Wichita Metro Chamber PAC announces endorsements
The Wichita Metro Chamber PAC announced its endorsements for the Aug. 7 primary today. The Chamber’s political arm sided predominantly with the more conservative of candidates, although the Chamber says its endorsements aren’t based on political labels and are rather intended to support the candidate most likely to help grow the economy and add jobs.
Chamber lobbyist Jason Watkins said the endorsements are based on their views of who is proactive on helping the state be more competitive by lowering the cost of business and reducing regulations.
Here’s their endorsement list. And here’s a link to their most recent ethics commission filing, which shows where recent contributions have come from.
South Central Kansas State House Candidates
District 72 Marc Rhoades
District 73 Clark Shultz
District 76 Willie Prescott*
District 76 Peggy Mast*
District 77 David Crum
District 79 Larry Alley
District 80 Kasha Kelley
District 81 Jim Howell
District 82 Pete DeGraff
District 84 Dan Heflin
District 85 Steve Brunk
District 86 John Stevens
District 87 Mark Kahrs
District 88 Joe Scapa
District 89 Peggy Elliott
District 90 Steve Huebert
District 91 Gene Suellentrop
District 92 Brenda Landwehr
District 93 George "Joe" Edwards
District 94 Mario Goico
District 95 Benny Boman
District 96 Rick Lindsey
District 97 Les Osterman
District 98 Phil Hermanson
District 99 Dennis Hedke
District 100 Bridget Schneider
District 101 Joe Seiwert
District 104 Ken Willard
District 105 Mark Hutton
District 116 Kyle Hoffman
South Central Kansas State Senate Candidates
District 14 Forrest Knox
District 16 Ty Masterson
District 25 Michael O'Donnell
District 26 Dan Kerschen
District 27 Les Donovan
District 28 Mike Peterson
District 29 Kenya Cox
District 30 Susan Wagle
District 31 Gary Mason
District 32 Steve Abrams
District 34 Terry Bruce
County Commission, District III
Karl Peterjohn*
Jeff Longwell*
Other Races
Judge William Woolley
*indicates dual endorsement
This story was originally published July 17, 2012 at 11:59 AM with the headline "Wichita Metro Chamber PAC announces endorsements."