Wyandotte County 2024 live primary election results: Kansas Legislature seats & more

The Kansas City Star

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In today’s primary election in, voters in Wyandotte County will weigh in on the district attorney and district court races. The entire Kansas Legislature is on the ballot, and so are a few U.S. House representative seats.

Below, find live results for different races in Wyandotte County:

U.S. House District 2

Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District winds from the Nebraska border to the Oklahoma border, including part of Kansas City, Topeka, Emporia, Parsons, Pittsburg and Coffeyville.

The 2024 election suddenly became an open race earlier this year when Jake LaTurner decided not to seek re-election. Among the crowded field, former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda emerged as the top Democrat, and former Attorney General Derek Schmidt won on the Republican side to put himself on the brink of a political comeback.

U.S. representatives serve two-year terms.

U.S. House District 3

Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District includes southern Wyandotte County and all of Johnson, Miami and Franklin counties.

Democratic incumbent Sharice Davids ran unopposed in her primary. Physician Prasanth Reddy won the Republican primary to face her in November, defeating Karen Crnkovich.

U.S. representatives serve two-year terms.

District attorney

Democrat Mark Dupree is running unopposed for re-election as Wyandotte County District Attorney, which covers the cities of Kansas City, Kansas; Edwardsville; and Bonner Springs.

There are no Republicans running in the primary.

District court

Wyandotte County District Court is the 29th Judicial District in Kansas. Its judges are selected by voters in partisan elections. Kansas judges serve four-year terms. This year, eight of the district’s 16 judges are up for re-election, all of whom are Democrats.

The only competitive race was in Division 8, where Judge Jane Sieve Wilson was being challenged by attorney Allison Williamson.

Unofficial results show Wilson has defeated her challenger with 4,261 votes, or 54.6% of ballots cast.

Kansas State House Results

State representatives are lawmakers responsible for drafting and voting on legislation. They also help create the state budget and create legislation that helps regulate state agencies. There are 125 state representatives in the Kansas House, each serving a two year term at a time.

An incumbent representative in Wyandotte County was unseated Tuesday in a competitive Democratic primary centering on Marvin Robinson’s controversial voting record in the Legislature. Now retired teacher Wanda Brownlee Paige will run uncontested in November.

Wyandotte County residents voted in the District 31, District 33, District 34, District 35, District 36, District 37 and District 39 races.

Kansas State Senate Results

Wyandotte County residents will have a say in the District 4, 5 and 6 races.

Kansas state senators serve four-year terms.

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