Tyrone Garner elected first Black mayor of Kansas City

First-time candidate Tyrone Garner defeated one-term incumbent David Alvey to win election as mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.

Garner received 51% of the vote to Alvey’s 49%, in final unofficial results Tuesday night. It was a relatively low-turnout local election, with 18.5% percent of registered voters submitting ballots.

Garner becomes the first Black mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, according to records going back to 1886. The city and Wyandotte County consolidated governments in 1997.

Eric Adams elected mayor of New York

Eric Adams was elected the 110th mayor of New York City Tuesday. He will be the city’s second Black mayor.

Adams, a Democrat, beat Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, who founded the Guardian Angels.

The Associated Press declared the 61-year-old Democratic Brooklyn borough president the winner over Republican anti-crime activist Curtis Sliwa. Adams had 67% of the vote with 65% of precincts reporting, according to the AP, which called the race 11 minutes after polls closed.

The 61-year-old Adams takes over in January from Democrat Bill de Blasio, who was term-limited after eight years in office.

Winsome Sears wins Virginia's lieutenant governor race

Winsome Sears is projected to become Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, according to NBC.

Sears is expected to defeat her Democratic opponent, Del. Hala Ayala.

Sears will be the Commonwealth’s first female lieutenant governor.

PROJECTED ELECTION RESULTS

Winsome Sears(R) 1,659,919 51%

Hala Ayala(D) 1,602,975 49%

95.4% of Precincts Reporting (2,723 / 2,855)

Shontel Brown wins US House seat in Ohio

OHIO-Shontel Brown, 46, a Cuyahoga County Council member who also chairs the county Democratic Party, won the Cleveland-area House seat formerly held by Marcia Fudge, who stepped down to become housing and urban development secretary in the Biden administration.

Brown defeated Republican Laverne Gore, a business owner and activist, in the heavily Democratic district that stretches from Cleveland to Akron. She said she is ready to get to work.

“I am committed to going to Washington as a unifier, and will work with President Biden and Democratic leaders in Congress to lead a swift health and economic recovery from the pandemic for Ohioans,” Brown said in a statement.

Brown will fill the remainder of her predecessors’ term, which runs until January 2023. She must face reelection again next year under a congressional map that’s being redrawn to hold onto the seat.

Pittsburgh elects Ed Gainey as its first Black mayor

Pittsburgh voters on Tuesday elected state Rep. Ed Gainey (D) as the city’s 61st mayor — and the first Black man to lead a city that has grown more diverse in recent decades as the economy has diversified.

Gainey, 51, will succeed Mayor Bill Peduto, a fellow Democrat he defeated in the May primary.

The Associated Press projected Gainey would defeat Republican Tony Moreno, a retired police officer. Gainey led Moreno 71 percent to 29 percent.