The Sunflower sent questions to Sedgwick County Commission candidates about their goals if elected and how they would work for WSU students while in office. The Sunflower received responses from District...

The Sunflower reached out to Wichita-area candidates for the Kansas State House of Representatives and Senate with questions on their platforms. Answers have been edited for clarity. Kansas Senate Raymond...

For Northwest High School senior Nevaeh Carter, youth engagement in elections is personal. Carter said she is passionate about mental health and suicide prevention and regularly participates in canvassing...

Eight years ago, I was a freshman on campus at Wichita State. It was the first presidential election in which I could vote, and I remember the feeling of relief that so many of us were on the cusp of embracing...

The main presidential candidates are a former president turned convicted felon and our current vice president, who began her campaign a little more than 100 days before Election Day.  So it’s no...

For a long time, I felt like I wasn’t doing politics “right” because I didn’t fit neatly into one party. But here’s the truth: It’s perfectly OK to land in the middle. In fact, rarely do people...

In the surplus of political advertisements that surface around the election, candidates and their teams use different mechanisms and mediums to polish and deliver their messages.  Campaigns are a form...

The general election is rapidly approaching, and it can be hard to determine who to vote for, especially when local candidates seem unknown.  There are some websites that are available for basic research:...

The primary political parties of the United States — the Republican and Democratic Party — have ruined this country’s election system locally and nationally.  Even in 1796, George Washington’s...

Wichita State students who live on or near campus won’t have a competitive Kansas State Legislature race on their ballot this election cycle — but that doesn’t mean their representatives in Topeka...

For Madison Lackey, the election cycle elicits a feeling of “existential dread” that begins in August and lasts until November. “It's like — your rights are on the line, like, at all times....

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, I’m going to wake up at 5 a.m., drive to a small town in Reno County and stay there until after it becomes dark outside, helping process the votes of people who I almost certainly...