KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Wichita Mayor and Kansas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Carl Brewer has died.
Wichita NBC affiliate KSN-TV reports Brewer died overnight from “ongoing health issues.” Brewer was 63.
Brewer served two terms as mayor of Kansas’ largest city.
In 2017, he ran in the Democratic primary for Kansas governor, a race he lost to eventual Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.
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