From our editorial board, should note:

Voters will help elect a new U.S. president Tuesday while making final decisions on races in Missouri and Kansas.

The Star’s recommendations for selected contested races:

UNITED STATESPRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTBarack Obama and Joe Biden (D)

MISSOURIU.S. HOUSE4th District — Ike Skelton (D)5th District — Emanuel Cleaver (D)6th District — Kay Barnes (D)

GOVERNORJeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon (D)

LIEUTENANT GOVERNORSam Page (D)

SECRETARY OF STATERobin Carnahan (D)

STATE TREASURERClint Zweifel (D)

ATTORNEY GENERALMike Gibbons (R)

AMENDMENTS AND PROPOSITIONSConstitutional Amendment No. 1: Shall the Constitution be amended to add a statement that English shall be the language of all governmental meetings? — NO

Constitutional Amendment No. 4: Shall the Constitution be amended to change how stormwater control projects can be financed? — YES

Proposition A: Shall Missouri law be amended to repeal the loss limit for gambling, prohibit future loss limits, restrict the number of casinos in the state, increase the gambling tax and create a new education fund for the new gambling tax? — NO

Proposition B: Shall Missouri law be amended to create the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure the availability of quality home care services under the Medicaid program? — YES

Proposition C: Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned utilities to generate at least 15 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2021? — YES

JUDGESStanding for retention: YES to all

MISSOURI SENATE17th District — Sandra Aust (D)31st District — David Pearce (R)

MISSOURI HOUSE30th District — Mary Ann Baier (D)33rd District — Terry Stone (D)34th District — Tim Flook (R)35th District — Doug Ervin (R)36th District — Bob Nance (R)38th District — Ryan Silvey (R)39th District — Beth Low (D)45th District — Jason R. Holsman (D)47th District — Jeff Grisamore (R)48th District — Joe Volpe (D)52nd District — Paul LeVota (D)53rd District — Curt Dougherty (D)54th District — Gary Dusenberg (R)55th District — Bryan Pratt (R)56th District — Brian Yates (R)123rd District — Juan I. Alonzo (D)124th District — Luke Scavuzzo (D)

CLAY COUNTYEastern Commissioner — Katee Porter (R)Western Commissioner — Larry Larson (D)

PLATTE COUNTY1st District — Kathy Dusenbery (R)2nd District — Jim Plunkett (R)

KANSAS CITYQuestion 1: Shall the city impose a sales tax totaling three-eighths cent to finance a light-rail system? — YES

NORTH KANSAS CITYQuestion: Shall the city impose a half-cent sales tax to finance a light-rail system? — YES

LIBERTYQuestion: Shall the city extend its half-cent sales tax for capital improvements until Dec. 31, 2030? — YES

Question: Shall the city increase its quarter-cent sales tax for transportation to a half-cent tax, and extend it until Dec. 31, 2030? — YES

Question: Shall the city issue general obligation bonds up to $23 million for transportation improvements? — YES

KANSASU.S. SENATEJim Slattery (D)

U.S. HOUSE2nd District — Nancy Boyda (D)3rd District — Dennis Moore (D)

BOARD OF EDUCATION2nd District: Sue Storm (D)

JUDGESStanding for retention: YES to all

KANSAS SENATE5th District — Kelly Kultala (D)7th District — David Wysong (R)8th District — Thomas C. (Tim) Owens (R)9th District — Ron Wimmer (D)10th District — Pete Roman (D)11th District — John Vratil (R)23rd District — Karin Brownlee (R)37th District — Bond Faulwell (D)

KANSAS HOUSE14th District — Aunesty Janssen (D)15th District — Sean Tevis (D)16th District — Gene Rardin (D)17th District — Jill Quigley (R)18th District — Cindy Neighbor (D)19th District — Dolores Furtado (D)20th District — Kevin Yoder (R)21st District — Kay Wolf (R)22nd District — Lisa Benlon (D)23rd District — August Bogina III (R)24th District — Mike Slattery (D)25th District — Terrie W. Huntington (R)27th District — Ray Merrick (R)28th District — Pat Colloton (R)29th District — Sheryl Spalding (R)30th District — Ron Worley (R)38th District — Stephanie Kelton (D)39th District — Joe Novak (D)40th District — Charlie Gregor (R)41st District — Marti Crow (D)42nd District — Timothy Moran (D)43rd District — Scott P. Snavely (D)48th District — Pam Ippel (D)49th District — Kristi Boone (D)

JOHNSON COUNTYDistrict Attorney — Rick Guinn (D)

Question 1: Shall the nonpartisan plan of selecting district court judges in the county be discontinued and replaced with the election of judges? — NO

Question 2: Shall the county impose a one-eighth-cent sales tax to support projects and programs overseen by the Johnson County Education Research Triangle Authority? — YES

County Commission2nd District — John Segale3rd District — James Azeltine6th District — Calvin Hayden

OLATHE SCHOOL DISTRICTQuestion: Shall the district issue $68 million in bonds to pay for high school additions? — YES

DE SOTO SCHOOL DISTRICTQuestion: Shall the district issue $75 million in bonds to expand high schools and build an elementary school? — YES