This is my first post since the election. Herein I try to catch everyone up on what happened in my race and thank everyone who helped.

Thank you to all who supported me

I want to thank all the people who helped me in my reelection campaign. We raised thousands of dollars, knocked on over 7,000 doors and walked what seemed like hundreds of miles this summer. When the votes were counted I won a resounding victory with 59% of the vote. Thank you to all who shared their time, talent and treasure in the effort. I certainly could not have done it without you.

Election results

The link above is to the Kansas City Election Board results from the August Primary. The document is 441 pages so it is a bit difficult to dig out what is wanted but if you are interested here it is. I will try to summarize what happened in my race.

Here are the numbers - by voting place - in my race:

Don Bosco: Burnett 78 Rizzo 120. This is the Columbus Park area where Rizzo Family lived.

Sycamore Garden, 17th and Benton. Burnett 50 Rizzo 24. This is the Freedom Inc area and Lykins.

Garfield School. Burnett 103 Rizzo 87. Pendelton Heights area.

Kansas City Museum. Burnett 119 Rizzo 48. Part of Scarritt neighborhood and the East Bottoms.

St. Anthony Church. Burnett 106 Rizzo 75. Scarritt neighborhood.

Northeast Library. Burnett 96 Rizzo 45 Indian Mound area.

Children's Memorial Church. Burnett 54 Rizzo 37. Lykins neighborhood.

1400 Topping. Burnett 64 Rizzo 41. Large senior building and Blue Valley neighborhood.

Old Northeast 6612 Independence Ave. Burnett 35 Rizzo 42.

HOLY CROSS SCHOOL. Burnett 292 Rizzo 172. Across from Budd Park. The largest, by far, of all the voting places. Rizzo and I spent the morning and afternoon shifts shoulder to shoulder shaking hands with every voter who would talk to us.

Total - Burnett 1,000 Rizzo 694.

Democrat Committee People chosen in Primary election

Democrat Committee people are elected in each ward. Complete returns, by voting place, are in the link above. This year the results of those elections:

11th Ward Democrat Committeewoman: Carol Royster 375 to L. Runnels 234
11th Ward Democrat Committeeman Will Royster 295 to JJ Rizzo 326

12th Ward Democrat Committeewoman Lora Wagner (unopposed) 560 votes
12th Ward Democrat Committeeman Scott Wagner 426 Nick Zicarelli 203

13th Ward Democrat Committeewoman Regina Blackmon (unopposed) 316 votes
13th Ward Democrat Committeeman Crispin Rea 247 to C. Heflin 105 a whopping 70.1% the highest percentage of any race in the area.

Congratulations to all these winners. I endorsed five of the six winners and look forward to working with them.

My family and I want to say thank you to all for your prayers and your kind letters, cards, and expressions of sympathy on the death of my brother Edward.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve,

State Rep John Burnett