The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee recently unveiled its endorsements for the 2018 primary set for Aug. 7.
The endorsements are largely focused on the Kansas City region with a handful of outstate picks. The chamber PAC allowed for the possibility that candidates could be added at a later date.
As has been our practice, we only mention endorsements in contested primaries.
Also, for this particular set of endorsements, we only noted races within the Kansas City area where there the chamber PAC chose not to endorse.
Here are the chamber PAC’s picks:
District 5 Republican Primary
No endorsement.
Candidates: Renee Slinkard, Mark Samsel.
District 6 Republican Primary
No endorsement.
Candidates: state Rep. Jene Vickrey, Clifford Blackmore.
District 8 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: Patty Markley.
Opponent: Chris Croft.
District 14 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: Tom Stanion.
Opponents: Charlotte Esau, Aaron Young.
District 17 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: Tom Cox
Opponent: Jim Eschrich.
House District 18 Democratic Primary
Endorsed candidate: Cindy Neighbor
Opponent: Andrew Hurla.
House District 18 Republican Primary
No endorsement.
Candidates: Eric Jenkins, Cathy Gordon.
House District 22 Democratic Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Nancy Lusk.
Opponent: Michael Coleman III.
House District 27 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: Karen Snyder.
Opponents: Rochelle Bird, state Rep. Sean Tarwater.
House District 28 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Joy Koesten.
Opponent: Kellie Warren.
House District 29 Republican Primary
No Endorsement.
Candidates: James Todd, Peggy Galvin.
House District 30 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: Collen Webster.
Opponent: Wendy Bingesser.
House District 30 Democratic Primary
Endorsed candidate: Brandon Woodard.
Opponent: Matthew Calcara.
House District 38 Republican Primary
No endorsement.
Candidates: state Rep. Willie Dove, Noel Hull.
House District 39 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: Kristy Acree
Opponent: Owen Donohoe.
House District 40 Democratic Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Debbie Deere.
Opponent: Donald G. Terrien.
House District 42 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Jim Karleskint.
Opponent: Lance Neelly
House District 59 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Blaine Finch.
Opponent: Shari Weber.
House District 75 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Mary Martha Good.
Opponent: Will Carpenter.
House District 80 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Anita Judd-Jenkins.
Opponent: Bill Rhiley.
House District 104 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Steve Becker.
Oppinent: Paul Waggoner.
House District 107 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Susan Concannon.
Opponent: Sam Sacco.
House District 113 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Greg Lewis.
Opponent: Brett Fairchild.
