Spencer Duncan

Non-Partisan | Kansas

Candidate Profile

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Spencer Duncan


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2025


Election

General School Boards and Municipal


Race

Topeka Mayor


Incumbent

No


Links

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EDUCATION

Topeka West High School, Topeka, KS, Diploma, 1994

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, B.A. English, 1999

University of kansas, Lawrence, KS, B.S. Journalism, 1999

Baker University, Baldwin, KS, MBA, 2004

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

Kansas Elevator Safety Advisory Board, Member, Shawnee County Child Care Task Force

Member, Sheldon Head Start Advisory Task Force, Member

Stormont Vail Events Center Advisory Board, City Council Appointee, Topeka Police Citizen Academy Ambassador Board Member

Member, Small Business Council, Member

Topeka Performing Arts Center Board of Trustrees, Member and President

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Topeka City Council, District 8, 2020-Present

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Candidate did not provide

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Agree

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Disagree


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Government should not discriminate against individuals, organizations, or business owners who affirm marriage as between one man and one woman.

Choose not to answer

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.

Choose not to answer


ECONOMY

I support using taxpayer funds to lobby the state legislature and/or U.S. Congress.

Agree

It is the responsibility of city government to provide subsidized housing at taxpayer expense.

Neutral

Property taxes should be abolished.

Neutral


IMMIGRATION

City officials should have the right to proclaim their city a sanctuary city for illegal aliens.

Disagree


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

I support redirecting funds from police departments to community programs.

Choose not to answer


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Did not answer


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

I support the legalization of recreational marijuana.

Agree


LOCAL

I support annual financial audits of every city department by an independent, third party auditor.

Agree

Please list up to three issues or projects that you think need the most attention.

Housing, property taxes, population growth


ABOUT YOU

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No

What do you think is the general purpose of government?

To protect the people and preserve and develop infrastructure,

Candidates and officeholders should be required to disclose all business investments and real estate, whether in the city or in an area currently proposed for annexation.

Agree

Please list your business investments and/or real estate, whether within the city or in an area currently proposed for annexation.

Did not answer

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to immigration and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Moderate

I voted in these primaries and general elections:

2014 General Election 2016 General Election 2018 General Election 2020 General Election 2022 General Election


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Lifelong Episcopalian

Children have the right to be protected from sexually explicit materials in publicly funded libraries, including school libraries.

Agree


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree

All filings by candidates for municipal office, including ballot application and campaign finance reports, should be available for public online access on the city website within 24 hours of filing deadline.

Agree

Ballot measures which include bond issues should fully disclose both the potential tax rate increase and actual monetary increase for the average single family residence.

Agree


EQUALITY

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Choose not to answer

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) instruction should be required for all city employees.

Choose not to answer


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Taxpayers should subsidize green initiatives such as electric vehicle charging stations.

Neutral

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