Kansas City Business Community Fighting for Business in our State Capitols

Aug 05, 2022

Category:

Public Policy

The KC BizPAC, a Political Action Committee in collaboration with the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, endorsed a number of primary candidates in both Missouri and Kansas for the August 2, 2022 election, with great success. The following list shows the candidates supported by BizPAC and election results.

2022 KC BizPAC Kansas and Missouri Primary Results

Kansas Success Rate: 67% (6 Advancing to General; 3 Losses)

Kansas Legislature

House:

  • House District 37 (Kansas City, KS area) – Melissa Oropeza – Advanced to General
  • House District 33 (Bonner Springs area) – Bill Hutton – Advanced to General
  • House District 109 (Russell area) – Troy Waymaster – Advanced to General
  • House District 119 (Dodge City area) – Brad Ralph - Lost
  • House District 107 (Beloit area) – Susan Concannon – Advanced to General
  • House District 123 (Garden City area) – John Wheeler – Lost
  • House District 122 (Garden City area) – Bill Clifford – Advanced to General

Kansas Statewide:

  • Attorney General: Kellie Warren – Lost
  • Secretary of State: Scott Schwab – Advanced to General

 

Johnson County

Commission Chair:

  • Mike Kelly – Advanced to General
  • Shirley Allenbrand – Lost

Missouri Success Rate: 82% (9 Advancing to General; 2 Losses)

Missouri General Assembly

Senators:

  • Senate District 8 (Blue Springs/Lee’s Summit area) – Mike Cierpiot – Advanced to General
  • Senate District 30 (Springfield area) – Lincoln Hough – Advanced to General
  • Senate District 6 (Jefferson City/Lake Ozark/Versailles area) – Mike Bernskoetter – Advanced to General
  • Senate District 28 (Warsaw/Sedalia/Bolivar area) – Sandy Crawford – Advanced to General
  • Senate District 32 (Joplin area) – Bill White – Lost
  • Senate District 16 (Lebanon/Rolla area) – Justin Brown – Advanced to General
  • Senate District 12 (Maysville/Rock Port/Trenton area)– Rusty Black – Advanced to General

House:

  • House District 62 (Peculiar area) – Sherri Gallick – Advanced to General
  • House District 19 (Northeast Kansas City area) – Ingrid Burnett – Advanced to General
  • House District 22 (Central Kansas City area) – Yolanda Young – Advanced to General
  • House District 36 (Grandview area) – Annette Turnbaugh – Lost

Jackson County Legislature

County Exec:

  • Frank White – Advanced to General

1st District:

  • Geoff Gerling – Lost
  • Manny Abarca – Advanced to General

1st District At-Large:

  • Jalen Anderson – Advanced to General

2nd District At-Large:

  • Zac Sweets – Lost

3rd District At-Large:

  • Tony Miller – Lost

We would also like to thank all our BizPAC Contributors and congratulate them on their successful election night. If you are interested in being part of KC BizPAC, please reach out to Adam Timmerman at gkcccpac@gmail.com.

  • KC Southern 
  • McCown Gordon Construction 
  • Civic Council
  • Burns & McDonnell 
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City 
  • Dickson Financial 
  • DD Ranch
  • Hallmark 
  • JE Dunn 
  • Evergy 
  • Shook Hardy Bacon 
  • Stinson LLP 
  • Husch Blackwell 
  • AT&T
  • Polsinelli 

For more information about KC BizPAC