August 2nd Primary Candidates
Five Clay County Commissions Seats in Play
Clay County voters will have a chance to vote in new County Commissioners during the August Primary cycle. The Constitution, which was approved by voters in 2020, adds four seats to the County Commission: an additional Eastern and Western Commissioner and two At Large Commissioners. Although this is a non-partisan election, there are differences. See below candidates that we believe will represent conservative Republican values for Clay County.
The Presiding Commissioner position:
  • Jerry Nolte, BOB
  • Dan Troutz
The second Eastern position:
  • Jay R. Johnson, BOB
The second Western position:
  • Rodney Phillips, BOB
The Eastern At Large position:
  • James "Jim" Shrimpton, BOB
  • Noel J. Shull
The Western At Large position:
  • Josiah Bechthold
The “BOB” designation recognizes veterans of our Clay County Republican “Build Our Bench” program. Check our website and Facebook for more information. The full list of candidates can be found HERE. The primary election is August 2, 2022.

Get Out the Vote- Clay County Board of Elections
Absentee Voting:
  • Absentee Applications mailed to permanently disabled: May 25, 2022
  • In Person Absentee Voting Begins: June 21, 2022
  • Last day to request Absentee ballot by mail: July 20,2022
  • Last day to cast Absentee ballot in person: August 1, 2022
Additional Election Information:
  • Last Day to Register to vote: July 6, 2022
  • Public Test of Automatic Tabulating Equipment: July 20, 2022 *Testing lasts until all machines have been tested.
  • Election Day: August 2, 2022, Polls Open: 6:00 a.m Polls Close: 7:00 p.m.
See link to all details here.
Clay County Republican Central Committee
Monthly Meeting
2nd Tuesday of each month at 7pm
Belvoir Winery, Liberty

Build Our Bench
Monthly Meeting
2nd Tuesday of each month at 6pm
Belvoir Winery, Liberty

Upcoming Dates:
6/14/22
7/12/22
8/9/22
Northland Pachyderm Club
Monthly Meeting
2nd Thursday of each month.
Upcoming Dates:
7/14/22
8/11/22
Clay County Federated Republican Women
Monthly Meeting
4th Monday of each month.
Upcoming Dates:
6/27/22
7/25/22
8/22/22
Missouri State Committee Meeting
Congratulations to Tom Salisbury, our newly elected Clay County Republican committeeman representative to the Missouri State Republican Committee. Tom now joins our committeewoman, Heather Hall, in providing increasingly strong and visible Clay County representation at the State level. Both attended the MO GOP Committee meeting in Jefferson City on June 11. We appreciate their service.
Springfield News-Leader, Galen Bacharier: Here are the major bills passed by the Missouri legislature during its 2022 session
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri General Assembly sent 66 bills to Gov. Mike Parson's desk during the 2022 legislative session.
Here's a list of the major pieces of legislation passed by state lawmakers over the past five months.
HB refers to a bill that started in the House, and SB refers to one that originated in the Senate. The name in parentheses is the last name of the lawmaker who sponsored the legislation. Click on the title of the bill to go to its official page on the House or Senate websites.
See full article here. See list of bills passed here.
Clay County Republican Headquarters
Our Republican Headquarters will open in early July. Conveniently located at 9764 N. Ash Ave, Kansas City, just west of the I-35/Hwy 291 interchange and behind the Quiktrip, our headquarters will have campaign signs, brochures, buttons, and volunteer sign-ups.
  • Aug 02 – Primary Elections
  • Nov 08 – General Elections
SAVE THE DATE:
Clay County Lincoln Day Dinner
June 25, 2022
Heritage Hall in Liberty, MO

Do you have an upcoming event? Please send details to claycountygop@gmail.com attention Krissi Richmond.
“Fashioned in His Image”
Second Annual Pro-Life Ladies Event!
Purchase Tickets here.
GARY SMEDILE, CHAIRMAN, CLAY COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE

As Republicans, we value individual liberty, equal rights for all, traditional family values, security in our neighborhoods as well as at our borders and for our Nation, protecting life from conception to natural death, free and fair elections, fiscal responsibility and a strong economy based on free markets and policies that put our country first. In Clay County, we can and do play a role, often pivotal, in fostering those principles. The 2022 election is our latest opportunity.

We have a large slate of candidates for local and state offices and many opportunities for you to learn about them and work for their success. The August 2 Primary and November 8 General elections are quickly approaching and our Republican and like-minded conservative candidates in non-partisan elections can use your help.

Our Lincoln Day Dinner is quickly approaching. On June 25th, beginning at 5:30PM, we will celebrate Republican Values, Volunteers, Office Holders and Candidates. Get your tickets for our spectacular evening at the Heritage Hall Events Center, 117 W. Kansas St. in Liberty. MC’d by radio personality Chris Stigall, our confirmed featured speakers include Congressman Sam Graves and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft plus other state and local office holders and candidates including U.S. Senate and State Auditor contenders. Plus, we’re planning some very special recognitions. You don’t want to miss it.

Because our meetings are becoming so well attended, we’ve moved the location and made the schedule more convenient. Starting on June 14, our “Build Our Bench” (“BOB”) program to recruit and support current and future candidates and our monthly Republican Central Committee meetings will be on the same night (second Tuesday of each month) and at the same location, Belvoir Winery, 1325 Odd Fellows Road, Liberty. “BOB” begins at 6PM and the Committee meeting begins at 7PM. All fair-minded conservative Republicans are welcome to attend either or both. This month, BOB will build for the future as a follow up on last month’s “Lessons Learned” session that drew from our April 5th local election experiences. The Central Committee meeting will have several key discussion items including a State General Assembly recap presented by two of our Clay County representatives.

After the August 2nd primary, when an unprecedented number of new members to our committee are formally inducted, you’ll see even more action from the group as we work for the success of our two primary objectives: advance Republican principles and elect conservative Republicans to local, state and national offices. Feel free to join us. 
Clay County Republicans | claycogop.com/
Paid for by the Clay County Republican Central Committee
Timothy Lambing, Treasurer