2019 Kansas City mayoral election

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2019 Kansas City mayoral election
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Candidate Quinton Lucas Jolie Justus
Popular vote39,216 [1] 27,747 [1]
Percentage58.56% [1] 41.44% [1]

Mayor before election

Sly James
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Quinton Lucas
Democratic

The 2019 Kansas City mayoral election took place on June 18, 2019, to elect the next mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. [2]

Contents

Incumbent mayor Sly James, in office since 2011, was term-limited and could not seek the office again. [3]

In the nonpartisan primary held on April 2, 2019, [4] city council members Jolie Justus and Quinton Lucas were the top-two vote winners [5] [6] with 23 and 18 percent of the vote, respectively. In the general election on June 18, 2019, Lucas got 59 percent vs. 41 percent for Justus.

Candidates

The filing deadline was January 8. [2]

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Primary

Jolie Justus
Jason Kander (withdrew)
Statewide and local politicians

Primary election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Alissia
Canady
Clay
Chastain
Phil
Glynn
Jolie
Justus
Henry
Klein
Vincent
Lee
Quinton
Lucas
Steve
Miller
Jermaine
Reed
Scott
Taylor
Scott
Wagner
UndecidedOther
SurveyUSA [16] February 26–March 13610±5.3%8%2%1%13%1%1%4%9%7%5%4%44%-
Remington [17] [18] February485±4%6%3%-18%--7%15%7%7%7%29%-
Hypothetical runoff polling
with Justus and Miller
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Jolie
Justus
Steve
Miller
Undecided
Remington [17] [18] February485±4%33%25%41%

Results

Kansas City mayoral primary election, 2019 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Jolie Justus 12,630 22.59
Nonpartisan Quinton Lucas 10,287 18.40
Nonpartisan Alissia Canady7,51413.44
Nonpartisan Steve Miller6,80012.16
Nonpartisan Scott Wagner5,0449.02
Nonpartisan Scott Taylor4,8758.72
Nonpartisan Phil Glynn4,3587.79
Nonpartisan Jermaine Reed3,2285.77
Nonpartisan Clay Chastain5140.92
Nonpartisan Henry Klein3640.65
Nonpartisan Vincent Lee2040.36
Nonpartisan Write-in1000.18
Total votes55,918 100

General election

Results

Kansas City mayoral general election, 2019 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Quinton Lucas 39,216 58.56%
Nonpartisan Jolie Justus27,74741.44%
Total votes66,963 100%

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