Here’s who’s running in Sedgwick County’s 2020 primary election

As candidates filed a flurry of last-minute paperwork to jump into the 2020 race Monday, several local elections look to be competitive this year while others will have a single candidate.

Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, who dropped out of the U.S. Senate race last week, did not file to run for re-election in the Kansas legislature.

While positioning to run for U.S. Senate, the Wichita Republican has positioned herself as chief nemesis to Gov. Laura Kelly and has blocked Medicaid expansion in an attempt to put an anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on a statewide ballot.

Wagle’s decision not to file and former Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston’s last-second withdrawal from the District 30 race representing east Wichita shut down what could have been one of the most competitive races in the state.

That race could still garner attention and spending from both local parties.

Melissa Gregory, former aide to Democrat Dan Glickman, when he was a U.S. Congressman and as Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Agriculture, will square off with Amy Lyon, who placed fourth in the Wichita mayoral primary last summer, in the Democratic primary. The winner will face state Rep. Renee Erickson, R-Wichita.

The Sedgwick County Commission race could also prove to be a dogfight, as Democrats try to gain a majority on a board long held by conservatives.

Republicans are also looking to challenge seats that have been held by Democrats for decades. For the first time in over 20 years, the Republican party has placed a candidate in every Sedgwick County state house and senate race.

Lacey Cruse is the sole Democrat on the Sedgwick County Commission. Mike Iuen, retired KAKE News anchor, and Sarah Lopez, a healthcare worker, both Democrats, are looking to replace Republican commissioners David Dennis and Michael O’Donnell, who face challengers from within the their own party this August.

Republicans Cindy Miles, a longtime member of various nonprofit and government boards and a commissioner on the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission from Wichita, and Kathleen Garrison, a data analyst and former court reporter from Haysville, will square off with O’Donnell this summer.

In District 3, Dennis will have a Republican primary challenger in Hunter Larkin, a Goddard City Council member.

Sedgwick County’s two top law enforcement officials — District Attorney Marc Bennett and Sheriff Jeff Easter, both Republicans — are running unopposed.

Here’s a list of candidates running for office in the Wichita area:

U.S. Senate

Democratic: Barbara Bollier, Mission Hills; Robert Leon Tillman, Wichita

Republican: Lance Berland, Abilene; John L. Berman, Richland; Derek C. Ellis, Topeka; Bob Hamilton, Bucyrus; Kris Kobach, Lecompton; David Alan Lindstrom, Overland Park; Roger Marshall, Great Bend; Brian Matlock, Kansas City; John Miller, Overland Park; Steve Roberts, Overland Park; Gabriel Mark Robles, Topeka

U.S. House

District 4

Republican: Ron Estes, Wichita

Democratic: Laura Lombard, Wichita

Kansas Senate

District 25

Democratic: Mary Ware, Wichita

Republican: Vail Fruechting, Wichita

District 26

Democratic: None

Republican: Dan Kerschen, Garden Plain

District 27

Democratic: Mike McCorkle, Wichita

Republican: Gene Suellentrop, Wichita

District 28

Democratic: Jim Ward, Wichita

Republican: Mike Petersen, Wichita

District 29

Democratic: Oletha Faust Goudeau, Wichita

Republican: Myron L. Ackerman, Wichita

District 30

Democratic: Melissa Gregory, Wichita; Amy Lyon, Wichita

Republican: Renee Erickson, Wichita

Kansas House

District 79

Democratic: Richard Donovan Kautz, Mulvane; Ken White, Belle Plaine

Republican: Cheryl Helmer, Mulvane

District 81

Democratic: Matthew Joyce, Derby

Republican: Blake Carpenter, Derby

District 82

Democratic: Edward Hackerott, Mulvane

Republican: Jesse Burris, Mulvane; Jerimiah Webb, Mulvane

District 83

Democratic: Henry Helgerson, Wichita

Republican: Crystal Dozier, Wichita

District 84

Democratic: Gail Finney, Wichita

Republican: Janet Sue Rine, Wichita

District 85

Democratic: Marcey Gregory, Wichita

Republican: Michael Capps, Wichita; Patrick Penn, Wichita

District 86

Democratic: Stephanie Byers, Wichita

Republican: Cyndi Howerton

District 87

Democratic: Matt Fox, Wichita

Republican: Susan Oliver Estes, Wichita

District 88

Democratic: Elizabeth Bishop, Wichita

Republican: Wade Moore, Jr., Wichita

District 89

Democratic: KC Ohaebosim, Wichita

Republican: Emanuel Banks, Wichita; Robert W. Herrick Jr., Wichita

District 90

Democratic: None

Republican: Steve Huebert, Valley Center

District 91

Republican: Emil M. Bergquist, Park City

District 92

Democratic: John Carmichael, Wichita

Republican: Patrick McCormack, Wichita

District 93

Democratic: None

Republican: Brian Bergkamp, Haysville; J.C. Moore, Haysville; Mike Webb, Haysville

District 94

Democratic: Derek Milligan, Wichita

Republican: Leo G. Delperdang, Wichita

District 95

Democratic: Tom Sawyer, Wichita

Republican: Christopher Parisho, Wichita

District 96

Democratic: Stephanie Yeager, Wichita

Republican: Tom Kessler, Wichita

District 97

Democratic: Kim Webb, Wichita

Republican: Nick Hoheisel, Wichita; Michael E. Walker, Wichita

District 98

Democratic: Carol Brewer, Wichita; Steven G. Crum, Haysville

Republican: Ron Howard

District 99

Democratic: Phil Dodson, Andover

Republican: Susan Humphries, Wichita

District 100

Democratic: Chad Smith, Wichita

Republican: Daniel Hawkins, Wichita

District 101

Democratic: Elliott R. Adams, Goddard

Republican: Joe Seiwart, Pretty Prairie

District 103

Democratic: Ponka-We Victors, Wichita

Republican: Susanne Haynes, Wichita

District 105

Democratic: Michelle Snyder, Wichita

Republican: Brenda Landwehr, Wichita

State Board of Education

District 8

Democratic: Betty Arnold, Wichita

Republican: Kathy Busch, Wichita; Trish Hileman, Wichita

District 10

Democratic: None

Republican: Jim McNiece, Wichita

Sedgwick County Commission

District 2

Democratic: Sarah Lopez, Wichita

Republican: Kathleen Garrison, Haysville; Cindy Miles, Wichita; Michael O’Donnell, Wichita

District 3

Democratic: Mike Iuen, Wichita

Republican: David Dennis, Wichita; Hunter Larkin, Goddard

Sedgwick County Clerk

Democratic: Kelli Reid, Wichita

Republican: Kelly Arnold, Wichita

Sedgwick County Treasurer

Democratic: Charity Kennedy, Wichita

Republican: Brandi Baily, Wichita; Ben Sauceda, Wichita

District Court Judge

Position 1

Democratic: Joni Cole, Wichita

Republican: Phil Journey, Wichita

Position 11

Democratic: Monique Centeno, Wichita

Republican: Quentin Pittman, Wichita

Judges running unopposed: Patrick Walters, Stephen J. Ternes, William S. Woolley, Christopher Magana, Kellie E. Hogan, Gregory D Keith, Bruce Brown, Kevin Mark Smith, Eric N. Williams, Jeff Dewey, Deborah Hernandez Mitchell, Sean Hatfield, Eric A. Commer, Dave Dahl, Tyler J. Roush, Jeff Syrios, Kevin O’Connor and Jeff Goering, all Republicans.

Unopposed county offices

Sedgwick County District Attorney: Marc Bennett, R-Wichita

Sedgwick County Sheriff: Jeff Easter, R-Wichita

Sedgwick County Register of Deed: Tonya Buckingham, R-Wichita