2019 Kansas City mayoral election

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.

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

In the nonpartisan primary held on April 2, 2019, city council members Jolie Justus and Quinton Lucas were the top-two vote winners 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.

Declared

 * Alissia Canady, city councilwoman
 * Clay Chastain, electrical engineer and home renovator who currently lives in Bedford, Virginia
 * Phil Glynn, businessman, affiliated with the Democratic Party
 * Jolie Justus, city councilwoman, former member of the Missouri Senate
 * Henry Klein, charity chairman
 * Vincent Lee, real estate broker
 * Quinton Lucas, city councilman, affiliated with the Democratic Party
 * Steve Miller, attorney, affiliated with the Democratic Party
 * Jermaine Reed, city councilman
 * Scott Taylor, city councilman
 * Scott Wagner, city councilman, Mayor Pro Tem

Withdrew

 * Rita Berry, businesswoman
 * Roi Chinn
 * Jason Kander, former Missouri Secretary of State (endorsed Justus)

Declined

 * Austin Petersen, businessman and Libertarian candidate for presidential nomination in 2016, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018

Polling

 * with Justus and Miller