With the mayor’s office of the Wyandotte County Government up for grabs, turnout for the Tues., Aug. 3, primary was a respectable 14%. Besides the mayor’s race, other watched races included Wyandotte County sheriff, several key seats on the county commission and open positions on the county’s board of public utilities.

Some of the biggest issues of the race were Wyandotte County electric and water rates, the safe and welcoming ordinance and taxes.

Here are the results:

UNIFIED GOVERNMENT MAYOR/CEO

Former Kansas City, Kansas deputy police chief Tyrone Garner led the race for mayor with 28%, just about 60 votes ahead of current Mayor David Alvey. Both will advance to the General Election Nov. 2.

Tyrone Garner – 3,465 28.3%

David Alvey (i) – 3,405 27.8%

Chris Steineger – 2,649 21.6%

Janice Witt –       1,762 14.4%

Daran Duffy –       963   7.9%

SHERIFF

Former sheriff’s deputy Celisha Towers is advancing to the General Election taking 35% of the votes. Daniel Soptic, currently a lieutenant colonel in the Sherrif’s Department, finished with just short of 50% of the vote.

Daniel Soptic – 5,815 49.6%

Celisha Towers – 4,137 35.3%

Charles Bunnell – 1,765 15.1%

WYANDOTTE COMMISSIONER AT-LARGE DISTRICT 2

Tom Burroughs, the incumbent, ran away in this race.

Tom Burroughs (i) – 2,247 55.1%

Claudine Sanders – 1,218 29.9%

J. Michael Tiner-Mackey – 610  15.0%

COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1

Covering northeast Wyandotte County, District 1 Commissioner Gayle Townsend led the race with 51.6% of votes. Newcomer Melvin Williams, owner of real estate company Presidential Flips, came in second with 28%.

Gayle Townsend (i) – 707 51.6%

Melvin Williams – 390 28.4%

Lisa Walker-Yeager – 274 20.0%

COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5

In this race, the incumbent also won by a landslide.

Mike Kane (i) – 2,085 60.5%

Eleanor Clark – 697 20.2%

Latorua Chinn – 662 19.2%

COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 8

In a rare twist, newcomer Andrew Davis took 31% of votes to current District 8 Commissioner Jane Philbrook’s 25.8%. Both advance to the general election

Andrew Davis – 535 31.2%

Jane Philbrook (i) – 443 25.8%

Geoffrey Kump – 320 18.7%

Diana Whittington – 299 17.4%

Tscher Manck – 117 6.8%

BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AT-LARGE POSITION 1

Incumbent Mary Gonzales took 53.6% of votes, advancing to the General Election with Gwendolyn Bass. Gonzales is competing for a sixth term.

Mary Gonzales (i) – 5,567 53.6%

Gwendolyn Bass – 2,943 28.3%

Mary Gerlt – 1,884 18.1%

BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AT-LARGE POSITION 2

In another competitive race, KS Sen. David Haley took 36.5% of the votes, advancing with Mark Gilstrap, who won 19% of the votes. Incumbent Ryan Eidson, who was running for his second term, took just 17% of votes and will not advance to the General Election.

David Haley – 3,925 36.5%

Mark Gilstrap – 2,074 19.3%

Ryan Eidson (i) – 1,839 17.1%

Kimberly Weaver – 1,825 17.0%

Dennis Grindel – 1,095 10.2%