GOP Candidates for Kansas State Board of Education Advance in Three Contested Primary Races

GOP candidates for Kansas State Board of Education advance in three contested primary races

TOPEKA — Unofficial GOP primary results as of Wednesday morning place an attorney, a retired superintendent and a former Kansas Board of Education member one step closer to overseeing K-12 public schools. While Republicans Jim McMullen, Destry Brown and Jean…

Here are the winners of the Kansas State Board of Education Republican primaries

With 64% of the vote, Jim McMullen defeated Steve Roberts in the Republican primary for the District 3 seat on the Kansas State Board of Education, covering southern Johnson County and northern Miami County.  He will now face Democrat Amy Diediker of Olathe in the November general election. Diediker had no primary opponent.  McMullen is a lawyer and investment banker. He owns Royal Blue Capital, a merchant banking firm based in Overland Park, an…