REALTORS® don’t just sell homes. We help businesses and
families invest in our communities, which requires quality public schools, a growing
economy, a healthy real estate market, strong protection for private property
rights and a vibrant business environment.
That’s why it’s so important to build relationships with
elected officials who understand the key contribution that housing and
commercial real estate make to healthy, vibrant communities. We need elected
officials who share our REALTOR® values and who appreciate the contributions
that REALTORS® like you make to our communities.
KCRAR members volunteer to serve on committees to review the
voting records of elected officials and conduct personal interviews with
candidates who are running for office. The result is this Kansas City REALTORS®
PAC Voting Guide, which lets you know who stood up to stand with us and who
will help us build strong communities and protect the American Dream in Washington,
D.C., Jefferson City, Topeka and local city halls.
For more information on the screening process or this voting
guide, please contact Luke Bell, KCRAR Senior Vice President of Government
Affairs at lukeb@kcrar.com, Derek Ramsay,
KCRAR Vice President of Missouri REALTOR® Advocacy at derekr@kcrar.com or Jeff Carson, Director of Kansas REALTOR® Advocacy at jeffc@kcrar.com.
CONGRESSIONAL RACES
Claire McCaskill
US Senate, Missouri
Senator
McCaskill has been a REALTOR® Champion in the US Senate. She has been a strong
supporter of extending and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP), protecting the mortgage interest deduction (MID) and protecting
homeowners from phantom income tax liability on forgiven mortgage debt.
Kevin Yoder
US Congress, Kansas 3rd District
Congressman Yoder has been a strong supporter of REALTOR® issues
in the US House of Representatives. He has been a strong supporter of extending
and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), opposing burdensome
regulations for real estate development through the Waters of the United States
(WOTUS) regulations and pushing for more options for health insurance for small
business owners like REALTORS®.
(Johnson, Miami and
Wyandotte counties in Kansas)
Emanuel Cleaver
US Congress, Missouri 5th District
Congressman
Cleaver has been a REALTOR® Champion in the US House of Representatives. He has
been a strong supporter of extending and reforming the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP), protecting the mortgage interest deduction (MID) and protecting
homeowners from phantom income tax liability on forgiven mortgage debt.
(Jackson, Lafayette and Ray counties in
Missouri)
Sam Graves
US Congress, Missouri 6th District
Congressman
Graves has been a strong supporter of REALTOR® issues in the US House of
Representatives. He has been a strong supporter of extending and reforming the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), opposing burdensome regulations for
real estate development through the Waters of the United States (WOTUS)
regulations and pushing for more options for affordable health insurance for
small business owners like REALTORS®.
(Jackson, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell,
Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Dekalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway, Platte and
Worth counties in Missouri)
KANSAS
STATEWIDE RACES
Derek Schmidt
Attorney General
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has been a
REALTOR® Champion throughout his public service as the Kansas Attorney General
and previously as a Kansas State Senator. He has been a strong supporter of
REALTOR® efforts to rein in unscrupulous patent trolls, stop illegal driveway
taxes in the City of Mission and protect Kansas consumers from fraud.
Vicki Schmidt
Insurance Commissioner
Vicki Schmidt has been a long-standing REALTOR®
Champion as a member of the Kansas State Senate. She was a leading voice on
REALTOR® efforts to protect the ability of Kansas state income taxpayers to
claim the mortgage interest and property tax deductions on their state income
tax returns as well as to stop the state from illegally diverting real estate
licensing fees.
Scott Schwab
Secretary of State
Scott Schwab has been a longtime REALTOR® Champion as
a member of the Kansas State House. He was a leading voice on REALTOR® efforts
to stop illegal driveway taxes in the City of Mission and to protect the
ability of Kansas state income taxpayers to claim the mortgage interest
deduction and property tax deductions on their state income tax returns.
Jake LaTurner
State Treasurer
Jake LaTurner has been a REALTOR® Champion throughout his
public service as the Kansas State Treasurer and previously as a Kansas State
Senator. He was a leading voice in REALTOR® efforts to provide taxpayers with a
public vote on property tax increases and to reform the property tax appeals
process to make it friendlier for Kansas property owners.
MISSOURI
STATEWIDE RACES
Nicole Galloway
State Auditor
KANSAS STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES
Mark Samsel
Kansas House District 5
Jene Vickrey
Kansas House District 6
Chris Croft
Kansas House District 8
Angela Schweller
Kansas House District 14
John Toplikar
Kansas House District 15
Cindy Holscher
Kansas House District 16
Tom Cox
Kansas House District 17
Jan Kessinger
Kansas House District 20
Jerry Stogsdill
Kansas House District 21
Nancy Lusk
Kansas House District 22
Sean Tarwater
Kansas House District 27
Kellie Warren
Kansas House District 28
James Todd
Kansas House District 29
Wendy Bingesser
Kansas House District 30
Tom Burroughs
Kansas House District 33
Willie Dove
Kansas House District 38
Owen Donohoe
Kansas House District 39
Bill Sutton
Kansas House District 43
Abraham Rafie
Kansas House District 48
Megan Lynn
Kansas House District 49
Blaine Finch
Kansas House District 59
Ron Ryckman
Kansas House District 78
John Resman
Kansas House District 121
MISSOURI STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES
Mike Cierpiot
Missouri Senate District 8
Dan Hegeman
Missouri Senate District 12
Tony Luetkemeyer
Missouri Senate District 34
Kenneth Wilson
Missouri House District 12
Kevin Corlew
Missouri House District 14
Jon Carpenter
Missouri House District 15
Noel Shull
Missouri House District 16
Mark Ellebracht
Missouri House District 17
Ingrid Burnett
Missouri House District 19
Bill Kidd
Missouri House District 20
Brandon Ellington
Missouri House District 22
Barbara Washington
Missouri House District 23
Judy Morgan
Missouri House District 24
Greg Razer
Missouri House District 25
Ashley Manlove
Missouri House District 26
Richard Brown
Missouri House District 27
Jerome Barnes
Missouri House District 28
Rory Rowland
Missouri House District 29
Travis Hagewood
Missouri House District 31
Donna Pfautsch
Missouri House District 33
Rebecca Roeber
Missouri House District 34
Tom Lovell
Missouri House District 35
Daron McGee
Missouri House District 36
Joe Runions
Missouri House District 37
Peggy McGaugh
Missouri House District 39
Jack Bondon
Missouri House District 56
