Elections are held every four years in the off-year immediately after US presidential election years in Overland Park, Kansas to elect the city's mayor. Elections for city officials in Johnson County are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If more than two candidates file to run for office, a primary must be held on the first Tuesday in August.[1]
| Election Name: | 1997 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1993 |
| Previous Year: | 1993 |
| Next Election: | 2001 |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
| Election Date: | April 1, 1997 (general) |
| Candidate1: | Ed Eilert (Incumbent) |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,277 |
| Percentage1: | 64.5% |
| Candidate2: | Max Gordon |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 7,279 |
| Percentage2: | 35.4% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Ed Eilert |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ed Eilert |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 21.01% [2] |
The 1997 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election was held on April 1, 1997.[2] Incumbent mayor, Ed Eilert, ran against Max Gordon and was elected to a fifth term in office.[3]
| Election Name: | 2001 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1997 |
| Previous Year: | 1997 |
| Next Election: | 2005 |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
| Election Date: | April 3, 2001 (general) |
| Candidate1: | Ed Eilert (Incumbent) |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,560 |
| Percentage1: | 99.3% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Ed Eilert |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Ed Eilert |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
The 2001 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election was held on April 3, 2001. Incumbent mayor, Ed Eilert, ran unopposed and was elected to his sixth term in office.[4]
| Election Name: | 2005 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2001 |
| Previous Year: | 2001 |
| Next Election: | 2009 |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
| Election Date: | April 5, 2005 (general) |
| Image1: | Carl Gerlach.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Popular Vote1: | 20,340 |
| Percentage1: | 61.77% |
| Candidate2: | Neil S. Sader |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,554 |
| Percentage2: | 38.12% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Ed Eilert |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
The 2005 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election was held on April 5, 2005. Incumbent mayor, Ed Eilert, who had served in the office since 1981, chose not to run for another term.[5] This election saw Overland Park City Council member, Carl R. Gerlach, elected as mayor, defeating Neil Sader.[6]
Only two candidates ran for this election, so a primary was not held.[7]
| Election Name: | 2009 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2005 |
| Previous Year: | 2005 |
| Next Election: | 2013 |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
| Election Date: | April 7, 2009 (general) |
| Image1: | Carl Gerlach.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Carl R. Gerlach (Incumbent) |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
The 2009 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election was held on April 7, 2009.[8] Incumbent Carl R. Gerlach ran unopposed and was elected to a second term in office.[9]
| Election Name: | 2013 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2009 |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2017 |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | April 2, 2013 (general) |
| Image1: | Carl Gerlach.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Carl R. Gerlach (Incumbent) |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
The 2013 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election was held on April 2, 2013. Incumbent Carl R. Gerlach ran unopposed and was elected to a third term in office.[10] [11]
| Election Name: | 2017 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2017 (general) |
| Image1: | Carl Gerlach.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Carl R. Gerlach (Incumbent) |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,561 |
| Percentage1: | 63.37% |
| Candidate2: | Charlotte O’Hara |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,376 |
| Percentage2: | 36.45% |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
The 2017 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017. This election saw the first challenger to incumbent mayor, Carl R. Gerlach, since 2005.[12] He ultimately was elected to a fourth term in office.[13]
| Election Name: | 2021 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2017 |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Election Date: | August 3, 2021 (primary) November 2, 2021 (general) |
| Candidate2: | Mike Czinege |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 19,530 |
| Percentage2: | 48.97 |
| Candidate1: | Curt Skoog |
| Popular Vote1: | 20,243 |
| Percentage1: | 50.76% |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Carl R. Gerlach |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Curt Skoog |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
The 2021 Overland Park, Kansas mayoral election was an election for the office of mayor of Overland Park, Kansas. Incumbent Carl R. Gerlach did not run for re-election.[14]
Gerlach and another former Overland Park mayor, Ed Eilert, endorsed Curt Skoog.
Mike Czinege and Curt Skoog received the most votes in the primary, allowing them to appear on the ballot in the general election on November 2, 2021. Skoog beat Czinege in a tight race, by 731 votes. [16]