2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election

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2021 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election
  2017 November 2, 20212025 
Turnout19.03% [lower-alpha 1] [1]
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Candidate Tyrone Garner David Alvey
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote8,5318,133
Percentage50.8%48.4%

Mayor before election

David Alvey

Elected Mayor

Tyrone Garner

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.

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Primary election

Candidates

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

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
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Tyrone Garner 3,575 28.18%
Nonpartisan David Alvey (incumbent) 3,527 27.8%
Nonpartisan Chris Steineger2,73321.55%
Nonpartisan Janice (Grant) Witt1,84914.58%
Nonpartisan Darren Duffy1,0017.89%
Total votes12,685 100%
Turnout 12,75814.36% [lower-alpha 1]
Registered electors 88,825

General election

The general election took place on November 2, 2021.

Kansas City, Kansas mayoral general election, 2021 results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Tyrone Garner 8,531 50.76
Nonpartisan David Alvey (incumbent)8,13348.39
Write-in 1440.86
Total votes16,808 100% [lower-alpha 2]
Turnout 16,99219.03% [lower-alpha 1]
Registered electors 89,294

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Counted by dividing the total number of ballots cast with the total number of registered voters.
  2. The percentage of votes above don't add up to 100% due to rounding.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 "Wyandotte County Primary Election, 2021" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Meet the candidates: 2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral race".
  4. 1 2 "Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor David Alvey seeks reelection against Tyrone Garner".