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Mike Kinard

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Mike Kinard
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Prior offices
Wichita Public Schools, At-large

Education

Bachelor's

Friends University

Personal
Profession
Owner, MyPictureMan LLC

Mike Kinard was a candidate for District 1 representative on the Wichita City Council in Kansas. Kinard was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Biography

Kinard earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Friends University. He is the owner of a video and photo production company called MyPictureMan LLC.[1] Kinard was a Wichita school board member from 2001 to 2005.[2]

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Wichita, Kansas (2017)

Brandon Johnson defeated Mike Kinard in the general election for the District 1 seat on the Wichita City Council.[3]

Wichita City Council, District 1 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brandon Johnson 65.39% 3,002
Mike Kinard 34.22% 1,571
Write-in votes 0.39% 18
Total Votes 4,591
Source: Sedgwick County, Kansas, "November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed November 7, 2017

Brandon Johnson and Mike Kinard defeated John Stevens and Janet Wilson in the primary election for the District 1 seat on the Wichita City Council.[3]

Wichita City Council, District 1 Primary Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brandon Johnson 52.19% 1,546
Green check mark transparent.png Mike Kinard 22.72% 673
John Stevens 14.82% 439
Janet Wilson 10.26% 304
Total Votes 2,962
Source: Sedgwick County, Kansas, "August 1st, 2017 Primary Election," accessed August 1, 2017

Campaign themes

2017

Kinard provided the following response about city funding during a July 2017 forum:

I remember when 17th Street had the pot holes. I remember when 13th street didn't have the five lanes, and 21st Street improvements, the Innovation Campus infrastructure. So there has been money pumped into our district, but there needs to be more. There's still more work to do.

And speaking of the innovation campus, we can't simply allow them to put that campus over there and not address the job issue. If they're going to put those jobs in our community they need to look at us to hire us for those jobs. So it is those type of things that we must address and hold all our council and hold our community partners accountable.[4][5]

—Mike Kinard (2017)

See also

Wichita, Kansas Kansas Municipal government Other local coverage
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