"More people have filed for state legislative offices in districts that represent portions of Leavenworth County.
Jeff Pittman, Leavenworth, and Debbie Deere, Lansing, recently announced they have filed as candidates for the Kansas House of Representatives. And Bill Hutton, rural Basehor, announced Friday that he has filed for the Kansas Senate. All three are Democrats.
Pittman is running in the 41st House District, which includes portions of the city of Leavenworth and Fort Leavenworth.
Pittman works as a systems engineer for a software company.
"Our state needs experienced people like me that bring expertise and knowledge from the business world to actually balance the budget, create new jobs and improve our economy,” Pittman said in a news release."