Kansas City school board chair Pattie Mansur defeated by 'underdog' newcomer
Sarah Ritter, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 7—Kansas City school board chair Pattie Mansur lost her reelection bid Tuesday night to newcomer Tanesha Ford, in a race that drew an unusually large amount of outside spending.
According to unofficial results with all precincts reporting, Ford won the at-large seat with 8,319 votes, or 56.3%, to Mansur's 6,446 votes, or 43.7%.
In addition, two newcomers were vying for the seat in Sub-district 5, in the southeast part of the school district. Kandace Buckner won with 1,813 votes, or 50.7%, over Bruce Beatty's 1,765 votes, or 49.3%.
Incumbents Rita Cortes and Manuel Abarca were uncontested.