Upcoming City Elections

Candidates for: Councilmember in Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4

Municipal Judge (Municipal Division No. 263 of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit)

Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, Lee's Summit, Missouri 

Notice is hereby given that declarations of candidacy for councilmember in Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4; and, municipal judge, Municipal Division 263 of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, may be filed with the city clerk from Tuesday, December 5 at 8 a.m. until Tuesday, December 26 at 5 p.m. The Office of the City Clerk is located in City Hall, 220 SE Green, Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

As provided in the Charter adopted for the City of Lee’s Summit, those candidates elected as councilmembers or judges to fill expiring terms shall serve four-year terms.

Candidates for councilmember shall have been a resident of the city for two years next preceding election and a qualified voter and shall remain a resident of his or her respective district and a qualified voter.

A councilmember shall have been a resident of his or her respective district for six months next preceding election.

Municipal judge candidates shall be a licensed member of the Missouri Bar; shall have been in active practice of law in the state of Missouri for at least three years immediately preceding election; shall have been a resident of the city two years next preceding election and a qualified voter; and, shall remain a resident and qualified voter of the city.

For more information contact the city clerk at 816.969.1007 or clerk@cityofls.net.

Candidate Filings

Councilmember District 1
Hillary Shields

Councilmember District 2
Trish Carlyle
Bob Gough
Shari Frazier

Councilmember District 3
Cynda Rader

Councilmember District 4
Fred DeMoro 

Judge Division 263
Venessa Maxwell-Lopez
Sam Buccero