KS-SD03: Shawnee County candidates for Kansas legislature outline views at meet-and-greet with voters

TOPEKA — The way the League of Women Voters of Topeka-Shawnee County usually conducts their candidate forums wasn’t working.

Candidates wouldn’t show up, and voters weren’t engaged, said Mary Lou Davis, league president.

Ahead of the Nov. 5 election, the league wanted to do something different with Topeka-area legislative candidates. The league hosted an unmoderated meet-and-greet session Tuesday evening at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, where constituents mingled with legislative hopefuls discussing public education, the cost of living, medical marijuana and property tax reform.

Twenty-five candidates in and around the Shawnee County area are bidding for eight house seats and four senate seats in November. Of the 12 open positions, all but five Republicans and two Democrats showed up to the meet-and-greet Tuesday.



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