2011 Kansas City mayoral election

Election in Kansas City

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February 22, 2011 (primary)^[1]
March 22, 2011 (general)^[2]

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Turnout

16.24% (primary)^[1]
22.06% (general)^[2]


Candidate	Sly James	Mike Burke
Party	nonpartisan candidate	nonpartisan candidate
Popular vote	31,794	18,736
Percentage	62.92%	37.08%

Mayor before election

Mark Funkhouser
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Sly James
Democratic

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The 2011 Kansas City mayoral election was held February 22 and March 22, 2011 to elect the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. It saw the election of Sly James, who unseated incumbent mayor Mark Funkhouser (who was eliminated in the primary).

Results

Primary

First round results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Sly James	12,105	32.43
	Nonpartisan	Mike Burke	8,966	24.02
	Nonpartisan	Mark Funkhouser (incumbent)	6,571	17.60
	Nonpartisan	Jim Rowland	6,046	16.20
	Nonpartisan	Deb Hermann	2,565	6.87
	Nonpartisan	Henry Klein	561	1.50
	Nonpartisan	Charles B. Wheeler	421	1.13
	Write-in	Write-ins	93	0.25
Total votes			37,328

General election

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Sly James	31,794	62.92
	Nonpartisan	Mike Burke	18,736	37.08
Total votes			50,530

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Election Summary Report Municipal Primary Election February 22, 2011 Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races Official Results" (PDF). Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners. March 4, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Election Summary Report Municipal General Election March 22, 2011 Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races Official Results" (PDF). Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners. March 31, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

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