Missouri › Clay County › Eastern Commissioner, Seat 2
2 candidates are tracked for Eastern Commissioner, Seat 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jay R. Johnson and Mark McAuliffe. Candidate information follows official Clay County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Nonpartisan: a majority winner on August 4 is elected outright, otherwise the top two advance to November 3. Appears only on Eastern District ballots.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Elected eastern commissioner in 2023 after a policing career that included more than a year as interim chief of police at UMKC, chief in Newport Beach, and 23 years with the Long Beach Police Department, per the Kansas City Star.
Nonpartisan
Executive director of the Clay County Economic Development Council with more than 30 years of corporate leadership and consulting experience, per the Kansas City Star, which reports he was raised in Clay County and lives in Kearney.