title: 2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election
text: # 2021 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election
  
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  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.
  
  Kansas City, Kansas mayoral primary election, 2021 results :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Tyrone Garner | 3,575 | 28.18% |
  | | Nonpartisan | David Alvey (incumbent) | 3,527 | 27.8% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Chris Steineger | 2,733 | 21.55% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Janice (Grant) Witt | 1,849 | 14.58% |
  | | Nonpartisan | Darren Duffy | 1,001 | 7.89% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,685 | 100% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,758 | 14.36% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 88,825 | |
  
  ## General election
  
  The general election took place on November 2, 2021.
  
  Kansas City, Kansas mayoral general election, 2021 results :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Tyrone Garner | 8,531 | 50.76 |
  | | Nonpartisan | David Alvey (incumbent) | 8,133 | 48.39 |
  | | Write-in | Write-in | 144 | 0.86 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,808 | 100% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,992 | 19.03% |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 89,294 | |
  