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Jolie Justus
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Quinton Lucas (Nonpartisan) | 58.6 | 40,149 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Jolie Justus (Nonpartisan) | 22.9 | 12,876 |
| ✔ | | Quinton Lucas (Nonpartisan) | 18.5 | 10,402 |
 | Alissia Canady (Nonpartisan) | 13.6 | 7,617 | |
 | Steve Miller (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 6,847 | |
 | Scott Wagner (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 5,072 | |
 | Scott Taylor (Nonpartisan) | 8.7 | 4,891 | |
 | Phil Glynn (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 3,991 | |
 | Jermaine Reed (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 3,241 | |
 | 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
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 | |
 Jolie 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 | |||
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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 | ||
| Jolie Justus (D)
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37,563 | 72.1% | ||
| Jerry Mounts (R) | 14,536 | 27.9% | ||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
Justus’ campaign website stated the following:
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| —Jolie Justus' campaign website (2019)[14] | ||
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Justus served on the following committees:
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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Scorecards
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2014
In 2014, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 8 through May 19.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
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2013
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In 2013, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 30.
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006
- Jolie Justus' blog
- State Surge - bills sponsored by Sen. Justus
- Jolie Justus on Twitter
- Jolie Justus on Facebook
- Jolie Justus on MySpace
- Jolie Justus on Flickr
Footnotes
- ↑ The Kansas City Star, "List of Kansas City candidates for council, mayor preview a very different City Hall," January 16, 2019
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Jolie Justus' Biography," accessed March 23, 2014
- ↑ [Information submitted to Ballotpedia via email on February 7, 2019]
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2015 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Kansas City Board of Elections, "Home," accessed January 23, 2015
- ↑ Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Unofficial election results," accessed June 23, 2015
- ↑ Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Unofficial election results," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ KCTV5, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, "Sample Ballot: Municipal Primary, School and Special Election, April 7, 2015," accessed February 9, 2015
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri Primary Election - 2010 Primary Election," accessed December 19, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri General Election - November 2, 2010 General Election," accessed December 19, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2006 General Election Results," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Justus for KC, “Homepage,” accessed April 10, 2019
- ↑ Missouri News Horizon, "Senate approves late-term abortion restrictions," March 31, 2011
- ↑ Missouri News Horizon, "Lawmakers hear anti-bullying bill, delay action," April 6, 2011 (dead link)
| Political offices | ||
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| 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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