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Mark Funkhouser Ph.D., was elected mayor of Kansas City, Mo., in March and sworn into office May...

Mark Funkhouser, Ph.D., was elected mayor of Kansas City, Mo., in March and sworn into office May 1. The Democrat won by slightly more than 1,000 votes. He previously served as a city auditor in Kansas City. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Thiel College, a master's degree

in social work from West Virginia University, an M.B.A. from Tennessee State University, and an interdisciplinary doctorate in public administration and sociology from the University of Missouri.

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