few potential positions to help the Trump administration. In August 2017, President Trump appointed Kinder as a co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority, a federal economic development board serving over 250 counties and parishes in eight states near the Mississippi River. By October 2017, Kinder had directed more than $500,000 in cuts to DRA administrative expenses, which had previously taken 8.6 percent of the agency's $30 million budget. Kinder acted as head of the DRA until Chris Caldwell of Arkansas was confirmed and sworn in to its higher co-chairman role in January 2018. Kinder resigned from the DRA on June 1, 2018, saying he plans to work in the private sector and remain in Cape Girardeau. Electoral history For Governor As Lt. Governor As Missouri State Senator References External links The Lieutenant Governor of Missouri official state site Team Kinder ''official campaign site |- 1954 births 21st-century American politicians American male journalists Methodists from Missouri Lieutenant Governors of Missouri Living people Missouri lawyers Republican Party Missouri state senators People from Cape Girardeau, Missouri Presidents pro tempore of the Missouri Senate St. Mary's University School of Law alumni University of Missouri alumni