Kay Barnes

Kay Waldo Barnes (born March 30, 1938) is an American politician who served as Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1999 to 2007. She was the first woman to be elected to the office and was elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2003.
She was the Democratic nominee for Missouri's 6th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in 2008, but lost to incumbent Republican Congressman Sam Graves in a landslide.
In 2025, following the recall of Jackson County Executive Frank White, Barnes was appointed by Jackson County Legislature Chair DaRon McGee as the acting County Executive, effective October 8, 2025, and served until an interim County Executive was selected to serve out the remainder of White's term on October 16.

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