
Beverly Gossage, Republican, Eudora     
David J. Powell, Republican, El Dorado
Ken Selzer, Republican, Leawood
Clark Shultz, Republican, Lindsborg
John M. Toplikar, Republican, Olathe
• Kansas House
District 109
Troy L. Waymaster, Republican, Luray
District 112
Steve Muehleisen, Democrat, Great Bend
John Edmonds, Republican, Great Bend
District 113     
Jeremy “Basil” Dannebohm, Republican, Ellinwood
The general election falls on Nov. 4.
State Board or Edcuation District 5
Sally Cauble, Republican, Dodge City
Meg Wilson, Republican, Great Bend   
• Albion Township Precinct Committeeman
Wesley E. Radcliffe, Republican, Hoisington
• Albion Precinct Township Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Albion Township Clerk
Ronald (Rocky) Meitner, Republican, Olmitz
• Beaver Township Precinct Committeeman
Leonard Moeder, Republican, Beaver
• Beaver Township Precinct Committeewoman
Linda M. Moeder, Republican, Beaver
• Beaver Township Clerk
David Dolechek, Republican, Claflin
• Buffalo Township Precinct Committeeman
Mark D. Calcara, Republican, Great Bend
• Buffalo Township Precinct Committeewoman
Kristy Hogan, Republican, Great Bend
• Buffalo Township Clerk
No Candidate   
• Cheyenne Township Precinct Committeeman
John E. Bogner, Republican, Claflin
• Cheyenne Township Precinct Committeewoman
Juanita W. Bogner, Republican, Claflin
• Cheyenne Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Clarence Township Precinct Committeman
No Candidate   
• Clarence Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Clarence Township Clerk
Greg Kellar , Republican, Albert
• Cleveland Township Precinct Committeeman
Jack Willenberg, Republican, Claflin
• Clevland Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate   
• Cleveland Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Comanche Township Precinct Committeeman
James Stevens, Republican, Great Bend
• Comanche Township Precinct Committeewoman
Pam Wornkey, Republican, Ellinwood
• Comanche Township Clerk
Mary K. Barrow, Democratic, Ellinwood
• Eureka Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• Eureka Township Precinct Committeewoman
Shelly R. Schneider, Republican, Olmitz
• Eureka Township Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Fairview Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• Fairview Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Fairview Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Grant Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• Grant Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Grant Township Clerk
Emerson Macdonald , Democratic, Otis
• Great Bend Township A Precinct Commiteeman
Richard A. Ball , Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend Township A Precinct Committeewoman
Beverly P. Komarek, Republican, Great Bend
Velma L. Kraft, Democratic,  Great Bend
• Great Bend Township B Precinct Committeeman
J. Keith Beckwith, Republican, Great Bend   
• Great Bend Township B Precinct Committeewoman
Oleta L. Beckwith, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend Township Clerk
Timothy M. Hammeke , Republican, Great Bend
• North Homestead Township Precinct Committeeman
Gene Manweiler, Republican, Hoisington
• North Homestead Township Precinct Committeewoman
Mary Anne Stoskopf, Republican, Hoisington
• North Homestead Township Clerk
Richard W. Lacey, Democratic, Hoisington
• South Homestead Township Precinct Committeeman
Terry Radenberg, Republican, Great Bend
• South Homestead Township Precinct Committeewoman
Kyle Radenberg, Republican, Great Bend
• South Homestead Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Independent Township Precinct Committeeman
Mark Connell, Republican, Claflin
• Independent Township Precinct Committeewoman
Kim Connell, Republican, Claflin
• Independent Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Lakin Township Precinct Committeeman
Monty Strecker, Republican, Ellinwood
Lakin Township Precinct Committeewoman
Catherine R. Strecker , Republican, Ellinwood
• Lakin Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Liberty Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate   
• Liberty Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Liberty Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Logan Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• Logan Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate   
• Logan Township Clerk
Joseph V. Zink, Republican, Claflin
• Pawnee Rock Township Precinct Committeeman
Earl Allen Schmidt, Republican, Pawnee Rock
• Pawnee Rock Township Precinct Committeewoman
Charlotte Schmidt, Republican, Pawnee Rock
• Pawnee Rock Township Clerk
No Candidate
• South Bend Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• South Bend Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• South Bend Township Clerk
Lance Walters, Republican, Great Bend
• Union Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• Union Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Union Township Clerk
No Candidate,
• Walnut-Albert Township Precinct Committeeman
Richard Elmore, Republican, Albert
• Walnut-Albert Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Walnut-Olmitz Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• Walnut-Olmitz Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Walnut Township Clerk
Dale Kuhlman, Republican, Olmitz
• Wheatland Township Precinct Committeeman
No Candidate
• Wheatland Township Precinct Committeewoman
No Candidate   
• Wheatland Township Clerk
No Candidate
• Great Bend 1P-1W Committeeman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 1P-1W Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 2P-1W Committeeman
Kenneth J. Link, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 2P-1W Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 3P-1W Committeeman
Paul A. Jacobs, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 3P-1W Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 1P-2W Committeeman
Perry Schuetz, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 1P-2W Committeewoman
Nancy Schuetz, Republican, Great Bendn
• Great Bend 2P-2W Committeeman
No Candidate
Great Bend 2P-2W Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 3P-2W Committeeman
Robert A. Parrish, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 3P-2W Committeewoman
Mary Kottmann, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 1P-3W Committeeman
David R. Holste, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 1P-3W Committeewoman
Susan L. Holste, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 2P-3W Committeeman
Richard D. Johnson, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 2P-3W Committeewoman
Marcia Johnson, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 3P-3W Committeeman
Ken Roberts, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 3P3w Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 1P-4W Committeeman
Richard L. Friedeman, Republican, Great Bend
Brock R. Mcpherson, Democratic, Great Bend
• Great Bend 1P-4W Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 2P-4W Committeman
Loren Dyke, Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 2P-4W Committeewoman
Marilyn Dyke , Republican, Great Bend
• Great Bend 3P-4W Committeeman
No Candidate
• Great Bend 3P-4W Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Hoisington Ward 1 Committeeman
No Candidate
• Hoisington Ward 1 Committewoman
No Candidate
• Hoisington Ward 2 Committeeman
Norbert J. Schneider, Republican, Hoisington
• Hoisington Ward 2 Committeewoman
Melissa Brack Nech, Republican, Hoisington
• Hoisington Ward 3 Committeeman
No Candidate
• Hoisington Ward 3 Committeewoman
No Candidate
• Hoisington Ward 4 Committeeman
No Candidate
• Hoisington Ward 4 Committeewoman
Kathy Mcginnis, Republican, Hoisington