Quinton Donald Lucas (born August 19, 1984)[1] is an American politician elected in 2019 as the 55th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

He was reluctant to leave Kansas City upon graduation and, following his college counselor's advice, attended Washington University in St.

[6] Living in Cape Town, he observed the political and cultural legacy of apartheid, which he said influenced his perception of the inequalities experienced by Black people in the United States.

[5] Lucas attended Cornell Law School, encouraged by a professor to assist in Curtis Osborne's appeal for clemency.

His campaign advocated for the selling of Kemper Arena instead of costly demolition, and supported public transit with future and current rail systems.

[12] Lucas said "$1,000 a month is still pretty high for a lot of people, but what we're trying to do is say that we will not give incentives based on affordability standards for units that are north of that figure.

"[13] During discussions surrounding the finance and development of renovating the Kansas City International Airport in August 2017, Lucas advocated for transparent municipal decision-making by calling for fewer closed Council sessions.

[16] In late August 2020, a group of citizens criticized Lucas's COVID-19 pandemic mask regulations as harmful to small businesses[17] and ran a failed petition to remove him from office.