Today’s the day to head to the polls. Be sure to bring a government-issued photo ID in Kansas. Critical issues and candidate choices will be made. Make sure your voice is counted.

Among the hot topics on ballots:

• Which Republican will advance in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race to face Democrat Claire McCaskill in November?

• How will the conservative-moderate battle in Republican primaries for the Kansas Senate play out?

• Will Kansas City voters endorse a half-cent sales tax increase for parks and roads and also approve bonds for sewer improvements?

Polls are open in Missouri from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Kansas polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Star’s recommendations in select contested primaries are listed below.

MISSOURI

U.S. SENATE

Republican — John

Brunner

U.S. HOUSE

Republican:

5th District — Jerry Nolte

6th District — Sam Graves

Democrat:

6th District — Kyle Yarber

GOVERNOR

Republican — Dave Spence

Democrat — Jay Nixon

LIEUTENANT GOV.

Republican — Peter Kinder

Democrat — Susan

Montee

SECRETARY OF STATE

Republican — Bill Stouffer

Democrat — Jason Kander

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Republican — Adam Lee Warren

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to ensure religious beliefs shall not be infringed, school children have the right to pray in school, and all public schools shall display the Bill of Rights? — NO

MISSOURI SENATE

Democrat:

District 7 — Crystal

Williams

MISSOURI HOUSE

Republican:

District 12 — Josh

Hurlbert

District 16 — Noel J. Shull

District 25 — Joshua Judy

District 31 — Sheila Solon

Democrat:

District 15 — Carol Suter

District 22 — Brandon

Ellington

District 23 — Randy Dunn

District 24 — Sarah

Gillooly

District 27 — Bonnaye V. Mims

District 28 — Tom

McDonald

District 31 — Dale Walkup

District 37 — Joe Runions

KANSAS CITY

Question 1 — Shall the city stop collecting the trafficway maintenance tax, park and boulevard maintenance tax, and the boulevards and parkways front foot assessment and enact a half-cent sales tax to help parks, parkways, boulevards and community centers? And shall it establish a dedicated fund for street maintenance and transfer no less than 7.5 percent of the net annual earnings tax receipts to the street fund? — NO

Question 2 — Shall the city issue sewer system revenue bonds up to $500 million to comply with the federally mandated consent decree to cut pollution, with the principal and interest of the bonds to be payable solely from the revenues from sewer customers? — YES

JACKSON COUNTY

Democrat:

Sheriff — Mike Sharp

CLAY COUNTY

Republican:

Assessor — Donald Jobe

Democrat:

Western Commissioner — Larry Larson

Assessor — Tom Brandom

Sheriff — Bob Neal

PLATTE COUNTY

Republican:

County Commission

District 1 — Kathy

Dusenbery

KANSAS

U.S. HOUSE

Democrat:

2nd District — Tobias

Schlingensiepen

KANSAS SENATE

Republican:

District 7 — Kay Wolf

District 8 — Thomas C. (Tim) Owens

District 10 — Tom Wertz

District 11 — Pat Colloton

District 21 — Joe

Beveridge

District 37 — Pat Apple

Democrat:

District 6 — Pat Pettey

KANSAS HOUSE

Republican:

District 8 — Sheryl

Spalding

District 14 — Janet King

District 15 — Elliot Lahn

District 17 — Jason Leib

District 18 — Neal L. Sawyer

District 19 — Stephanie Clayton

District 20 — Mark Read

District 25 — Melissa A. Rooker

District 26 — Larry L.

Campbell

District 28 — Mark Hagen

District 29 — Jim Yonally

District 30 — Ron Worley

District 38 — David R.

Anderson

District 39 — Stephanie Meyer

Democrat:

District 14 — Roberta A. Eveslage

District 24 — Emily Perry

District 25 — Megan England

JOHNSON COUNTY

County Commission (nonpartisan)

3rd District — Steve Klika or Michael Lally

Republican:

Sheriff — Frank Denning