KC Star endorsements for Missouri

MISSOURI

AMENDMENTS AND PROPOSITION

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2: Shall the Constitution be amended to allow and set limitations on stem cell research, therapies and cures, including a ban on human cloning? — YES

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3: Shall the Constitution be amended to create a Healthy Future Trust Fund to reduce and prevent tobacco use, and to increase funding for health-care access for low-income individuals, financed by higher cigarette and tobacco taxes? — YES

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 6: Shall the Constitution be amended to exempt taxes on real and personal property used for activities of veterans’ organizations? — NO

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 7: Shall the Constitution be amended to require a two-thirds majority vote of the General Assembly to change or disapprove the salary recommendations of the Missouri Citizens’ Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials? — N O

PROPOSITION B: Shall Missouri statutes be amended to increase the state minimum wage to $6.50 an hour, with the wage adjusted annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index? — YES

U.S. SENATE: Claire McCaskill (D)

U.S HOUSE

4th District — Ike Skelton (D)

5th District — Emanuel Cleaver II (D)

6th District — Sara Jo Shettles (D)

AUDITOR

Susan Montee — (D)

MISSOURI SENATE

8th District — Jason Norbury (D)

10th District — Jolie L. Justus (D)

34th District — Charlie Shields (R)

MISSOURI HOUSE

29th District — Martin T. Rucker (D)

30th District — Jared Welch (D)

32nd District — Jason Grill (D)

33rd District — Terry Stone (D)

34th District — Tim Flook (R)

35th District — Doug Ervin (R)

36th District — Bob Nance (R)

38th District — Dennis Spears (D)

39th District — Beth Low (D)

46th District — Kate Meiners (D)

47th District — Tom Haley (D)

48th District — Will Kraus (R)

52nd District — Paul LeVota (D)

53rd District — Curt Dougherty (D)

54th District — Gary Dusenberg (R)

55th District — Bryan Pratt (R)

JUDGES

Standing for retention: YES to all.

KANSAS CITY

QUESTION 1: Shall the city be authorized to collect fire inspection fees from owners of businesses and apartment buildings? — NO

QUESTION 2: Shall the city extend the three-eighths-cent transportation sales tax to construct, operate and maintain a transit system that includes light rail? — NO

JACKSON COUNTY

County executive — Mike Sanders (D)

County Legislature, 5th District — Gregory O. Grounds (R)

INDEPENDENCE

QUESTION: Shall a new code of ordinances be approved to regulate smoking in all workplaces and public places? — YES

LEE’S SUMMIT

QUESTION: Shall the code of ordinances be amended to prohibit smoking in all restaurants and bars in Lee’s Summit? — YES

LIBERTY

PROPOSITION, A NNEXATION AREA ‘A’: Shall the city limits be extended to include about 2 square miles of unincorporated land between South Liberty Trafficway and Missouri 291? — YES

PROPOSITION, ANNEXATION AREA ‘B’: Shall the city limits be extended to include about 9 square miles of unincorporated land north of the current city limits? — YES

RAYTOWN

QUESTION 1: Shall the city renew a half-cent sales tax for 10 years for transportation? — YES

QUESTION 2: Shall the city levy a three-eighths-cent sales tax for 10 years for capital improvements? — YES

RAYTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

QUESTION: Shall the district issue general obligation bonds worth up to $30 million to build, remodel and expand schools, with no tax increase? — YES

CLAY COUNTY

Presiding commissioner — Ed Quick (D)

Auditor — Vic Hurlbert (R)

Collector of revenue — Sandra Reeves (D)

Prosecuting attorney — Dan White (D)

County clerk — Tom Brandom (D)

PLATTE COUNTY

Presiding commissioner — Betty Knight (R)

Auditor — Siobhann Kathleen Williams (D)

Collector of revenue — Donna C. Nash (R)

County clerk — Rebecca Rooney (R)

Recorder of deeds — Gloria Boyer (R)



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Jason is the only name on the ballot, but a fundamentalist group (International House of Prayer) launched a last-minute stealth campaign to leverage the No-on-2 vote for a write-in victory. It could work only because lots of people don't bother to vote in races where only one name is on the ballot.

The Star might have thought the same, and so didn't bother to endorse Jason.

Jason *is* a Democrat.