The nine candidates are incumbent Jayme Minton, 39, a Meadowlark employee; incumbent Peter Oppelt, 37, a veteran and Travelers Insurance employee; Larry Fox, 71, former K-State Foundation director of real estate; Jim Morrison, 78, a retired Manhattan attorney; Scott Seel, 42, an Alliance Realty employee; Amber Starling, 32, founder and owner of Good Witch Cleaning Services; Martha Sweeney, 65, office manager for the K-State rowing team; Abena Taylor, 27, an administrative office specialist at K-State; and Andrew Von Lintel, 42, a Big Lakes Developmental Services employee.

News Radio KMAN and The Mercury provided every candidate with a list of questions covering current issues and their plans for office. Their answers are listed in alphabetical order. Responses are edited for space.

The election is non-partisan. Advance voting closes at noon Nov. 3. Election Day is Nov. 4.

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Larry Fox, former director of real estate at the K-State Foundation, leads all candidates with $12,900 raised. Real estate agent Scott Seel follows with $8,328 in donations. Incumbent commissioner Jayme Minton has raised $7,815 while incumbent Peter Oppelt has raised $5,174 and retired attorney Jim Morrison has raised $2,950.

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