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2017 Kansas City, Kansas Mayoral Election
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. Primary Election Candidates The following people filed for candidacy in the primary. *Mark Holland, incumbent mayor **Filed for re-election on February 6, 2017. *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. General Election Candidates *Mark Holland, incumbent mayor *David Alvey Election Results The general election t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Kansas City, Kansas Mayoral Election
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. Primary Election Candidates Incumbent Joe Reardon chose not to run for a third term. The following people filed for candidacy. *Nathan Barnes *Mark Holland, pastor *Cordell D. Meeks III *Ann Murguia *Janice (Grant) Witt Election Results Holland and Murguia received enough votes to qualify for the general election on April 2, 2013. General Election Candidates *Mark Holland *Ann Murguia Election Results References {{2013 United States elections Kansas City Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Kansas City, Kansas Mayoral Election
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. Primary election Candidates The following people filed for candidacy and were on the ballot for the primary election. *David Alvey, incumbent mayor *Daren Duffy * Tyrone Garner, U.S. Army veteran and former KCKPD deputy chief *Chris Steineger, former United Government District 6 senator *Janice (Grant) Witt, CEO of Reola Grant Center Results Tyrone Garner and David Alvey received enough votes to move on to the general election in November. General election The general election took place on Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Alvey
David Alvey is an American politician who served as the mayor/CEO of the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas from 2018 to 2021. He was elected on November 7, 2017, when he defeated incumbent Mark Holland Mark Holland (born October 16, 1974) is a Canadian politician who serves as the current leader of the Government in the House of Commons. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Liber .... He took office on January 8, 2018. Alvey lost re-election to Tyrone Garner on November 2, 2021. References Politicians from Kansas City, Kansas Saint Louis University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Mayors of places in Kansas {{Kansas-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Holland (American Politician)
Mark Ronald Holland (born May 6, 1969) 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. Early life and education Holland was born on May 6, 1969, in Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). He is the third child and only son of Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Holland, a Methodist minister, and Marci L. Holland, a public school teacher. After graduating from Shawnee Mission West High School in 1987, he attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he majored in philosophy and anthropology. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Iliff School of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from St. Paul School of Theology, both United Methodist schools. Religious work Holland grew up wanting to be a United Methodist pastor. During seminary, he worked as a counselor w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Kansas City, Kansas
The mayor of Kansas City, Kansas is the highest official of the city government. In 1997, voters approved the consolidated city-county, consolidation of the Kansas City, Kansas government with that of Wyandotte County, Kansas, 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. The following is a list of mayors of the city and the original towns that were consolidated into it. . List of mayors Mayors elected before the 1886 consolidation Mayors elected after the 1886 consolidation Mayors elected after consolidation with Wyandotte County Notes See also * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consolidated City-county
In United States local government, a consolidated city-county is formed when one or more cities and their surrounding county ( parish in Louisiana, borough in Alaska) merge into one unified jurisdiction. As such it has the governmental powers of both a municipal corporation and an administrative division of a state. A consolidated city-county is different from an independent city, although the latter may result from consolidation of a city and a county and may also have the same powers as a consolidated city-county. An independent city is a city not deemed by its state to be located within the boundary of any county and considered a primary administrative division of its state. A consolidated city-county differs from an independent city in that the city and county both nominally exist, although they have a consolidated government, whereas in an independent city, the county does not even nominally exist. Furthermore, a consolidated city-county may still contain independent munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyandotte County, Kansas
Wyandotte County (; county code WY) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 169,245, making it Kansas's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat and most populous city is Kansas City, with which it shares a unified government. Wyandotte County is directly north of Johnson County, Kansas, and west of Kansas City, Missouri. History The Wyandot The county is named after the Wyandot (also known as Wyandott or Wyandotte) Indians. They were called the Huron by the French in Canada, but called themselves Wendat. They were distantly related to the Iroquois, with whom they sometimes fought. They had hoped to keep white Americans out of their territory and to make the Ohio River the border between the United States and Canada. One branch of the Wyandot moved to the area that is now the state of Ohio. They generally took the course of assimilation into Anglo-American society. Many of them embraced Christianity under the influence of mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, abbreviated as "KCK", is the third-largest 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. History In October 1872, "old" Kansas City, Kansas, was incorporated. The first city election was held on October 22 of that year, by order of Judge Hiram Stevens of the Tenth Judicial District, and resulted in the election of Mayor James Boyle. The mayors of the city after its organization were James Boyle, C. A. Eidemiller, A. S. Orbison, Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position (ex; when a new electoral division is created), in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest. Etymology The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb ''incumbere'', literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem ''incumbent-'', "leaning a variant of ''encumber,''''OED'' (1989), p. 834 while encumber is derived from the root ''cumber'', most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Haley
David B. Haley (born October 29, 1958) is a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 4th district since 2001. From 1995 to 2001, he was a Kansas Representative. He ran unsuccessfully for Kansas Secretary of State in 2002 and 2006. He is the son of politician George W. Haley and nephew of Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley. Issue positions Where David Haley stands on some of the issues (according to his website): * Fiscally conservative * Stronger penalties for animal cruelty * Campaign finance reform ''See also''Sen. Haley on the issues from Project Vote Smart Committee assignments In addition to being a member of the Kansas Sentencing Commission, Haley serves on these legislative committees: * Judiciary * Public Health and Welfare * Joint Committee on Children's Issues * Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight * Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight * Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations Sponsored legislation In 2010 Haley's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Senate
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. The Kansas Senate meets at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate is reserved with special functions such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, the state cabinet, commissions and boards. History The Kansas Senate was created by the Kansas Constitution when Kansas became the 34th state of United States on January 29, 1861. Six days after its admission into the Union, the Confederate States of America formed between seven Southern states that had seceded from the United States in the prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
