Wyandotte County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Kansas City,with which it shares a unified government. As of the 2020 census,the population was 169,245,making it Kansas's fourth-most populous county. The county was named after the Wyandot tribe.
Johnson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas,along the border of the state of Missouri. Its county seat is Olathe. As of the 2020 census,the population was 609,863,the most populous county in Kansas. The county was named after Thomas Johnson,a Methodist missionary who was one of the state's first settlers. Largely suburban,the county contains a number of suburbs of Kansas City,Missouri,including Overland Park,a principal city of and second most populous city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
Kansas City is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City,Missouri,after which it is named. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 156,607,making it one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is situated at Kaw Point,the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. It is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified Government". It is the location of the University of Kansas Medical Center and Kansas City Kansas Community College.
The Wyandotte Constitution is the constitution of the U.S. state of Kansas. Amended many times,the Wyandotte Constitution is still the constitution of Kansas.
Kansas's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in eastern Kansas,the district encompasses all of Anderson,Franklin,Johnson and Miami counties and parts of Wyandotte County. The district includes most of the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area,including all of Overland Park,Leawood,Lenexa,Shawnee,Gardner,and Olathe and parts of Kansas City. As currently drawn,the district is the wealthiest in the state.
Legends Field is a baseball park in Kansas City,Kansas,located in the Kansas City neighborhood of Piper. It is the home of the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. It was formerly home of the Kansas City Wizards in the MLS and briefly home to the Kansas City Current of the NWSL in their inaugural year. It is located in the Village West area at 1800 Village West Parkway. Many local area High School teams,including Bonner Springs High School,in their annual Butch Foster Memorial Baseball Classic play at the ballpark. It has been used for concerts and some community events.
Schlitterbahn Waterpark Kansas City was a water park in Kansas City,Kansas. It was announced in September 2005 by Schlitterbahn Waterparks and opened on July 15,2009. It was conceived as a 370-acre (150-hectare) and $750 million development including a nearly 40-acre (16-hectare) waterpark,which was Schlitterbahn's fourth waterpark and its first outside Texas.
Wyandotte High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Kansas City,Kansas,United States. It serves students in grades 9 to 12 and operated by the Kansas City USD 500 school district. The building itself is a historic and notable public building,which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The school principal is Mary Stewart. The mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are red and white.
Stan S. Frownfelter is an American businessman and former Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 37th district in Wyandotte County. He was first elected in 2006 and took office on January 3,2007. He served as the House Assistant Minority Leader from 2017 to 2019. Until 2020,he had never faced primary opposition.
The 2002 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4,2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won re-election to a second term overwhelmingly. No Democrats filed to run,and Roberts was only opposed by a Libertarian candidate and a Reform Party candidate. This was the only United States Senate election in Kansas in which Pat Roberts won every county in the state.
The mayor of Kansas City,Kansas is the highest official of the city government. In 1997,voters approved the consolidation of Kansas City,Kansas government with that of Wyandotte County. The office has since been referred to as "mayor/CEO" of the "United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City,Kansas." However,in popular terms,the head executive is called the mayor.
Sam Alvey is an American professional mixed martial artist,who competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor since 2008,Alvey has also formerly competed for Bellator,King of the Cage,the MFC,and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 16:Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson.
Mark Ronald Holland is an American pastor,politician,and community leader who served as the 28th mayor of Kansas City,Kansas between 2013 and 2018. A Democrat,he was the party's nominee for U.S. Senator from Kansas in the 2022 election,losing to Republican Jerry Moran in a landslide.
Aaron Coleman is an American politician. A Democrat,he represented District 37 in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. The district covers the Turner neighborhood and parts of the Argentine and Armourdale neighborhoods of Kansas City in Wyandotte County,Kansas. He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives at the age of 20. Coleman previously ran a write-in campaign for governor of Kansas in 2018 and ran for the Kansas City Board of Utilities in 2019.
Under U.S. law,a state requires a constitution. A main order of business for Territorial Kansas was the creation of a constitution,under which Kansas would become a state. Whether it would be a slave state or a free state,allowing or prohibiting slavery,was a national issue,because it would affect voting in the polarized U.S. Senate. Because of tensions over slavery,four quite different constitutions of Kansas were drafted.
Timothy H. Johnson is an American politician serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 38th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 11,2021.
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. Holland conceded on election night.
The 2013 Kansas City,Kansas mayoral election took place on April 2,2013,to elect the Mayor/CEO of the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City,Kansas. The election is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Joe Reardon did not run for a third term. Mark Holland and Ann Murguia were on the ballot in the general election. Holland defeated Murguia by over 1,500 votes.
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. Garner defeated Alvey,becoming the first African-American mayor of Kansas City.
Tyrone A. Garner is an American politician and retired police officer who is currently serving as the 30th mayor of Kansas City,Kansas since 2021. He previously served as the deputy chief of the Kansas City Police Department (KCKPD).
