Prairie Village candidates opposed to zoning changes win majority of city council races

Candidates supported by “PV United,” which has fought against proposed zoning changes that would allow for more affordable and multi-family housing options in Prairie Village, won four of six races on Tuesday night.
In some of Johnson County’s most-watched general election races this year, Prairie Village candidates backed by a housing opposition group won four city council seats.

A fifth housing opposition-backed candidate remains in close contest and will need to wait until provisional and mail-in ballots are counted.

This year, the Prairie Village City Council election was in the spotlight as the 11 candidates vying for six seats were split on the hotly contested housing discussion — which has divided the city for more than a year.

More than half of the candidates were supported by Stop Rezoning Prairie Village, the group of residents who banded together last year in opposition to the city’s ad hoc housing recommendations.

The group, also known as PV United, backed nearly every single non-incumbent running for office and called on residents to vote out the current city council and circulated a petition that sought to create a six-person city council, effectively ousting half of the city council mid-term.