Shalonn "Kiki" Curls | |
State Senate: | Missouri |
District: | 9th |
Term Start: | January 2011 |
Term End: | January 16, 2020 |
Preceded: | Yvonne S. Wilson |
Succeeded: | Barbara Washington |
State House2: | Missouri |
District2: | 41st |
Term Start2: | 2007 |
Term End2: | 2011 |
Preceded2: | Melba J. Curls |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1968 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California |
Residence: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Occupation: | Real estate developer |
Alma Mater: | University of Missouri |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | James Michaela |
Shalonn "Kiki" Curls (born December 7, 1968) is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri Senate.[1] She represented the 9th district, which includes part of Jackson County, from 2011 to 2020.[1]
Kiki Curls was born in Los Angeles in 1968.[1] She attended St. Teresa's Academy and graduated from the University of Missouri.[1]
She currently works as a real estate developer.[1]
In 2006, Kiki Curls ran for the 41st district of the Missouri House of Representatives.[2] She won election unopposed and won reelection unopposed in 2008 and 2010.[2] In 2011 State Senator Yvonne S. Wilson retired from the senate so Governor Jay Nixon made a special election to fill her seat.[3] Curls ran for the seat with the support of Wilson.[3] Her opponent was Republican Nola Wood.[3] She won the election with 83 percent of the vote.[2] She is also the 14th ward's Democratic Committeewoman in Kansas City.[1]
Curls attends St. Monica's Catholic Church[1] and is the mother of twins.[1]