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Jolie Justus

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Jolie Justus
Image of Jolie Justus

Nonpartisan

Prior offices
Missouri State Senate District 10

Kansas City City Council District 4
Successor: Eric Bunch

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 18, 2019

Education

Bachelor's

Southwest Missouri State University, 1994

Law

University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1998

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Jolie Justus was a member of the Kansas City City Council, representing District 4. She assumed office in 2015. She left office on August 1, 2019.

Justus ran for election for Mayor of Kansas City. She lost in the general election on June 18, 2019.

Justus was the council member for the District 4 seat on the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council. She was elected in the 2015 general election, and she served until 2019 as she did not file to run for re-election.[1]

Justus was previously a Democratic member of the Missouri State Senate, representing District 10 from 2007 to 2015. She served as Minority Floor Leader in her final two years and previously served as Assistant Minority Floor Leader. Justus did not seek re-election in 2014 due to term limits.

Biography

Justus attended the University of Missouri-Columbia from 1989 to 1992 and earned her B.S. in Communications from Southwest Missouri State University in 1994 as well as her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1998. Her professional experience includes working as director of Pro Bono Services for Shook Hardy & Bacon, as an attorney, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.[2] Justus was the first openly gay member of the Missouri Senate.[3]

Elections

2019

See also: Mayoral election in Kansas City, Missouri (2019)

General election

General election for Mayor of Kansas City

Quinton Lucas defeated Jolie Justus in the general election for Mayor of Kansas City on June 18, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Quinton Lucas
Quinton Lucas (Nonpartisan)
 
58.6
 
40,149
Image of Jolie Justus
Jolie Justus (Nonpartisan)
 
41.4
 
28,415

Total votes: 68,564
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Kansas City

The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Kansas City on April 2, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jolie Justus
Jolie Justus (Nonpartisan)
 
22.9
 
12,876
Image of Quinton Lucas
Quinton Lucas (Nonpartisan)
 
18.5
 
10,402
Image of Alissia Canady
Alissia Canady (Nonpartisan)
 
13.6
 
7,617
Image of Steve Miller
Steve Miller (Nonpartisan)
 
12.2
 
6,847
Image of Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner (Nonpartisan)
 
9.0
 
5,072
Image of Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor (Nonpartisan)
 
8.7
 
4,891
Image of Phil Glynn
Phil Glynn (Nonpartisan)
 
7.1
 
3,991
Image of Jermaine Reed
Jermaine Reed (Nonpartisan)
 
5.8
 
3,241
Image of Clay Chastain
Clay Chastain (Nonpartisan)
 
0.9
 
518
Henry Klein (Nonpartisan)
 
0.7
 
365
Vincent Lee (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
205
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
100

Total votes: 56,125
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2015

See also: Kansas City, Missouri municipal elections, 2015

The city of Kansas City, Missouri, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council on June 23, 2015. A primary election took place on April 7, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 13, 2015. All 12 city council seats were up for election.[4][5]

In the primary election for the District 4 seat, Jolie Justus and John Fierro were unopposed. Justus defeated Fierro in the general election on June 23.[6][7][8] Incumbent Jan Marcason was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.[9]

Kansas City City Council, District 4, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJolie Justus 76.4% 4,714
John Fierro 23.6% 1,458
Total Votes 6,172
Source: Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Cumulative general election results," accessed January 26, 2016

2010

See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Justus won re-election to the Missouri State Senate. She faced Jim Lepper in the primary. Bob Ludlow ran for the seat on the Libertarian ticket. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[10][11]

Missouri State Senate, District 10 General election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png

Jolie Justus (D)

33,634
Bob Ludlow (L) 10,402

2006

See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2006

On November 7, 2006, Justus won election to the 10th District Seat in the Missouri State Senate, defeating Jerry Mounts (R).[12]

Missouri State Senate, District 10 (2006)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.pngJolie Justus (D) 37,563 72.1%
Jerry Mounts (R) 14,536 27.9%

Campaign themes

2019

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Campaign website

Justus’ campaign website stated the following:

  • Safer Communities: One of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of Kansas City’s efforts to sustain its momentum is the city’s unconscionably high crime rate, particularly the homicide rate. While other cities are experiencing a crime reduction, Kansas City is not. We cannot allow that trend to continue.
  • Educational Opportunity: Learning should be a lifelong experience. From three months old to post-retirement it’s never too early or too late to add to your education. A strong city with strong communities ensures that everyone has access to educational opportunities.
  • Jobs, Investment & Equality: Growing our economy and creating jobs are critical goals, but we can’t afford to do it in a way that creates a bigger gap between the haves and the have-nots. A big part of making Kansas City’s neighborhoods stronger is reducing inequality and making smart investments in communities that spur opportunity throughout the city.
  • Smart City, Smart Growth: From expanding the city’s efforts to be more transparent and embracing 21st century transportation options to developing a comprehensive housing plan and protecting open spaces, there is more Kansas City can do to grow smarter. Let’s give more people a reason to make Kansas City the place they call home.[13]
—Jolie Justus' campaign website (2019)[14]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Justus served on the following committees:

Missouri committee assignments, 2013
Administration
Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government
Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Progress and Development, Chair
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Joint Committee on Capital Improvements and Leases Oversight
Joint Committee on Child Abuse
Joint Committee on Legislative Research
Joint Committee on Missouri's Promise
Joint Committee on MO Health Net

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Justus served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Justus served on the following committees:

Issues

Abortion

Justus was a major opponent of a bill to criminalize any abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. The bill passed in the Senate during the 2011 session.

Justus said no fetus at 20 weeks of gestation had ever been viable to the point where life could be sustained outside the womb. She argued that the bill represented an unprecedented level of political interference into scientifically established medical practices. Justus said the nature of late-term abortions had been smeared and that of 63 abortions performed after 20 weeks in Missouri in 2010, virtually all involved planned pregnancies that suffered a medical mishap.

“From talking to the doctors at the only hospital in the state where these services actually take place, they explained to me that these are not people who are coming in at 20 weeks or later and saying, ‘You know what, I’ve decided I don’t want this baby; take it out of me,’” Justus said. “That’s just not happening.”

Sen. Robert Mayer (R) sponsored the bill and said that in the cases Justus described, women would still be able to get an abortion under the new law. He said the intent of adding new provisions was to provide more protection to unborn children by requiring, among other things, a second medical opinion in such cases.[15]

Bullying

Justus proposed a bill that aimed to curb the problem of bullying in Missouri schools by establishing new training and reporting requirements. The biggest change contained in the bill was a provision removing the requirement that school policies treat all students equally and not identify lists of protected classes of students based on such traits as race or sexual orientation.[16]

Campaign finance summary


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Jolie Justus campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2010Missouri State Senate, District 10Won $219,197 N/A**
2006Missouri State Senate, District 10Won $166,005 N/A**
Grand total$385,202 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2014

In 2014, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 8 through May 19.

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2013

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External links

Footnotes

  1. The Kansas City Star, "List of Kansas City candidates for council, mayor preview a very different City Hall," January 16, 2019
  2. Project Vote Smart, "Jolie Justus' Biography," accessed March 23, 2014
  3. [Information submitted to Ballotpedia via email on February 7, 2019]
  4. Missouri Secretary of State, "2015 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed September 19, 2014
  5. Kansas City Board of Elections, "Home," accessed January 23, 2015
  6. Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Unofficial election results," accessed June 23, 2015
  7. Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Unofficial election results," accessed April 7, 2015
  8. KCTV5, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed April 7, 2015
  9. Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Sample Ballot: Municipal Primary, School and Special Election, April 7, 2015," accessed February 9, 2015
  10. Missouri Secretary of State, "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri Primary Election - 2010 Primary Election," accessed December 19, 2014
  11. Missouri Secretary of State, "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri General Election - November 2, 2010 General Election," accessed December 19, 2014
  12. Missouri Secretary of State, "2006 General Election Results," accessed February 3, 2014
  13. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  14. Justus for KC, “Homepage,” accessed April 10, 2019
  15. Missouri News Horizon, "Senate approves late-term abortion restrictions," March 31, 2011
  16. Missouri News Horizon, "Lawmakers hear anti-bullying bill, delay action," April 6, 2011 (dead link)
Political offices
Preceded by
-
Missouri State Senate District 10
2007–2015
Succeeded by
Jeanie Riddle (R)
Preceded by
Jan Marcason
Kansas City City Council, District 4
2015-2019
Succeeded by
Eric Bunch


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