Mainstream Coalition Recommended Candidates | 2025 General Election
Mainstream Coalition’s candidate recommendations are meant to indicate that the selected candidates most closely align with Mainstream's values. Candidates are recommended by a bipartisan volunteer committee and approved by Mainstream's board of directors. The committees take into consideration available voting records, public statements, and direct interviews when necessary to determine how closely a candidate is aligned with Mainstream and to what degree they will champion our shared values if elected.
Mainstream did not recommend candidates in every race, including uncontested races or those where sufficient public information was not available to make an informed decision. For additional races outside of Johnson County, we recommended looking at the election guide published by our friend, Six Degrees of Activism, and for school boards across the state please visit Game On for Public Schools!
* Denotes incumbent
JOHNSON COUNTY CITIES
CITY OF DE SOTO
Councilmember, At-Large (choose two)
Seat 1: James Doscher
Seat 2: No recommendation
Mayor: Rick Walker*
CITY OF EDGERTON
Councilmember, At-Large (choose two)
Seat 1: Uncontested
Seat 2: Uncontested
Mayor: Uncontested
CITY OF FAIRWAY
Councilmember
Ward 1: Uncontested
Ward 2: Dan Bailey*
Ward 3: James Hafner
Ward 4: Tanya Keys*
Mayor: Uncontested
CITY OF GARDNER
Councilmember, At-Large (choose two)
Seat 1: Kelly Johnson
Seat 2: Dawn Kirtley
Mayor: Uncontested
CITY OF LAKE QUIVIRA
Councilmember, At-Large (choose two)
Seat 1: Uncontested
Seat 2: Uncontested
Mayor: Uncontested
CITY OF LEAWOOD
Councilmember
Ward 1: Matt Peppes
Ward 2: Uncontested
Ward 3: Rachel Rubin
Ward 4: Uncontested
CITY OF LENEXA
Councilmember
Ward 1: John Michael Handley*
Ward 2: Bill Nicks*
Ward 3: Avery Bell
Ward 4: Uncontested
CITY OF MERRIAM
Councilmember
Ward 1: Uncontested
Ward 2: Uncontested
Ward 3: Uncontested
Ward 4: Reuben Cozmyer*
Mayor: Bob Pape*
CITY OF MISSION
Councilmember
Ward 1: Uncontested
Ward 2: Sam Komosa
Ward 3: Debbie Kring*
Ward 4: Uncontested
Mayor: Uncontested
CITY OF MISSION HILLS
Councilmember, At-Large (choose two)
Seat 1: Uncontested
Seat 2: Uncontested
Mayor: No recommendation - Mainstream is not recommending in this race because Candidate Braden Perry serves as Mainstream’s General Counsel
CITY OF MISSION WOODS
Councilmember, At-Large (choose five)
Seat 1: uncontested
Seat 2: uncontested
Seat 3: uncontested
Seat 4: uncontested
Seat 5: uncontested
Mayor: Uncontested
CITY OF OLATHE
Councilmember, At-Large, Wards 3, and 4 (choose one At-Large and one from your ward)
At-Large: No recommendation - Mainstream is not recommending in this race because neither candidate fully aligns with Mainstream values. However, Candidate Jeff Creighton aligns more with extremist ideologies.
Ward 3: uncontested
Ward 4: no recommendation
CITY OF OVERLAND PARK
Councilmember
Ward 1: Uncontested
Ward 2: Melissa Cheatham*
Ward 3: Amy Scrivner
Ward 4: Amy Antrim
Ward 5: Andrew Payne
Ward 6: Uncontested
Mayor: Curt Skoog*
CITY OF PRAIRIE VILLAGE
Councilmember
Ward 1: Cole Robinson*
Ward 2: Ronald Nelson*
Ward 3: Shelby Bartelt
Ward 4: Nathan Vallette
Ward 5: Betsy Lawrence
Ward 6: Jim Sellers
Question: "Shall the City of Prairie Village, Kansas abandon the mayor-council form of government?" NO
CITY OF ROELAND PARK
Councilmember
Ward 1: Uncontested
Ward 2: Uncontested
Ward 3: Uncontested
Ward 4: Uncontested
Mayor: Uncontested
CITY OF SHAWNEE
Councilmember
Ward 1: Steele Reynolds
Ward 2: Eric Persson
Ward 3: Morgan Rainey
Ward 4: Erin Aldridge
CITY OF SPRING HILL
Councilmember, At-Large, 4 year term (choose two)
Seat 1: No Recommendation
Seat 2: No Recommendation
Councilmember, At-Large, 2 year unexpired term
Seat 1: No Recommendation
Mayor: No Recommendation
CITY OF WESTWOOD
Councilmember, At-Large (choose three)
Seat 1: Jeff Harris*
Seat 2: Spencer Day
Seat 3: Stephanie Becker
CITY OF WESTWOOD HILLS
Councilmember, At-Large (choose five)
Seat 1: Uncontested
Seat 2: Uncontested
Seat 3: Uncontested
Seat 4: Uncontested
Seat 5: Uncontested
Mayor: Uncontested
SCHOOL BOARD
USD 229 BLUE VALLEY
School Board member
Member 4: Uncontested
Member 5: Gina Knapp*
Member 6: David Benson
USD 232 DE SOTO
School Board member
Member 4: Lucy Rumsey DeWitt
Member 5: Calley Malloy*
Member 6: Brandi Jonasson*
USD 231 GARDNER EDGERTON
School Board member
Member 1: Julie Aldridge
Member 4: Sam Dominguez
Member 5: Uncontested
Member 6: No Recommendation - The incumbent does not align with Mainstream values. While candidate Davenport is a Mainstream candidate, his eligibility to serve would be pending local jurisdiction confirmation in January.
USD 233 OLATHE
School Board member
Member 3: Julie Steele*
Member 5: Uncontested
Member 6: Uncontested
USD 512 SHAWNEE MISSION
School Board member (choose one for your position and At-Large)
Member 2: Uncontested
Member 4: Uncontested
Member 6 At Large: Uncontested
USD 230 SPRING HILL
School Board member
Member 4: Autumn Coleman-Marconett
Member 5: Steve Miller
Member 6: Ted Beauchamp
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Trustee At-Large (choose four)
Seat 1: Chad Carroll
Seat 2: Lee Cross*
Seat 3: Geoff Holton
Seat 4: Dawn Rattan*
WATER DISTRICT
Board Member
Seat 3: Uncontested
Seat 4: Jennifer Gunby
Seat 5: Uncontested