Pete Meitzner
Republican · KS · Sedgwick County Commissioner, District 1
Sedgwick County Commissioner for District 1 since 2019. He served seven years on the Wichita City Council, worked 13 years in banking, and started a telecom company.
Where Pete Meitzner stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Government Spending Reduction (5 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 oppose
Voted yes to receive and file the county health officer's mask order without putting it into effect. It passed 3-2, so no county mask rule started.
August 20, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted yes to let public and private K-12 schools opt out of the county mask order and set their own rules. It passed 3-2.
March 16, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: kmuw.org
Made the motion to only recommend, not require, Gov. Laura Kelly's mask order in Sedgwick County. It passed 3-2.
July 2, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: communityvoiceks.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 5 oppose
Voted yes on the $624 million 2027 county budget, which kept the tax rate at 26.842 mills. It passed 4-1. He voted no on adding $119,695 for the county Extension Council.
August 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted yes on the $591 million 2026 county budget, with a property tax rate of 27.553 mills. It passed 5-0.
August 20, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted yes on the $563 million 2025 county budget, which passed 4-1. In the same meeting, he voted to cut the county's diversity program manager job and against renewing a public TV contract.
August 21, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted yes on Sedgwick County's $457 million budget for 2020. The vote was unanimous.
August 7, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kmuw.org
Voted yes as a Wichita City Council member to issue $40 million in STAR bonds for a new downtown ballpark and a river footbridge. The vote passed 7-0.
November 6, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ballparkdigest.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted yes as a Wichita City Council member to issue $40 million in STAR bonds for a new downtown ballpark and a river footbridge. The vote passed 7-0.
November 6, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: ballparkdigest.com
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Seconded and voted yes on a temporary pause on new data centers in rural Sedgwick County while staff wrote rules. It passed 5-0.
January 14, 2026
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Voted yes to rezone land near Mulvane for an outdoor event center, overriding a neighbors' protest petition. It passed 4-1.
November 20, 2024
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Moved to let commissioners waive new solar farm rules case by case; it got 3 votes but failed because it needed 4. He then voted yes on stricter solar farm rules, which passed 4-1.
August 14, 2024
Source: imaging.sedgwickcounty.org
Was chosen again by fellow commissioners to chair the Sedgwick County Commission for 2021.
January 13, 2021
Source: sedgwick.gov
Was chosen by fellow commissioners to chair the Sedgwick County Commission for 2020.
January 15, 2020
Source: sedgwick.gov
Ran a struggling telecommunications company in the 1990s, then joined the Wichita City Council in 2011 and served two terms.
October 23, 2018
Source: kmuw.org
Sent written testimony for the Wichita City Council to a Kansas House committee backing renewal of STAR bonds. STAR bonds use new sales tax money to pay for tourism projects, like a downtown ballpark.
February 17, 2017
Source: kslegislature.gov
Endorsed David Dennis for the Sedgwick County Commission District 3 seat while serving on the Wichita City Council.
July 19, 2016
Source: kmuw.org
Past race Pete Meitzner ran in:
- County Commissioner 1st District · November 3, 2026 · Sedgwick County, Kansas · incumbent