Kansas City mayoral election, 2015

Kansas City mayoral election, 2015
June 23, 2015

 
Nominee Sly James Vincent Lee
Popular vote 22,864 2,909
Percentage 88.7% 11.3%
Mayor before election

Sly James
Independent

 Elected Mayor

Sly James
Independent

The 2015 Kansas City mayoral election took place on June 23, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. The election will be held concurrently with various other local elections, and is officially nonpartisan.

Incumbent Mayor Sly James, an Independent in office since 2011, won re-election to a second term in office.[1]

A primary election was held on April 7 to determine the two candidates that moved on to the general election.[2]

Candidates

Primary election

Results

Kansas City mayoral primary election, 2015[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Sly James (incumbent) 19,884 84.21
Nonpartisan Vincent Lee 2,112 8.94
Nonpartisan Clay Chastain 1,456 6.17
Nonpartisan Write-in 160 0.68
Total votes 23,612 100

General election

Candidates

  • Sly James, incumbent Mayor
  • Vincent Lee, real estate broker

Results

Kansas City mayoral general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Sly James (incumbent) 29,830 87.3
Nonpartisan Vincent Lee 4,337 12.7
Total votes 25,773 100

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, Rob (June 18, 2014). "Exclusive: With KC on a roll, mayor says he's going for two". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Horsley, Lynn (April 7, 2015). "Sly James, Vincent Lee advance in Kansas City mayoral primary". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Horsley, Lynn (March 15, 2015). "This year's campaign for Kansas City mayor is strange indeed". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Election Summary Report - Municipal Primary, School Special Election - April 7, 2015 - Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races - OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners. April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
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