Election Name: | 2017 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election |
Country: | Kansas |
Type: | mayoral |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2013 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2013 |
Next Election: | 2021 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Election Date: | August 2017 (primary) November 7, 2017 (general) |
Candidate1: | David Alvey |
Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
Popular Vote1: | 9,727 |
Percentage1: | 51.84% |
Candidate2: | Mark Holland |
Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
Popular Vote2: | 8,893 |
Percentage2: | 47.4% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Mark Holland |
Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
After Election: | David Alvey |
After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
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.[1]
The following people filed for candidacy in the primary.[2]
Holland and Alvey received enough votes in the primary to go on to the general election in November.[4]
The general election took place on November 7, 2017. Holland conceded the election to Alvey the same day.[5]