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Eric Bunch
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Kansas City City Council District 4
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

6

Predecessor
Elections and appointments
Last elected

June 20, 2023

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Eric Bunch is a member of the Kansas City City Council, representing District 4. He assumed office on August 1, 2019. His current term ends on August 1, 2027.

Bunch ran for re-election to the Kansas City City Council to represent District 4. He won in the general election on June 20, 2023.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Kansas City, Missouri (2023)

General election

General election for Kansas City City Council District 4

Incumbent Eric Bunch defeated Henry Rizzo in the general election for Kansas City City Council District 4 on June 20, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Bunch
Eric Bunch (Nonpartisan)
 
67.1
 
4,273
Henry Rizzo (Nonpartisan)
 
32.9
 
2,094

Total votes: 6,367
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Kansas City City Council District 4

Incumbent Eric Bunch and Henry Rizzo defeated Crissy Dastrup in the primary for Kansas City City Council District 4 on April 4, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Bunch
Eric Bunch (Nonpartisan)
 
54.6
 
3,639
Henry Rizzo (Nonpartisan)
 
25.3
 
1,687
Image of Crissy Dastrup
Crissy Dastrup (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
20.1
 
1,344

Total votes: 6,670
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bunch in this election.

2019

See also: City elections in Kansas City, Missouri (2019)

General election

General election for Kansas City City Council District 4

Eric Bunch defeated Geoffrey Jolley in the general election for Kansas City City Council District 4 on June 18, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Bunch
Eric Bunch (Nonpartisan)
 
50.9
 
6,211
Image of Geoffrey Jolley
Geoffrey Jolley (Nonpartisan)
 
49.1
 
5,992

Total votes: 12,203
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Kansas City City Council District 4

Geoffrey Jolley and Eric Bunch defeated Jared Campbell in the primary for Kansas City City Council District 4 on April 2, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Geoffrey Jolley
Geoffrey Jolley (Nonpartisan)
 
38.3
 
3,649
Image of Eric Bunch
Eric Bunch (Nonpartisan)
 
37.2
 
3,548
Jared Campbell (Nonpartisan)
 
23.9
 
2,283
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
58

Total votes: 9,538
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Eric Bunch did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Noteworthy events

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 18, 2020

See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

Bunch, along with five other Kansas City Council members, including Dan Fowler and Ryana Parks-Shaw, were self-quarantined after two council members were informed that might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference for city leaders in Washington D.C.[1]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jolie Justus
Kansas City City Council District 4
2019-Present
Succeeded by
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