adminJoe Jarosz
Northeast News
June 24, 2015
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Some voters went to the polls yesterday to elect the mayor and 12 other Kansas City Council members.
Although Mayor Sly James retained his seat, voter turnout was low. According to unofficial results, only 13 percent of registered voters in Jackson County cast a vote, with even lower results in both Clay and Platte Counties, under nine percent in both counties.
James won with 87 percent of the vote. The 13 member city council will undergo significant turnover. Six council members are term-limited out of their seats, another is serving an interim term and a couple incumbents are now on their way out. Among the winners of city council races were Heather Hall ousting incumbent Dick Davis for First District In-district seat, Katheryn Shields narrowly getting by incumbent Jim Glover for the Fourth District At-large seat and Alissia Canady closely avoiding Ken Bacchus for the Fifth District In-District seat. Canady replaces Cokethia Hill, an interim council member who replaced Michael Brooks earlier this year.
By the numbers
- Mayor
Sylvester “Sly” James — 29,774
Vincent Lee — 4,312 - Third District At-large
Quinton D. Lucas — 22,636
Stephan Gordon — 8,033 - Fourth District At-large
Jim Glover — 16,386
Katheryn Shields — 16,496 - Third District In-district
Jermaine Reed — 3,700
Jamekia Kendrix — 1,429 - Fourth District In-district
Jolie Justus — 4,695
John Fierro — 1,432
Other winners include: Scott Taylor, Kevin McManus, Lee Barnes Jr., Teresa Loar, Scott Wagner and Dan Fowler
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