The Kansas Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee on Wednesday handed out its legislative endorsements for the upcoming Aug. 4 primary election.
Keep in mind, we are only including contested primary races just in case you notice a familiar name that might be missing.
This is the third installment of a series of endorsements that we will bring you as we get closer to the primary election.
Senate
District 10 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Mike Thompson
Opponent: state Rep. Tom Cox
District 11 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Kellie Warren
Opponent: state Sen. John Skubal
District 14 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Michael Fagg
Opponent: state Sen. Bruce Givens
District 15 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Former state Rep. Virgil Peck
Opponent: state Sen. Dan Goddard
District 18 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Tobias Schlingensiepen, Joe Cheray and H. Dean Zajic
District 20 Republican primary
No endorsment
Candidates: state Sen. Eric Rucker and state Rep. Brenda Dietrich
District 22 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Craig Bowser
Opponent: Bryan Pruitt
District 23 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Rob Olson
Opponent: Chris Lengquist
District 24 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. J.R. Claeys
Opponent: state Sen. Randall Hardy
District 30 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Melissa Gregory and Amy Lyon
District 33 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Alicia Straub
Opponent: state Sen. Mary Jo Taylor
District 34 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Mark Steffen
Opponent: state Sen. Ed Berger
District 39 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Lon Pishny
Opponent: state Sen. John Doll
House primary races
District 1 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Michael Houser
Opponent: Ronald Coquillette
District 4 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Trevor Jacobs
Opponent: Arlyn Briggs
District 5 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Mark Powls
Opponent: state Rep. Mark Samsel
District 6 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Clifford Blackmore
Opponent: Samantha Poetter
District 8 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Chris Croft
Opponent: Clayton Norkey
District 9 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Kent Thompson and Armando Hernandez
District 10 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Christina Haswood, A.J. Stevens and Brandon Holland
District 18 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Cathy Gordon
Opponent: Calvin Vandegrift
District 20 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Jane Dirks
Opponent: state Rep. Jan Kessinger
District 22 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Lindsay Vaughn and Randen Smith
District 28 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Carl Turner
Opponent: Fred Lehman
District 30 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Laura Williams
Opponent: Jesse Gillam
District 32 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Pam Curtis and Oscar Irenia
District 35 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Broderick Henderson and Nelson Gabriel
District 37 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Stan Frownfelter and Aaron Coleman
District 38 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Timothy Johnson
Opponents: Noell Hull and David Breuer
District 39 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Les Lampe and Michael Bolton
District 41 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Whitney Moulden, Donald Terrien and Mike Griswold
District 42 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Lance Neelly
Opponent: state Rep. Jim Karleskint
District 49 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Democratic primary candidates: Katie Dixon and Darnell Hunt
District 51 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ron Highland
Opponent: Gary Schuetz
District 52 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Jesse Borjon and Daniel Donaldson
District 52 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Mary Lou Davis and Sam Nasser
District 59 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Blaine Finch
Opponent: Shari Weber
District 69 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Ryan Holmquist and Phil Black
District 70 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. John Barker
Opponent: Daniel Wasylk
District 71 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Steven Howe
Opponent: state Rep. Diana Dierks
District 72 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Kathy Valentine
Opponents: Lance Gormley, Dwight McAdow and Avery Anderson
District 76 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Eric Smith
Opponent: Robert Harmon
District 79 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Ken White and Richard Donovan Kautz
District 82 Republican primary
Endorsed candidates: state Rep. Jesse Burris
Opponent: Jerimiah Webb
District 85 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Patrick Penn
Opponent: state Rep. Michael Capps
District 89 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Robert W. Herrick Jr. and Emanuel Banks
District 93 Republican primary
Endorsed candidates: Brian Bergkamp
Opponents: state Rep. J.C. Moore and Mike Webb
District 97 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Nick Hoheisel
Opponent candidate: Michael E. Walker
District 98 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Former state Rep. Steven Crum and Carol Brewer
District 106 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Lisa Moser
Opponent: Jon Ungerer
District 113 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Brett Fairchild
Opponent: Donna Hoener-Queal
District 114 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Bob Booth and Michael Murphy
District 115 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Boyd Orr and Courtney Schweizer
District 124 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Marty Long and Chandler Lee Burrows
