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Unofficial results
General election
Nov. 5, 2019

Early partial preliminary election results showed incumbent Commissioner Melissa Brune Bynum leading with 66.8 percent of the vote to Mark Gilstrap’s 32.7 percent in the contest for Unified Government Commissioner, 1st District at large.

In the very close UG Commission, 3rd District contest, Christian A. Ramirez was leading with 236 votes to incumbent Commissioner Ann Murguia’s 230 votes.

For UG Commission, 4th District, incumbent Commissioner Harold Johnson was leading 355 to challenger Jorge L. Flores, 140.

For UG Commission, 6th District, incumbent Commissioner Angela Markley was leading 260 votes to Diana J. Aguirre’s 143.

Wyandotte County Register of Deeds Nancy Burns had 84.9 percent of the vote, with 3,863 to Tscher Manck’s 675.

For Board of Public Utilities, at large, position 3, Rose Mulvany Henry was leading David Haley, 2,175 to 2,123 in a very close contest.

For the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, where four persons will advance, the top vote-getters were Randy Lopez, 1,375; Yolanda S. Clark, 1,230; Janey Humphries, 1,185; and Valdenia C. Winn, 1,112. Brenda C. Jones, who resigned from the board earlier this year, received 1,016 votes.

UG Commissioner at large, District 1
Melissa Brune Bynum 3,101
Mark Gilstrap 1,520

UG Commissioner, District 3
Ann Murguia 230
Christian A. Ramirez 236

UG Commissioner, District 4
Jorge Luis Flores 140
Harold Johnson 355

UG Commissioner, District 6
Diana J. Aguirre 143
Angela Markley 260

BPU at large, position 3
David Haley 2,123
Rose Mulvany Henry 2,175

Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools District No. 500
Vote for 4
Gary E. Bradley-Lopez 870
Yolanda S. Clark 1,230
Monica Crowe 992
Karen French 820
Janey Humphries 1,185
Brenda C. Jones 1,016
Randy Lopez 1,375
Hattie L. Smith 864
Joseph A. Straws III 516
Frieda Tresvan 422
Valdenia C. Winn 1,112

Mayor, Bonner Springs
Jeff W. Harrington 158
Jordan M. Mackey 70

Several candidates are on the ballot for Unified Government, Board of Public Utilities, city, county and school elections today.

Voters may go to the polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, to cast ballots for candidates in the general election. Voters should go to their assigned polling places and bring identification, such as a driver’s license.

For more information about voting and polling places, visit www.WyCoVotes.org, facebook.com/WyandotteElection, or call the Election Office at 913-573-8500.

Free bus rides today

There will be free bus rides on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to and from the polls, according to RideKC. Paratransit services also will be free today, according to an announcement from RideKC.

On the ballot

Unified Government Commission

1st District at large:
Incumbent Commissioner Melissa Bynum is opposed by Mark Gilstrap, a former state senator.

2nd District
Incumbent Commissioner Brian McKiernan, unopposed.

3rd District
Incumbent Commissioner Ann Murguia is opposed by Christian A. Ramirez.

4th District
Incumbent Commissioner Harold Johnson is opposed by Jorge L. Flores.

6th District
Incumbent Commissioner Angela Markley is opposed by Diana Aguirre.

To see a video of a Business West –KCKCC candidate forum with UG Commission candidates, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlURCn044gE.

A story about the UG Commission contests is at https://wyandotteonline.com/five-ug-commissioners-running-for-re-election-on-tuesday/.

Register of Deeds

Incumbent Nancy Burns is opposed by Tscher Manck.

To see a video of a candidate forum with Register of Deeds candidates, visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAcLyBxyqWY

To view a story about the Wyandotte County register of deeds contest, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/register-of-deeds-office-on-tuesdays-ballot/.

Board of Public Utilities

Board of Public Utilities, at large position 3

David Haley, a state senator, and Rose Mulvany Henry, a utility attorney, are running for the position.

BPU, 1st District

Incumbent Robert “Bob” Milan is opposed by LaRon Thompson.

BPU, 3rd District

Incumbent Jeff Bryant is opposed by Stan S. Frownfelter, a state representative.

To see a video of a candidate forum with the BPU candidates, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWD4FaDy_hM.

To see a story about BPU candidates, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/incumbents-face-challenges-in-bpu-contests/.

Kansas City Kansas Community College Board of Trustees

(Vote for four)
Donald Ash, incumbent
Rosalyn Brown, incumbent
Patricia L. Brune
Ray Daniels, incumbent
Jammie A. Johnson
Paul P.J. Jones

To see a video of a candidate forum with KCKCC Board of Trustees candidates, visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kilN55gmnI.

A story about the KCKCC candidates is at https://wyandotteonline.com/kckcc-candidates-get-an-a-for-civility/

Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education, District 500

(Vote for four)
Gary E. Bradley-Lopez
Yolanda S. Clark
Monica Crowe
Karen French
Janey Humphries, incumbent
Brenda C. Jones, incumbent, has resigned from the board for health reasons since filing for office.
Randy Lopez
Hattie L. Smith
Joseph A. Straws
Frieda Tresvan
Valdenia C. Winn, incumbent

To see a video of a candidate forum with KCK Board of Education candidates, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZe1bGf6P4s.

To see a story about the KCK school board contest, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/crowded-field-in-kck-school-board-contest/

Turner Board of Education

Becky Billigmeier
Bryan Fishbaugh
Daniel Soptic
Theresa Tillery

Piper Board of Education

Larry K. Beashore
Ashley Biondi
Kim Brown
Jeb Vader

Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Board of Education

John H. Claxton
Pam Lawson
Jennifer McConico
David Pierce
Ashley Razak

Bonner Springs city

Mayor

Jeff W. Harrington
Jordan M. Mackey

Bonner Springs City Council, 1st Ward

Mike Thompson

Bonner Springs City Council, 2nd Ward

Dani Gurley

Bonner Springs City Council, 3rd Ward

Robert W. Reeves

Bonner Springs City Council, 4th Ward

Mark Kipp

Edwardsville City Council

Chuck Adams
Garrett Mellott
Charles E. Stites II

Lake Quivira Mayor

Brady Allan Lilja
John. Nelson

Lake Quivira Council member at large

Gayle Best
Randy Burgess
David McCullagh
Andrea “Annie” Noland
Greg Prieb

Constitutional amendment

There also is a constitutional amendment on the ballot concerning the counting of students and military members for the U.S. Census. This constitutional amendment may be read on a sample ballot available at https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/VoterView/RegistrantSearch.do.

Many other states count students and members of the military where they are at the time of the census. Kansas makes an adjustment currently based on where the person wants to be counted, and this process is expensive, plus it reduces the number of people counted in the state. A higher number of persons counted in the census could result in more federal dollars for the state. This amendment is supported by the Kansas secretary of state.

For more information from the secretary of state’s office on the constitutional amendment, visit https://www.sos.ks.gov/forms/elections/1605-Card.pdf .

Links to stories about the election:

Past stories about the elections in 2019 are found under the category, Election 2019, on the Wyandotte Daily website, at https://wyandotteonline.com/category/election-2019/.

Candidate forums for Unified Government commissioner, Board of Public Utilities, KCKCC, Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education and Wyandotte County Register of Deeds are being shown online and have been shown the past few weeks on KCEC cable channel on Spectrum Cable (Wyandotte County) on Channel 17, and on Google TV on Channel 146. The forums are online at YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/KCECable.

Some past stories about the 2019 election, not mentioned above, include:

Candidates support collecting debts from T-Bones’ former owner, https://wyandotteonline.com/candidates-support-collecting-debts-from-t-bones/

Audit spurs questions at community meeting on KCK schools,
https://wyandotteonline.com/audit-spurs-questions-at-community-meeting-on-kck-schools/

Two state legislators advance to general election in BPU contests,
https://wyandotteonline.com/two-state-legislators-advance-to-general-election-in-bpu-contests/

UG Commission contests on Tuesday include some rematches (primary),
https://wyandotteonline.com/ug-commission-contests-on-tuesday-include-some-rematches/

Candidates run for BPU Districts 1 and 3 (primary),
https://wyandotteonline.com/seven-candidates-run-for-bpu-districts-1-and-3/

BPU at large 3rd District race (primary),
https://wyandotteonline.com/bpu-at-large-3rd-district-race-attracts-six-candidates/