The Bulletin

Sterling, Kansas • Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Rice County Public Notices - July 2, 9, & 16, 2026

NOTICE OF

PRIMARY ELECTION

CANDIDATES TO BE VOTED FOR AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION, STATE OF KANSAS, RICE COUNTY, KANSAS, TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN:

I, the undersigned County Election Officer of the above-named county, have received a certified listing of candidates for the various nominations to be made by each of the political parties of this state, and, in accordance with the provisions of law, I hereby publish so much thereof as is applicable to this county, and I have added thereto, the names and addresses of the candidates of nomination of the Republican and Democratic parties:

 

NATIONAL OFFICES

United States Senate

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Damon Anderson  

P.O Box 860010, Shawnee, 66226

Christy Davis 715 1st St,

Cottonwood Falls, 66845

Adam Hamilton PO Box 6,

Stilwell, 66085

Jason Hart 302 N. Pershing,

Wichita, 67208

Kevin Latz 6341 Belinder Ave, Mission Hills, 66208

Erik Murray P.O. Box 3032, Kansas City, 66103

Sandy Spidel Neumann

PO Box 2159, Mission, 66201

Anne Parelkar PO Box 25174,

Overland Park, 66225

Patrick C. Schmidt

303 SW Woodlawn, Box 750783,

Topeka, 66606

Michael “Mike” Soetaert

815 N Woodlawn Ave, Apt 127 Wellington, 67152-2837

Noah Taylor  7130 W Maple St,

Suite 230, Box 329,

Wichita, 67209

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Roger Marshall

Pond Naramore 1339 Maple Ln,

or Box 364, Lawrence, 66044

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 1ST DISTRICT

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Colin McRoberts  #326

645 Vermont St, Lawrence, 66044

Lauren Reinhold

4000 W. 6th Street, Ste B #241

Lawrence, 66049

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Tracey Mann PO Box 1084,

Salina, 67402

Craig Musser 570 SE 50th Road,

Ellinwood, 67526

STATE OFFICES

Governor / Lt. Governor

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Ethan Corson / Renee Duxler

P.O. Box 4513

Overland Park, 66204

Cindy Holscher / KC Ohaebosim

P.O. Box 2903, Olathe, 66063

Curt Skoog / 

Jennifer Bacani McKenney

P.O. Box 7053,

Overland Park, 66207

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Ty Masterson / Jeffrey Klemp

P.O. Box 424, Andover, 67002

Charlotte O’Hara / 

Michelle Dombrosky

15712 Windsor St

Overland Park, 66224

Nick Reinecker / Katy Reinecker

504 S. Maple, Inman, 67546

Stacy L Rogers /

Michael W Smith

Philip Sarnecki / Joy Eakins

PO Box 12081,

Overland Park, 66282

Vicki Schmidt / Joe Newland

P O Box 3801, Topeka, 66604

Scott Schwab / Ken Rahjes

PO Box 2818, Olathe, 66063

SECRETARY OF STATE

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Jennifer Day P.O. Box 104,

Mission, 66202-9810

Samuel Lane 6302 Hallet St,

Shawnee 66216

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Pat Proctor 624 Kickapoo St,

Leavenworth, 66048

ATTORNEY GENERAL

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Chris Mann

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Kris Kobach P.O. Box 155,

Lecompton, 66050

STATE TREASURER

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Juan C. Luengo

14904 S. Summit St,

Olathe, 66062

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Steven Johnson

10197 S. Hopkins Road

Assaria, 67416

COMMISSIONER OF

INSURANCE

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Dinah Sykes

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Daniel Hawkins

9406 W. Harvest Ln., 

Wichita, 67212

STATE SENATE, 

24THDISTRICT

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Scott Hill  P.O. Box 1041,

Salina, 67401

STATE SENATE,

25TH DISTRICT

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Silas J. Miller 3030 E. English St., Wichita, 67211

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Christopher Parisho

311 S. Exposition St

Wichita, 67213

KANSAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 113TH DISTRICT

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Jo Ann Roth 314 W. 3rd Street,

Ellinwood, 67526

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Brett Fairchild

150 NW 40th Street,

St. John, 67576

Member,

State Board of Education,

7TH DISTRICT

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

Ann Zimmerman 3904 N. Ohio,

Salina, 67401

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Alana McWilliams, Abilene, 67410

DISTRICT JUDGE, 20TH 

JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DIVISION 1

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Carey Hipp 1282 Highway 14,

Ellsworth, 67439

COUNTY OFFICES

 

RICE COUNTY CLERK

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Raechel Manley P.O. Box 4,

Lyons, 67554

Rice County Treasurer

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Kristi Smith, Great Bend, 67530

COUNTY COMMISSIONER, 

1ST DISTRICT

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Carla Gustafon, Lyons, 67554

Rocky Summers, Lyons, 67554

Atlanta Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Roger J. Edwards, Sterling, 67579

Bell Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

John Royer, Raymond, 67573

Center Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Melvin Lauppe, Lyons, 67554

Eureka Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Steven Janssen, Geneseo, 67444

Harrison Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Sean Feldman, Lyons, 67554

Lincoln Township 

Treasurer

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Jason Meyeres, Chase, 67524

East Washington

Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Tracy Speice, Inman, 67546

West Washington

Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Burk Johnson, Sterling, 67579

Wilson Township Clerk

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

Julie Engelland, Sterling, 67579

Lyons 2nd Ward

City Council

Angela Evans, Lyons, 67554

Jason Beaver, Lyons, 67554

Casey Schrag, Lyons, 67554

John Brundage, Lyons, 67554

Pursuant to the foregoing, I hereby give notice that a Primary Election will be held on the 4th day of August 2026 at which time the candidates from the above list may be voted on at the polling place according to the following precincts:

Celebration Center – Lyons

Lyons 1st Ward, Lyons 2nd Ward, Lyons 3rd Ward, Lyons 4th Ward, Atlanta, Harrison, Mitchell, and Wilson Townships

Sterling Methodist Church

Fellowship Hall – Sterling

Sterling East Ward, Sterling West Ward, Sterling, Valley, East Washington, and West Washington Townships

Bushton Community Building –

Bushton

Eureka and Farmer Townships,

Chase Senior Center – Chase

Bell, Center, Lincoln, Pioneer, and Raymond Townships

Geneseo 55+ Club – Geneseo

Galt and Victoria Townships,

Dwight Lamson Post 258 - The American Legion – Little River

Odessa, Union, and Rockville Townships

The polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on August 4, 2026.

Advanced voting will begin Monday, July 27th, 2026, at the Rice County Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 101 W. Commercial, Lyons, KS.  And will end on AUGUST 3rd AT 12:00 NOON.

Done at my office in the City of Lyons, County of Rice, and State of Kansas this 24th day of June 2026.

Raechel Manley

Rice County Election Officer

(Published in the Lyons Kansas News, Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, on July 2, 2026; July 9, 2026 and July 16, 2026). 37.50

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