Frank White Jr.
Frank White Jr. was the Jackson County Executive in Missouri. He left office on October 8, 2025.
White (Democratic Party) lost his position in the recall election on September 30, 2025.
Elections
2025
Frank White Jr. recall, 2025
Frank White Jr. lost the Jackson County Executive recall election on September 30, 2025.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✖ | Yes |
85.2
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64,469 | ||
No |
14.8
|
11,191 | |||
Total Votes |
75,660 | ||||
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Jackson County, Missouri (2022)
General election
General election for Jackson County Executive
Incumbent Frank White Jr. defeated Theresa Galvin in the general election for Jackson County Executive on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frank White Jr. (D) | 55.2 | 118,479 | |
| Theresa Galvin (R) | 44.5 | 95,412 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 621 | ||
| Total votes: 214,512 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Jackson County Executive
Incumbent Frank White Jr. defeated Stacy Lake in the Democratic primary for Jackson County Executive on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frank White Jr. | 53.3 | 34,007 | |
| Stacy Lake | 46.7 | 29,837 | ||
| Total votes: 63,844 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Jackson County Executive
Theresa Galvin defeated Preston Smith and Jason Pearson in the Republican primary for Jackson County Executive on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Theresa Galvin | 43.7 | 16,790 | |
| Preston Smith | 31.9 | 12,283 | ||
 | Jason Pearson | 24.4 | 9,376 | |
| Total votes: 38,449 | |||
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2018
See also: Municipal elections in Jackson County, Missouri (2018)
General election
General election for Jackson County Executive
Incumbent Frank White Jr. defeated Nathan Kline in the general election for Jackson County Executive on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frank White Jr. (D) | 72.6 | 94,521 | |
 | Nathan Kline (G) | 26.7 | 34,811 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 886 | ||
| Total votes: 130,218 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Jackson County Executive
Incumbent Frank White Jr. defeated Matthew Merryman and Jeremy Raines in the Democratic primary for Jackson County Executive on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frank White Jr. | 68.4 | 55,586 | |
| Matthew Merryman | 21.1 | 17,133 | ||
| Jeremy Raines | 10.5 | 8,513 | ||
| Total votes: 81,232 | |||
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Green primary election
Green primary for Jackson County Executive
Nathan Kline defeated Richard Charles Tolbert in the Green primary for Jackson County Executive on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathan Kline | 62.8 | 199 |
| Richard Charles Tolbert | 37.2 | 118 | ||
| Total votes: 317 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Frank White Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
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