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2017 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election

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2017 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election

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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

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Candidates

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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

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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

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Candidates

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  • Mark Holland, incumbent mayor
  • David Alvey

Election Results

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "2017 General Election (Results)".
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Here are final unofficial results for contested races in Wyandotte County".