What is Kay Barnes?
'''Kay Waldo Barnes''' (born as '''Kay Cronkite''', March 30, 1938, [[St. Joseph, Missouri]])<ref>{{cite web|title=In Conversation with Kansas City's Former Mayor|publisher=In Kansas City|url=https://www.inkansascity.com/innovators-influencers/people/in-conversation-with-kansas-citys-former-mayor-kay-barnes|access-date=July 16, 2021|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717002021/https://www.inkansascity.com/innovators-influencers/people/in-conversation-with-kansas-citys-former-mayor-kay-barnes|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and the former two term [[Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri]]. She is a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party member]]. Barnes was the first female mayor of Kansas City from May 1999 until May 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barnes, Kay|publisher=The Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity|url=https://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/womens-hall-of-fame/barnes-kay|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> She is the cousin of the famous [[journalist]] [[Walter Cronkite]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Cronkite Wins Truman Neighbor Award|publisher=Lawrence Journal-World|url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/may/09/cronkite_wins_truman|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> Barnes was the Democratic nominee for Missouri's 6th congressional district under the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the 2008 election against the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Sam Graves]]. In 1974, Barnes was one of the first two women with the [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County]] Legislature. She was elected to the Kansas City Council in 1979. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Kay}} [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Mayors of Kansas City, Missouri]] [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{us-bio-stub}}