Kansas City City Council, District 5 At-Large

Who holds it now

• Darrell Curls
• Term ends July 31, 2027

Left–right placement

Moderately left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 11 donors to their 2016 campaign for other. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

Contact their office

• Email: darrell.curls@kcmo.org
• Office: 414 E 12th Street, 22nd Floor, Kansas City, MO 64106

Official office contacts from the government's own listing.

Run for this seat

Who can run

• Must be at least 25 years old. source
• Must be a qualified voter of Kansas City. source
• Must have lived in the city for five years and in the council district for six months. source
• Must have paid city and county taxes for two years before the election. source
• Kansas City has six council districts; each district elects one member from the district and one member citywide (at large). Members serve four-year terms and may serve two consecutive terms. source

Filing

Official filing information

Campaign money

• A candidate for municipal office in a city of over 100,000 people must form a candidate committee once receiving more than $325 from a single contributor (other than the candidate), spending more than $500, or receiving more than $500 from others; below those amounts the candidate registers as an exempt candidate. source
• Once a threshold is reached, the committee must file a Statement of Committee Organization with the Missouri Ethics Commission within 20 days of forming or before its first report is due. source

From official sources, checked November 4, 2026. Rules can change; confirm with the City Clerk before you file. How to run in other 2027 elections.

Candidates

Candidates for this seat appear here once they file with the City Clerk.