The Wichita City Council District 6 race is a very tight race with Maggie Ballard leading Cindy Claycomb by a 55% to 45% margin with 21 of the 24 precincts reporting.
At her watch party Ballard says she wants to make sure the homeless outreach team receives the resources they need to provide 24/7 care.
She says that as a business woman she understands the need to modernize, while keeping the cities unique features.
A close race for an open seat in District 3 for the Wichita City Council.
Jared Cerullo is challenged by Mike Hoheisel with both candidates doing a lot of last minuet campaigning focusing on roads and other issues in south Wichita.
Hoheisel says the winner will likely be decided by the number of mail in ballots. Hoheizel was leading Cerullo by a 51% to 48% margin.
The only runaway race for Wichita City Council was in District 1 with vice Mayor Brandon Johnson defeating challenger Myron Ackerman.
Johnson says that with his second term he hopes he can build off of the groundwork set in his first term.
Johnson won by a decisive 79% to 20% margin.
In Goddard the City Council at large seat was won by Michael Proctor.
And in Park City the ward 1 seat was won by Wichita Police Officer Charlie Davidson, defeating Angie Carter. Davidson won with 72% of the votes.
That council seat became open after John Lehnherr announced he was running for Park City Mayor, taking on council member Thomas Jones. Lehnherr won with 71% of the vote.
In the race for Haysville mayor, Council member Russ Kessler taking on incumbent Bruce Armstrong and Rose Corby. Kessler winning with 56% of the vote.
With 81% of the votes counted in the Wichita School board elections there are some very close races.
In District 1, challenger Diane Albert is leading Ben Blankley by more than 2,000 votes.
In District 2, incumbent Julie Hedrick is leading challenger Brent Davis with over 81% of the total vote.
In District 5, challenger Kathy Bond has a slight lead over incumbent Mia Turner by fewer than a thousand votes.
In District 6, challenger Hazel Stabler is leading incumbent Ron Rosales by just over 2,500 votes.
There were several highly contested races for school boards around the area Tuesday. In Maize, USD-266, the three school board winners are Jessica Pereira, John Harrison and Kerry Fellows.
In Valley Center USD-262 there were eight candidates with the top 3 vote getters including former Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau, Mike McCormic and Spike Anderson.
Eight more candidates in Derby USD-260, with the top vote getters, Jennifer Neal, Michael Blankenship and Claudia Peebler.
In the race in Haysville, USD 261, there were 7 candidates with the top 3 vote getters, Kelly Ramseyer, Courtney Williams, and Jeremy Bennett.
In Salina voters deciding on if the city commission should be kept from ordering any restrictions during a state of emergency. This comes after claims that the city infringed on public rights with some COVID mandates. The question passing with 90-percent of the precincts reporting.
In Andover a 1% sales tax increase passed with the money going to fund a new fire station and upgrades to the current station.
In Great Bend three sales tax increases were passes. One providing more money for parks and trails. The second providing money for a new police department and the 3rd to help with the hiring and retention of police officers and firefighters.
In Garden City a sales tax increase passed in an effort to provide upgrades to an airport terminal and park improvements.
