Three Lawrence City Commission seats and five Lawrence school board seats were up for election.
Candidates who made it through the Aug. 1 primary were on the ballots for the general election, Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Learn more about voting in Douglas County at this link.
2023 Election results
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission election results: Dever wins big; Finkeldei, Sellers reelected
Lawrence voters returned Mike Dever to the Lawrence City Commission after an eight-year absence Tuesday, voting for him overwhelmingly and pushing incumbent Courtney Shipley off the commission. Incumbents Brad Finkeldei and Amber Sellers were reelected.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board election results: Incumbents reelected to school board along with newcomers Costello, Franklin
Lawrence residents split their votes on Tuesday between school board candidates who opposed the decision to close three schools earlier this year and two incumbents who had voted for the closings.
Final audited Lawrence City Commission election results
Final audited Lawrence school board election results
If local journalism like this matters to you, please support The Lawrence Times.
Click here to subscribe.
Election guide and more
Lawrence election guide: Get to know the city commission and school board candidates
Updated guide: The majority of city commission and school board seats will be on Lawrence voters’ ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Here’s info to help you cast an informed vote in the races that are closest to our day-to-day lives.
Meet the candidates:
Meet the 2023 Lawrence City Commission candidates
Meet the candidates who are running to fill three Lawrence City Commission seats that are up for election.
Meet the 2023 Lawrence school board candidates
Five Lawrence school board seats are going to be decided on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Meet the 11 candidates who are running to serve.
More 2023 Election coverage:
Mac Moore/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board primary candidates discuss systemic inequities during NAACP forum
Candidates vying for a two-year term on the Lawrence school board during a forum Saturday discussed issues of equity and systemic racism in Lawrence Public Schools.
Mac Moore/Lawrence Times
During NAACP forum, Lawrence City Commission candidates discuss housing, homelessness, economic growth
Seven Lawrence City Commission candidates during the local NAACP branch’s forum Saturday afternoon answered questions about housing, homelessness and economic issues that are pressing for the city.
Mac Moore/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board candidates address staff retention during forum
Candidates for Lawrence school board agreed Saturday that they don’t support any form of privatization of public schools. They had differing views on how to stabilize the district’s workforce, however.
Lawrence City Commission candidates
In order of filing, these six candidates advanced to the Nov. 7 general election:
- Amber Sellers (incumbent)
- Dustin Stumblingbear
- Mike Dever
- Brad Finkeldei (incumbent)
- Courtney Shipley (incumbent)
- Justine O. Burton
All three incumbent city commissioners whose terms will expire filed for reelection.
Lawrence school board candidates
This year, the Lawrence school board election included four seats for candidates who will serve four-year terms, and one seat for candidates to serve out the unexpired two years of the term of Andrew Nussbaum, who resigned to move out of state. There was a primary election for the two-year term.
Running for four-year terms, in order of filing:
- Rachel Stumblingbear
- Anne Costello
- Yolanda Franklin
- Carole Cadue-Blackwood (incumbent)
- Kevin Coronado
- Edward (E.J.) Gonzales
- Brandon Moore
- Jody Meyer
- GR Gordon-Ross (incumbent)
Candidates running for the two-year school board term, in order of filing:
- Ariel Miner
- Shannon Kimball (incumbent)
If our local journalism matters to you, please help us keep doing this work.
Don’t miss a beat … Click here to sign up for our email newsletters
Click here to learn more about our newsletters first
