Former Wichita mayor and gubernatorial candidate Carl Brewer has died, official says

Former Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, who oversaw much of the revitalization of downtown and was a key figure in the development of Wichita Eisenhower National Airport, died Friday morning after a long illness. He was 63. Brewer, the city’s first elected African-American mayor, served on the City Council or as mayor from 2001 to 2015, the maximum terms that Wichita law allows its city officials. He ran unsuccessfully for Kansas governor in 2018.