General Election

It's Primary Day and voters trickled into polling places across Wichita. Voters are picking candidates for the general election next month. Turnout is expected to be around nine percent according to Bill Gale, Sedgwick County Election Commissioner. There are races in Wichita for Mayor, City Council and Board of Education. Wichita Mayor: Top 2 candidates will advance to the April 5 General Election. Wichita City Council: Top 2 candidates in each district will advance to the April 5 General Election.

Sedgwick County election officials expect a 14 percent voter turnout for the general election April 5. The general election includes races for Wichita mayor, Wichita city council and Wichita school board. Only around 8 percent of registered voters in Sedgwick County turned out for the primary election for this race. The election office is offering its usual advance voting options, including advance voting by mail and satellite voting locations which will be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Sedgwick County.

After counting 18 provisional ballots, Pete Meitzner will continue on to the general election for Wichita City Council.  Meitzner is running for the District 2 seat.  After Tuesday's election, there were only ten votes between him and Steve Harris. On Friday, the provisional ballots were counted and Meitzner remained ahead of Harris by eight votes. Meitzner will now face Charlie Stevens in the April 5 general election. Stevens was the top vote-getter in the primary.

Jim Slattery has won the Democratic Primary for the U.S. Senate. With nearly 100% of precincts reporting, Slattery has a 69-31 percent lead over opponent Lee Jones. Slattery gave his acceptance speech around 9:45 pm Tuesday night in Topeka.  Slattery will face Pat Roberts in the General Election this November.

Fewer voters than expected cast ballots in Tuesday's general election. In Sedgwick County only 12.7% of voters, or just under 33,000 people, cast a ballot in the election. Election officials had expected a 14% voter turnout. Tuesday's election included races for Wichita Mayor, Wichita City Council and Wichita School Board. See all the results for races where you live in the Campaign 2011 section of KWCH.com .

Full Name: Barack Hussein Obama Born: August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii Official Website: www.barackobama.com barackobama @BARACKOBAMA Biography: Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. He is seeking a second term in office. In 2008, President Obama defeated Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton's powerful primary campaign and surged ahead of Republican Sen. John McCain in the general election to become the first African-American president in U.S. history.

A Yahoo blog called The Signal is predicting that Barack OBama will will the general election this November. The writer even tallies the electoral votes this way...Obama with 303 and the Republican nomnee with 235. I'm not asking if it matters to you who wins...or who your preference for the White House would be. The question is, does such a prediction make any difference to you? Does it in ANY way change your view of the political landscape? If it turns out to be accurate, will you pay more attention to future predictions from a source like this.

1,000 Kansas adults were interviewed by SurveyUSA 09/14/10 through 09/16/10. Of them, 841 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 602 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 11/02/10 general election. Advance ballots are mailed 10/13/10; in-person advance voting begins 10/26/10. If the election for United States Senator from Kansas were today, who would you vote for? 5% - Bellis (RP) 2% - Dann (L) 24% - Johnston (D)

SurveyUSA interviewed 900 adults from Kansas' 1st Congressional District 08/05/10 through 08/08/10. Of them, 767 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 542 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 11/02/10 general election. 1   Asked of 542 Likely Voters   Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.1% If the election for U.S. House of Representatives were today, who would you vote for?

From The Kansas Historical Society: Politician, businesswoman. Born July 29, 1932, Topeka, Kansas. Nancy Landon was born July 29, 1932, in Topeka, Kansas, to Alfred M. and Theo (Cobb) Landon.  Shortly after her birth, her father became the 26th governor of Kansas. Alfred Landon was the 1936 Republican nominee for president. Nancy Landon graduated from the University of Kansas and the University of Michigan with a master's in diplomatic history. She married Philip Kassebaum in 1956.

Just 4.7% of registered voters turned out for Tuesday's primary election.  That's compared with 2011 which has a low of 7.75%. Election officials knew the turnout was going to be low because there weren't a lot of heated races.  They also say weather was a factor in keeping some voters home. Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman says the polling place at the Sedgwick Co. Zoo only had five voters through the entire day. She says it is a shame that more people didn't get out and vote, since the poll workers worked so hard to make sure polling places were open and clear of snow.

The preliminary asessment by Kansas Election Director Brad Bryant suggests changes in managerial technique and better training may benefit the Sedgwick County election office. Secretary of State Kris Kobach sent a team from his office to Wichita Tuesday afternoon. They met with Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman for two hours to discuss why it took so long for the election office to report returns in both the August primary and general election. "Our office was aware (of the late reporting in the primary)

Sedgwick County Sheriff Bob Hinshaw says he will leave office before the end of the year. Hinshaw lost August's primary election to Wichita police Captain Jeff Easter. Easter easily won Tuesday's general election. Hinshaw says he will step down before Easter is sworn in in January in part, because the retirement program offers incentives to retire before the end of the year. Hinshaw says he and sheriff-elect Easter have spoken, and are planning to meet before the Easter takes over in January.

Eyewitness News wants you to hear all of the sides before you cast your vote in the November general election. This week, we are giving you the chance to meet the candidates running for the Fourth Congressional District. ROBERT TILLMAN (D) Hello, my name is Robert Tillman. I am a retired Kansas Supreme Court services officer. I am a proud Democrat running for the United States Congress. As a United States Representative for the State of Kansas District 4, I also ran for Congress in 2010 but you elected Republican Mike Pompeo.

A special election in Dodge City picks a winner in a primary race that was split by just two votes. The election held Tuesday in Ford County affected the Ford County Commission District 2 Republican primary. In August Michael Burkhart defeated incumbent Chris Boys by two votes. After the election, county officials determined 41 voters in that race received the wrong ballots, which did not include Boys and Burkhart. Tuesday those 41 voters were allowed to cast new ballots. After the special election, Boys won the race over Burkhart by four votes.

The race was separated by just three votes, but a final count of provisional ballots does not change the outcome of the Ford County Commission District 2 Republican primary. Monday, county officials counted 38 provisional ballots in the race. Michael Burkhart still defeated incumbent Chris Boys for the district 2 Republican primary. After the count, Burkhart won by just two votes instead of three. "Well, it was a good close election, and I think the reason why the folks chose me is because of my knowledge, my background and my reputation," said Burkhart.

Full Name: Barack Hussein Obama Born: August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii Official Website: www.barackobama.com barackobama @BARACKOBAMA Biography: Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. He is seeking a second term in office. In 2008, President Obama defeated Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton's powerful primary campaign and surged ahead of Republican Sen. John McCain in the general election to become the first African-American president in U.S. history.

A Yahoo blog called The Signal is predicting that Barack OBama will will the general election this November. The writer even tallies the electoral votes this way...Obama with 303 and the Republican nomnee with 235. I'm not asking if it matters to you who wins...or who your preference for the White House would be. The question is, does such a prediction make any difference to you? Does it in ANY way change your view of the political landscape? If it turns out to be accurate, will you pay more attention to future predictions from a source like this.

From The Kansas Historical Society: Politician, businesswoman. Born July 29, 1932, Topeka, Kansas. Nancy Landon was born July 29, 1932, in Topeka, Kansas, to Alfred M. and Theo (Cobb) Landon.  Shortly after her birth, her father became the 26th governor of Kansas. Alfred Landon was the 1936 Republican nominee for president. Nancy Landon graduated from the University of Kansas and the University of Michigan with a master's in diplomatic history. She married Philip Kassebaum in 1956.

Fewer voters than expected cast ballots in Tuesday's general election. In Sedgwick County only 12.7% of voters, or just under 33,000 people, cast a ballot in the election. Election officials had expected a 14% voter turnout. Tuesday's election included races for Wichita Mayor, Wichita City Council and Wichita School Board. See all the results for races where you live in the Campaign 2011 section of KWCH.com .