Elected_Appointed Officials

Bedell

Kansas City School Superintendent Mark Bedell

Mark Dupree

Wyandotte County District Attorney. Aug 2020 photo.

Mark Dupree

Wyandotte County District Attorney. Aug 2020 photo.

Police Chief Rick Smith with Quinton Lucas at Operation LeGend update, Oct. 2020

Tim Garrison

United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Missouri Lawmaker-Indictment

FILE - In this May 1, 2017 photo, Tricia Derges poses after a Senate committee hearing at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Derges, a Missouri state lawmaker already indicted on 20 charges related to a fraud scheme involving medical treatments, now faces three more charges alleging she fraudulently sought federal funding for COVID-19 services at her southwest Missouri clinics. Federal prosecutors announced Friday, March 26, 2021, that a grand jury returned a superseding indictment this week alleging that Rep. Tricia Derges, a Republican from Nixa, filed claims for nearly $900,000 in federal funding for COVID-19 treatments that were not performed or had already been paid for. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File)

Trump Democrats Cleaver

FILE - In this June 27, 2018 file photo, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., asks a question of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Virus Outbreak Missouri

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson conducts his daily coronavirus briefing from the doorway of his office inside the state Capitol Monday, April 27, 2020, in Jefferson City, Mo. Parson announced he will lift some restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 and allow the reopening of some businesses and other activities starting on May 4. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Election 2020 Governor Missouri

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson speaks during a news conference in St. Louis. Gov. Parson, a former sheriff running for reelection on a law-and-order platform against Nicole Galloway, Missouri's state auditor. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Gov. Parson visit

Gov. Mike Parson visits ReDiscover Mental Health Service in Kansas City in August of 2020.

Gov. MIke Parson visits with officials at ReDiscover Mental Health Service in August (2020).

Gov. MIke Parson visits with officials at ReDiscover Mental Health Service in August (2020).

Gov. MIke Parson visits with officials at ReDiscover Mental Health Service in August (2020).

Gov. Mike Parson visits with staff at ReDiscover Mental Health Service in Kansas City on Aug. 27, 2020.

Gov. Mike Parson visits with staff at ReDiscover Mental Health Service on Aug. 27, 2020.

Gov. MIke Parson visits with officials at ReDiscover Mental Health Service in August (2020).

Police Chief Rick Smith with Quinton Lucas at Operation LeGend update, Oct. 2020

Police Chief Rick Smith with Quinton Lucas at Operation LeGend update, Oct. 2020

Jean Peters Baker

Jean Peters Baker talks at a Sept. 9, 2020 press conference at Kansas City City Hall.

Supreme Court Barrett

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)