D J Perry
Republican · KS · Pittsburg City Commissioner
D J Perry is president of the Pittsburg City Commission, elected in 2025, and retired in 2024 after 25 years of military service, mostly with the Kansas Army National Guard. He earlier worked as a Crawford County sheriff's dispatcher and deputy.
Where D J Perry stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Moved to buy 40 police body-worn cameras and related software from Motorola for $95,506, paid from the public safety sales tax; the commission approved it.
July 14, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: pittks.org
Voted against giving $35,000 in city money to a Pittsburg State University business college economic research proposal; it passed 3-2.
June 9, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: pittks.org
Moved to table a $34,515-a-year purchase of budget software so Pittsburg city staff could research it and get competing bids; the commission agreed.
February 10, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: pittks.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Moved to buy 40 police body-worn cameras and related software from Motorola for $95,506, paid from the public safety sales tax; the commission approved it.
July 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: pittks.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Moved to accept a $106,525 state Emergency Solutions Grant to support homeless services in Pittsburg; the commission approved it.
July 28, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: pittks.org
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Voted to adopt Pittsburg's 2027 budget with a property tax rate cut of 3.5 mills, to 48.506 mills, after voting against an earlier motion to approve the budget on September 8.
September 14, 2026
Source: pittks.org
Past race D J Perry ran in:
- Kansas State Representative District 3 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 3; Kansas