which was passed in to law. Justus has also served as an adjunct professor at the UMKC School of Law since 2010. She ran for Mayor of Kansas City in the 2019 Kansas City mayoral election, where she was defeated by Quinton Lucas. Personal Justus was the first openly gay member of the Missouri Senate and only the third ever publicly gay member of the Missouri General Assembly, after Representatives Tim Van Zandt (D-Kansas City), and Jeanette Mott Oxford (D-St. Louis). References External links Missouri Senate - Jolie Justus official government website Follow the Money - Jolie Justus 2008 2006 campaign contributions 1971 births 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century American politicians American women lawyers Lawyers from Kansas City, Missouri Lesbian politicians American LGBT city council members LGBT state legislators in Missouri Living people Missouri lawyers Democratic Party Missouri state senators Missouri State University alumni People from Branson, Missouri Politicians from Kansas City, Missouri University of Missouri–Kansas City alumni Women state legislators in Missouri