Editing Kansas City, Missouri (section)

===City government===
[[File:Kansas City Missouri City Hall.jpg|thumb|upright|City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri]]
{{See also|List of mayors of Kansas City|Alcohol laws of Missouri}}

Kansas City is home to the largest [[Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government|municipal government]] in the state of Missouri. The city has a council/manager form of government. The role of [[city manager]] has diminished over the years. The non-elective office of city manager was created following excesses during the Pendergast days.

The mayor is the head of the [[Kansas City, Missouri City Council|Kansas City City Council]], which has 12 members elected from six districts (one member elected by voters in the district and one at-large member elected by voters citywide). The mayor is the presiding member. By charter, Kansas City has a "weak-mayor" system, in which most of the power is formally vested in the city council. However, in practice, the mayor is very influential in drafting and guiding public policy.

Kansas City holds city elections in every fourth odd-numbered year. The last citywide election was held in April 2023. The officials took office in August 2023 and will hold the position until 2027.

Pendergast was the most prominent leader during the machine politics days. The most nationally prominent Democrat associated with the machine was [[Harry S. Truman]], who became a Senator, Vice President and then [[President of the United States]] from 1945 to 1953. Kansas City is the seat of the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri]], one of two [[United States district courts|federal district courts]] in Missouri. The [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri]] is in St. Louis. It also is the seat of the Western District of the [[Missouri Court of Appeals]], one of three districts of that court (the Eastern District is in St. Louis and the Southern District is in [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]).

The Mayor, City Council, and City Manager are listed below:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kceb.org/useruploads/2019_mayorCC/Election_Summary_Official_6-19.pdf |title=Kansas City Missouri Municipal General Election June 18, 2019 |publisher=Kansas City Municipal Administration |access-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308182211/https://www.kceb.org/useruploads/2019_mayorCC/Election_Summary_Official_6-19.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/city-officials/city-council-members |title=City Council Members |publisher=City of Kansas City, Missouri |access-date=August 11, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719152736/https://www.kcmo.gov/city-hall/city-officials/city-council-members |archive-date=July 19, 2019 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! Office
! Officeholder
|-
|Mayor (presides over Council)
|[[Quinton Lucas]]
|-
|Councilman, District 1 At-large
|Kevin O'Neill
|-
|Councilman, District 1
|Nathan Willett
|-
|Councilwoman, District 2 At-large
|Lindsey French
|-
|Councilman, District 2
|Wes Rodgers
|-
|Councilwoman, District 3 At-large
|Melissa Patterson Hazley
|-
|Councilwoman, District 3
|Melissa Robinson
|-
|Councilman, District 4 At-large
|Crispin Rea
|-
|Councilman, District 4
|Eric Bunch
|-
|Councilman, District 5 At-large
|Darrell Curls
|-
|Councilwoman, District 5
|Ryana Parks-Shaw
|-
|Councilwoman, District 6 At-large
|Andrea Bough
|-
|Councilman, District 6
|Johnathan Duncan
|-
|City Manager
|Kimiko Gilmore ''(Acting)''
|-
|Mayor Pro-Tem
|Ryana Parks-Shaw
|}