2017 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election

2017 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election

August 2017 (primary) November 7, 2017 (general)

Candidate David Alvey Mark Holland Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 9,727 8,893 Percentage 51.84% 47.4%

Mayor before election Mark Holland Nonpartisan Elected mayor David Alvey Nonpartisan

The 2017 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election took place on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor/CEO of the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The election is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Mark Holland ran for reelection and faced David Alvey in the general election. Alvey and Holland received 51.84% and 47.4% of the vote respect.^[1] Holland conceded on election night.^[2]

Primary Election

Candidates

The following people filed for candidacy in the primary.^[3]

• Mark Holland, incumbent mayor
  • Filed for re-election on February 6, 2017.^[4]
• David Alvey, director on the Board of Public Utilities
• David Haley, Kansas state senator
• Janice Grant Witt, financial services broker
• D. Keith Jordan, Kansas City radio personality

Election Results

Holland and Alvey received enough votes in the primary to go on to the general election in November.^[5]

Kansas City, Kansas mayoral primary election, 2017^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mark Holland (incumbent)	5,491	40.06%
	Nonpartisan	David Alvey	4,334	31.62%
	Nonpartisan	David Haley	2,539	18.52%
	Nonpartisan	Janice Grant Witt	1,019	7.43%
	Nonpartisan	D. Keith Jordan	325	2.37%

General Election

Candidates

• Mark Holland, incumbent mayor
• David Alvey

Election Results

The general election took place on November 7, 2017. Holland conceded the election to Alvey the same day.^{[1] [2]}

Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election, 2017 results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	David Alvey	9,727	51.84%
	Nonpartisan	Mark Holland (incumbent)	8,893	47.40%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	142	0.76%

References

1. "2017 General Election (Results)".
2. "KCKMayor Holland loses seat to Alvey". November 8, 2017.
3. "Unified Government Mayor Holland faces four opponents in Tuesday's primary".
4. "Mark Holland files for re-election as mayor/CEO of Unified Government".
5. "Here are final unofficial results for contested races in Wyandotte County".