The 2027 Kansas City mayoral election will be held on June 23, 2027 to elect the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, with a primary on April 2, 2027. Incumbent mayor Quinton Lucas is term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election. The election will be officially nonpartisan.
Candidates
Declared
Ryana Parks-Shaw, city councilmember from the 5th district (2019-present) and mayor pro-tem (2023-present) Crispin Rea, city councilmember from the 4th at-large district (2023-present) Wes Rogers, former state representative from the 18th district (2019-2023) and city councilmember from the 2nd district (2023-present) Kenda Tomes McClain, attorney
Publicly expressed interest
Darryl Forté, sheriff of Jackson County (2019-present)
Withdrew
PJ Guastello, local businessman
References
External links Official campaign websites Ryana Parks-Shaw for Mayor Crispin Rea for Mayor Wes Rogers for Mayor Kenda Tomes McClain for Mayor