Kansas House of Representatives District 5
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Republican · Incumbent
Courtney Sappington has served in the Kansas House since 2025 and sits on the Judiciary, Local Government and Welfare Reform committees. A former supply chain and sales operations worker with a master's in global management, she focuses on property tax relief and deregulation.
Records: Healthcare Affordability 2 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 2 for, Civil Rights 1 against,
Democratic
Henry Johns is a retired respiratory therapist and former Veterans Administration manager who served in the U.S. Army Reserve and has lived in Douglas County since 1975. His priorities include fully funding public schools and restoring state revenue sharing that lowers local property taxes.
Records: Data Privacy 1 for, Election Integrity 1 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for,
Sources: sos.ks.gov2 · franklincoks.org