Bill Baird Enters Jackson County Exec Race

0:00Lee's summit mayor, Bill Baird, just jumped into the race for Jackson County executive. His second term wraps up this month since he's term-limited, and now he's one of eight candidates eyeing the seat in the August primary and November. General election. He filed alongside six other Democrats, Deiron McGee, Eric Stefan, Holmes Osborne, Phil LaVota, Ryan Meyer, and Stacey Lake, beating Tuesday's deadline. The feels got just one Republican so far, Alan Rolfing. Baird's leaning hard on his track record, saying he's the liver for working families beefed up public safety and fueled major economic growth in Lee's summit. He wants to restore respect, professionalism, and real results to county government ditching the politics. Before mayor, Baird served on the Lee's summit R7 school board and runs his own commercial real estate firm, Baird Realty Group. He's spotlighting city investments in police and fire services, plus booming development. With results like that on display, Baird's betting his proven leadership will carry

1:01him through this crowded field and into the executive's office for Jackson County. That's your update from Kansas News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.