EASTERN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
LIBERTY – Three Republicans seek the Clay County Eastern District Commission nomination in the Aug. 4 primary elections.
The candidates are Clay County Clerk Megan Thompson, 34, Kansas City; former state Rep. Doug Ervin, 53, Kearney; and Dan Troutz, 68, Holt, who ran for presiding commissioner in 2018 and for eastern commissioner in 2016.
The winner will face the Democratic candidate, Dustin Bell, Kearney, in the Nov. 3 general elections. Bell is unopposed in the primary.
Eastern District Commissioner Luann Ridgeway chose not to seek re-election. She has been under fire for various reasons, including refusing to turn over commission records to Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway, who is auditing the county at the public’s request; spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on county lawyers; and allowing the multimillion-dollar plan to replace the county annex to go forward.
Each candidate in the contested race received a questionnaire containing the same questions. Their answers follow:…