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Kelli Grant
Kelli Grant (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Sedgwick County Commission to represent District 1 in Kansas. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Grant completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2022)
General election
General election for Sedgwick County Commission District 1
Incumbent Pete Meitzner defeated Kelli Grant in the general election for Sedgwick County Commission District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pete Meitzner (R) | 52.8 | 18,772 |
 | Kelli Grant (D)  | 47.1 | 16,761 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 35,569 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Sedgwick County Commission District 1
Kelli Grant advanced from the Democratic primary for Sedgwick County Commission District 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kelli Grant | 100.0 | 9,404 |
| Total votes: 9,404 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Sedgwick County Commission District 1
Incumbent Pete Meitzner advanced from the Republican primary for Sedgwick County Commission District 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pete Meitzner | 100.0 | 13,179 |
| Total votes: 13,179 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kelli Grant completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Grant's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Kelli currently serves on several boards including the Sedgwick County Corrections Advisory Board and the Wichita State University Internal Review Board as the prison research expert. She recently stepped down from the Diversity Inclusion and Civil Rights Board for the City of Wichita in order to run for public office.
Kelli received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice from Wichita State University where she previously taught courses. Kelli has been involved with education programs regarding race and implicit bias with her local church and has been a frequent guest speaker for events and classes on the topics of social inequality, policing, corrections, gender issues in criminal justice, and family violence.
Kelli has worked to facilitate policy change through community activism and is focused on system and community improvement.
- Taxes. We can find ways to pay for services without raising taxes. Sedgwick County would benefit from a grants department with dedicated efforts on acquiring and maintaining grants county-wide. There is money available and Sedgwick County could increase grants revenue to shore up programs that are currently struggling.
- Human Infrastructure. Our communities deserve a functional government. We know that County employees are working hard, and we need to critically examine the hundreds of empty positions so that services can run efficiently. We need to attract and retain talent to deliver the best services possible.
- Mental Health and Public Safety. These systems are linked and both overwhelmed with individuals involved in both places. We must take a look at innovative ways, like specialty courts, to address pressing issues. Domestic violence is a significant problem in our community, Sedgwick County leads the state in domestic violence cases. Sedgwick County needs to examine domestic violence funding and consider a specialty domestic violence court.
Domestic violence and women's issues are important to Kelli. Sedgwick County is reporting the highest number of domestic violence cases in the state of Kansas. We must do better. We need to re-examine funding for domestic violence providers in our community, and look at ways to better address this such as a domestic violence court.
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See also
2022 Elections
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