2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election

2021 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election

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November 2, 2021

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Turnout

19.03%^[a]^[1]


Candidate	Tyrone Garner	David Alvey
Party	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Popular vote	8,531	8,133
Percentage	50.8%	48.4%

Mayor before election

David Alvey

Elected mayor

Tyrone Garner

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The 2021 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, for the office of Mayor/CEO of the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The election was officially nonpartisan, with a primary being held on August 3, 2021. Incumbent David Alvey and Tyrone Garner took the top two spots in the primary election and were on ballot in the general election.^[2] Garner defeated Alvey, becoming the first African-American mayor of Kansas City.

Primary election

Candidates

The following people filed for candidacy and were on the ballot for the primary election.^[3]^[4]

David Alvey, incumbent mayor^[3]
Daren Duffy^[3]
Tyrone Garner, U.S. Army veteran and former KCKPD deputy chief^[3]
Chris Steineger, former United Government District 6 senator^[3]
Janice (Grant) Witt, CEO of Reola Grant Center^[3]

Results

Tyrone Garner and David Alvey received enough votes to move on to the general election in November.^[4]^[2]

Kansas City, Kansas mayoral primary election, 2021 results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Tyrone Garner	3,575	28.18%
	Nonpartisan	David Alvey (incumbent)	3,527	27.8%
	Nonpartisan	Chris Steineger	2,733	21.55%
	Nonpartisan	Janice (Grant) Witt	1,849	14.58%
	Nonpartisan	Darren Duffy	1,001	7.89%
Total votes			12,685	100%
Turnout			12,758	14.36%^[a]
Registered electors			88,825

General election

The general election took place on November 2, 2021.

Kansas City, Kansas mayoral general election, 2021 results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Tyrone Garner	8,531	50.76
	Nonpartisan	David Alvey (incumbent)	8,133	48.39
	Write-in		144	0.86
Total votes			16,808	100%^[b]
Turnout			16,992	19.03%^[a]
Registered electors			89,294

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Counted by dividing the total number of ballots cast with the total number of registered voters.
^ The percentage of votes above don't add up to 100% due to rounding.

References

^ ^a ^b "Summary Results Report | Official Results | Wyandotte County, KS | General Election - November 2, 2021" (PDF). Wyandotte County Election Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Wyandotte County Primary Election, 2021" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Meet the candidates: 2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral race".
^ ^a ^b "Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor David Alvey seeks reelection against Tyrone Garner".

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