Ryana Parks-Shaw
2019 - Present
2027
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Ryana Parks-Shaw is a member of the Kansas City City Council, representing District 5. She assumed office on August 1, 2019. Her current term ends on August 1, 2027.
Parks-Shaw ran for re-election to the Kansas City City Council to represent District 5. She won in the general election on June 20, 2023.
Although city council offices are officially nonpartisan, Parks-Shaw is a member of the Democratic Party. She was a Democratic candidate who sought election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 30. Parks-Shaw lost the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on August 7, 2018.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Kansas City, Missouri (2023)
General election
General election for Kansas City City Council District 5
Incumbent Ryana Parks-Shaw won election in the general election for Kansas City City Council District 5 on June 20, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ryana Parks-Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 5,509 |
| Total votes: 5,509 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Kansas City City Council District 5
Incumbent Ryana Parks-Shaw advanced from the primary for Kansas City City Council District 5 on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryana Parks-Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 96.3 | 5,551 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.7 | 216 | ||
| Total votes: 5,767 | |||
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Endorsements
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2019
See also: City elections in Kansas City, Missouri (2019)
General election
General election for Kansas City City Council District 5
Ryana Parks-Shaw defeated Edward Bell in the general election for Kansas City City Council District 5 on June 18, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryana Parks-Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 67.7 | 7,115 |
 | Edward Bell (Nonpartisan) | 32.3 | 3,398 | |
| Total votes: 10,513 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Kansas City City Council District 5
Ryana Parks-Shaw and Edward Bell defeated Bryan Dial, Mitchell Suddath, and Stephan Gordon in the primary for Kansas City City Council District 5 on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryana Parks-Shaw (Nonpartisan) | 56.6 | 4,651 |
| ✔ | | Edward Bell (Nonpartisan) | 15.2 | 1,248 |
| Bryan Dial (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 994 | ||
| Mitchell Suddath (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 655 | ||
| Stephan Gordon (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 609 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 60 | ||
| Total votes: 8,217 | |||
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2018
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 30
Jon Patterson defeated Ryana Parks-Shaw and Brad Eichstadt in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 30 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jon Patterson (R) | 51.7 | 9,162 |
| Ryana Parks-Shaw (D) | 45.5 | 8,069 | |
| Brad Eichstadt (L) | 2.8 | 494 | ||
| Total votes: 17,725 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 30
Ryana Parks-Shaw advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 30 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryana Parks-Shaw | 100.0 | 3,939 |
| Total votes: 3,939 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 30
Jon Patterson defeated Chris Hankins and James Lowman in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 30 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jon Patterson | 55.1 | 2,568 |
| Chris Hankins | 34.9 | 1,627 | ||
 | James Lowman | 9.9 | 463 | |
| Total votes: 4,658 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 30
Brad Eichstadt advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 30 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brad Eichstadt | 100.0 | 50 | |
| Total votes: 50 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ryana Parks-Shaw did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
Parks-Shaw, along with five other Kansas City Council members, including Eric Bunch and Dan Fowler, were self-quarantined after two council members were informed that might have been exposed to coronavirus after attending a conference for city leaders in Washington D.C.[1]
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