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Kansas City Today

Results from the 2021 election

By Nomin Ujiyediin,
Byron J. Love
Published November 3, 2021 at 4:00 AM CDT
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Kansans went to the polls on Tuesday to decide a number of critical races, including the next mayors of Overland Park and Kansas City, Kansas. Hear about the results of those elections, plus a number of school board races that became battlegrounds for controversial national issues.

Nov. 2 was Election Day across Kansas, and KCUR was following several important races in the Kansas City area.

In the Overland Park mayoral race, Curt Skoog won against opponent Mike Czinege. Shawnee Mission Post editor Kyle Palmer breaks down the race.

In Kansas City, Kansas, former deputy police chief Tyrone Garner defeated incumbent Mayor David Alvey. Garner will be the first Black mayor of Kansas City, Kansas. Lynn Horsley has been following that contest.

And in Olathe and Blue Valley, voters elected candidates running against an anti-racist curriculum to their school boards, while Shawnee Mission residents went with more moderate candidates.

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Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love and edited by Gabe Rosenberg & Lisa Rodriguez

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Nomin Ujiyediin
As a newscaster and a host of a daily news podcast, I want to deliver the most important and interesting news of the day in an engaging and easily understandable way. No matter where you live in the metro or what you’re interested in, I want you to learn something from each newscast or podcast – and maybe even give you something to talk about at the dinner table.
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Byron J. Love
As an on-demand producer, I am focused on using my skills and experiences across multiple digital applications, platforms and media fields to create community focused audio, video and on-demand products for KCUR Studios. The media that I produce aims to inform, entertain and connect with the Kansas City metro area as we continue to learn from each other. Email me at byronlove@kcur.org.
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