Category: Election 2021

Mayoral candidate forum planned Friday, July 23

A mayoral candidate forum is planned from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 23, at Eisenhower Recreation Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Candidates for mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, have been invited to the nonpartisan forum.

The forum will be in person and also on Zoom. A panel will ask the candidates questions. Afterward, there will be an opportunity for people to meet the candidates.

The forum and reception were sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Mu Omega Chapter, and by the Metropolitan Leadership Institute. UG Commissioner Mike Kane, Fifth District, provided cookies for the reception.

Those who attend in person will be asked to wear a mask and socially distance.

For more information, call 913-788-7712.

The forum will be on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcu2oqj8vH9BluW_URVVNSaylUwCK2VLx

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Mainstream Coalition to hold candidate forums Tuesday and Wednesday

The Mainstream Coalition is sponsoring an online candidate forum for Kansas City, Kansas, mayor at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, on Zoom.

Those interested in seeing the forum online are asked to register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iy38enS2Sx270yrYJVKbCA?fbclid=IwAR18EucmAg4HjlcbvPQRVaBwvU_PVe9ASU3l91Q7l3L32NeOslyZxQDH-kY.

Also planned is a Mainstream Coalition candidate forum for Unified Government Commission candidates. It will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, on Zoom.

Registration for the forum is at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x2Y1oLNOR-uZi0zxxOoOAA?fbclid=IwAR3n26nHxEY9rzy1dUpvs5q5Vk2P657aJ91aJxa9rFsXWEMeD4L2yExiNd4.

A Mainstream Coalition candidate forum for Wyandotte County Sheriff will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, on Zoom.

To register for the forum, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cCE0OANQQg6jflQTIM9G_A?fbclid=IwAR0pa5vG_Kkqx87z6C8OnFr5yiW0SFu1BUaBdY1_f4vEZQ3mKFU-_OAjuxc.

The forums are sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County, the Mainstream Coalition, Advocacy and Awareness Group of Johnson County, Mid-America LGBT Chamber, ACLU of Kansas, Dotte Votes and Safe and Welcoming Wyandotte Coalition.

For more information, visit https://www.mainstreamcoalition.org/events_public.

Candidate forums planned next week

Candidate forums sponsored by Business West are planned next week.

Candidates for offices on the primary ballot have been invited to participate in the forums.

Forums will be conducted online this year, similar to last year’s forum, and then will be broadcast later on the Kansas City Kansas Community College cable television station and also on YouTube.

They will not be in-person forums, and there will not be an audience during the forums. The forums will not be debates. The moderator will be Murrel Bland.

Candidates will present information, and questions will be asked by local panelists.