title: Kiki Curls
text: # Kiki Curls
  
  Shalonn "Kiki" Curls (born December 7, 1968) is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri Senate. She represented the 9th district, which includes part of Jackson County, from 2011 to 2020.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Kiki Curls was born in Los Angeles in 1968. She attended St. Teresa's Academy and graduated from the University of Missouri.
  
  ## Career
  
  She currently works as a real estate developer.
  
  ### Politics
  
  In 2006, Kiki Curls ran for the 41st district of the Missouri House of Representatives. She won election unopposed and won reelection unopposed in 2008 and 2010. In 2011 State Senator Yvonne S. Wilson retired from the senate so Governor Jay Nixon made a special election to fill her seat. Curls ran for the seat with the support of Wilson. Her opponent was Republican Nola Wood. She won the election with 83 percent of the vote. She is also the 14th ward's Democratic Committeewoman in Kansas City.
  
  **Committee assignments**
  
  * Appropriations
  * General Laws
  * Health, Mental Health, Seniors & Families
  * Joint Committee on Capital Improvements & Leases Oversight
  * Joint Committee on Corrections
  * Joint Committee on Tax Policy
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  2012 General Election for Missouri’s 9th Senate District :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Kiki Curls | 62,964 | 100.0 | |
  
  2011 Special Election for Missouri’s 9th Senate District :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Kiki Curls | 11,594 | 83.2 | |
  | | Republican | Nola Wood | 2,298 | 16.5 | |
  
  2010 General Election for Missouri’s 41st District House of Representatives :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Kiki Curls | 5,002 | 100.0 | |
  
  2008 General Election for Missouri’s 41st District House of Representatives :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Kiki Curls | 10,519 | 100.0 | |
  
  2006 General Election for Missouri’s 41st District House of Representatives :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Kiki Curls | 5,855 | 100.0 | |
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Curls attends St. Monica's Catholic Church and is the mother of twins.
  
  