Melissa (Melissa) A. Douglas (D-SH027)
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Capitol: 573.751.7639
FAX: 573.522.2301
District: 816.233.9201
Representative
Room 135-AC State Capitol 201 West Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65101

District Office:
201 West Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Elected: 2024    Next Election: 2026
Committee Assignments
MemberSubcommittee on Appropriations - Public Safety, Corrections, Transportation, and Revenue
MemberHouse Committee on Budget
MemberHouse Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing
Counties Representing
Jackson

Bio

Representative Melissa A Douglas, a Democrat, represents part of Jackson County (District 27) in the Missouri House of Representatives including several neighborhoods of Kansas City. Douglas was elected to her first term in November of 2024.

Before being elected to the House, Douglas worked in education and for 17 years was the McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison for the Kansas City Public Schools. A 1994 graduate of Southwest High School, Douglas holds a bachelor's degree in business management from Idaho State University and earned her master's in public administration from the University of Phoenix.

She is currently on the Board of Freedom, Inc, and is the 17th Ward Democratic Party Committeewoman. She previously served on the board of the Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness.

Douglas is active in her church, the Spruce Saint Matthew Baptist Church in Kansas City.