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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in Missouri
* An overview of local elections in Missouri
* An overview of the initiative process in Missouri

## Contents

* 1 Cities
* 1.1 City government
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2026
* 2.2 2025
* 2.3 2024
* 2.4 2023
* 2.5 2022
* 2.6 2021
* 2.7 2020
* 2.8 2019
* 2.9 2018
* 2.10 2017
* 2.11 2016
* 2.12 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 3.1 Counties
* 3.2 Cities
* 3.2.1 Constitutional charter cities
* 3.2.2 Third class cities
* 3.2.3 Fourth class cities
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Cities[edit]

### City government[edit]

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City | County

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Jefferson City | Callaway County, Cole County
Kansas City | Clay County, Jackson County, Platte County
St. Louis | Independent city

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 114 counties, 1,226 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,927 special districts. St. Louis operates as an independent city.[1]

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2026[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2026 and School board elections, 2026

* Jefferson City, Missouri \- City council
* St. Louis, Missouri \- Collector of revenue, license collector, community college board, and recorder of deeds
* Clay County, Missouri \- Auditor, prosecutor, county commission, community college board, circuit court judge, and associate circuit court judge
* Jackson County, Missouri \- County executive, county legislature, community college board, circuit court judges, and associate circuit court judges
* Platte County, Missouri \- Auditor, clerk, prosecutor, recorder, tax collector, county commission, community college board, circuit court judge, and associate circuit court judge

* Missouri school board elections

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Jefferson City, Missouri \- Prosecutor and city council
* St. Louis, Missouri \- Mayor, comptroller, board of aldermen, and community college board
* Missouri school board elections

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Jefferson City, Missouri \- City council
* St. Louis, Missouri \- Community college board, circuit court judges, circuit attorney, sheriff, and treasurer
* Clay County, Missouri \- Assessor, sheriff, county commission, metropolitan community college district, circuit court judges, and associate circuit court judges
* Jackson County, Missouri \- Prosecutor, sheriff, metropolitan community college district, circuit court judges, and associate judges
* Platte County, Missouri \- Assessor, public administrator, sheriff, treasurer, county commission, metropolitan community college district, circuit court judges, and associate circuit court judges
* Missouri school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Jefferson City, Missouri \- Mayor, city council, and city prosecutor
* Kansas City, Missouri \- Mayor, city council, and municipal court
* St. Louis, Missouri \- Board of aldermen and community college board
* Missouri school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Jefferson City, Missouri \- City council
* St. Louis, Missouri \- Collector of revenue, license collector, recorder of deeds, community college board, and board of aldermen (special)
* Clay County, Missouri \- Auditor, prosecuting attorney, county commission, community college board, and circuit court judges
* Jackson County, Missouri \- County executive, county legislature, community college board, and circuit court judges and associate judges
* Platte County, Missouri \- Auditor, clerk, presiding commissioner, prosecutor, recorder, tax collector, circuit court judges
* Missouri school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Jefferson City, Missouri \- City council and city prosecutor
* St. Louis, Missouri \- Mayor, comptroller, and board of aldermen
* Missouri school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* St. Louis, Missouri \- Circuit attorney, sheriff, treasurer, board of aldermen (special election), community college board, and circuit court and associate circuit court judges
* Clay County, Missouri \- County commissioners, assessor, public administrator, sheriff, treasurer, and circuit court and associate circuit court judges
* Jackson County, Missouri \- County prosecutor, sheriff, and circuit court and associate circuit court judges
* Platte County, Missouri \- County commissioners, assessor, public administrator, sheriff, treasurer, and associate circuit court judges
* Missouri school board elections

Past elections

### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

* Kansas City, Missouri \- Mayor and city council
* St. Louis, Missouri \- City council and community college board
* Missouri school board elections

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

* St. Louis, Missouri \- Collector of revenue, license collector, recorder of deeds, community college board, and Ward 8 alderman (special election)
* Clay County, Missouri \- County commissioner, county clerk, prosecuting attorney, county collector, recorder of deeds, county auditor, and local judgeships
* Jackson County, Missouri \- County executive, county legislator, and sheriff
* Platte County, Missouri \- County commissioner, county clerk, prosecuting attorney, county collector, recorder of deeds, and county auditor
* Missouri school board elections

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

* Missouri school board elections

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

* Missouri school board elections

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015

* Ferguson, Missouri
* Kansas City, Missouri
* St. Louis, Missouri
* Missouri school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Missouri

The availability of initiative varies depending upon the classification, form of government, and home rule status of a city or county.

### Counties[edit]

All four charter counties have initiative for charter amendments and county measures.[2][3][4][5]

### Cities[edit]

#### Constitutional charter cities[edit]

The Missouri Constitution Article VI Section 20 mandates that charter cities allow initiative for charter amendments and may also adopt an initiative process for ordinances. The charters of the eight most populated cities (Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia, Lee's Summit, St. Joseph, and St. Charles) all permit initiative. Signature requirements and filing deadlines vary by charter.

#### Third class cities[edit]

Third class cities with a commission or a council-manager form of government have an initiative process for ordinances provided by state statutes, Missouri Revised Statutes Section 78.200 for commission and Section 78.573 for council-manager. The main difference between the two statutes is the required percentage of signatures. A Missouri court recently questioned whether Section 78.573 requires an enabling city ordinance to be available to citizens, but did not reach a definite holding on the issue.[6]

Third class cities with a Mayor-Council and Mayor-Administrator-Council form of government are not granted initiative authority by state statutes.

#### Fourth class cities[edit]

Fourth class cities and villages are not granted initiative authority by state statutes.[7]

## See also[edit]

Missouri | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Missouri municipal code library
* Missouri state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Municipal League of metro St. Louis, "St. Louis County Charter," accessed July 15, 2021
3. ↑ Jackson County, "Our Charter," accessed August 23, 2013
4. ↑ St. Charles County, "County Charter and Ordinances," accessed August 23, 2013
5. ↑ Jefferson County, "Home Rule Charter of Jefferson County, Missouri," accessed August 23, 2013
6. ↑ Justia, "Rexroat v. City of Poplar Bluff, Case No. 1: 11CV00224 SNLJ(E.D. Mo., Jan. 27, 2012)," accessed August 23, 2013
7. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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