Voters select Mulvany Henry, Watson as candidates for Wyandotte County, KCK mayor
Rose Mulvany Henry and Christal Watson were chosen out of six candidates to replace Mayor Tyrone Garner, who announced back in November 2024 that he .
Who are the candidates?
Christal Watson
Watson currently serves as Executive Director of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Foundation for Excellence. Before dedicating her time to the education system, she was the chief of staff to KCK Mayor David Alvey and CEO of the Heartland Chamber of Commerce.
Her campaign centers around 'creating a future that works for every resident, business and family.' She plans to do this by tackling four core areas that she believes will lay the foundation for long-term prosperity in the county: community, housing, workforce and infrastructure.
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Rose Mulvany Henry
Mulvany Henry is an executive and attorney and has served as an elected member of the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities, At-Large Position 3 since 2019. She has over three decades of executive and legal experience spanning corporate, regulatory and entrepreneurial environments.
Her campaign largely centers around economic development and investment into both large and small businesses, repairing aging infrastructure and tackling the county's revenue crisis. Mulvany Henry also hopes to restore trust between the Unified Government and its workers, residents in the county, business owners and investors.
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The general election is on Nov. 4, where Mulvany Henry and Watson will face off for the position of KCK Mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County.
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