

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
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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