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Local Snapshot
Primary ElectionAug. 4, 2026
Election DayNov. 3, 2026
StateKansas
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County Commission Chairman
County
Mike KellyIncumbent▾
An attorney at Husch Blackwell and the sitting chair of the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, first elected chair in 2022, per the county election office listing and Johnson County Post profiles. He was mayor of Roeland Park from 2017 to 2022 and co-founded Climate Action KC, per the Johnson County Post.
Priorities: Protecting public safety, notably Med-Act ambulance service, per the Johnson County Post · Improving aging infrastructure, per the Johnson County Post · Diversifying county revenue to rely less on property taxes, per the Johnson County Post
Owner of DMC Service Inc., a commercial heating, cooling, and plumbing contractor in Olathe, per the Johnson County Post. She founded the nonprofit Strong Families in 2019 to help struggling homeowners with urgent repairs, per her campaign site, and sought the Republican nomination in the 3rd Congressional District in 2024, per the Johnson County Post.
Priorities: Lowering property taxes by cutting the county taxing rate, per the Johnson County Post · A countywide moratorium on new data centers, per the Johnson County Post · Tighter scrutiny of economic development incentives, with clawbacks, per the Johnson County Post
A retired transportation executive who worked 37 years for Archer Daniels Midland, retiring as director of transportation in 2019, per the Johnson County Post. He serves on Olathe's street maintenance sales tax oversight committee, per his campaign biography.
Priorities: Fiscal oversight of the county budget, per the Johnson County Post · Ensuring home appraisals are fair, per the Johnson County Post · Opposing county spending on housing subsidies, per the Johnson County Post
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