Background
Mike Talboy was born in Boise, Idaho to Doctor Glenn E. Talboy, Junior., a surgeon, and Edna (Salcedo) Talboy, an education and instructional design consultant.
Mike Talboy was born in Boise, Idaho to Doctor Glenn E. Talboy, Junior., a surgeon, and Edna (Salcedo) Talboy, an education and instructional design consultant.
Bachelor in Communications, University Missouri, Kansas City. Juris Doctor, University Missouri, Kansas City.
Talboy represented the 37th District, which at the time encompassed much of downtown Kansas City south of the Missouri River, as well as portions of the East Side. During the 96th General Assembly, he also served as House Minority Floor Leader. He is a practicing attorney who presently serves as Burns & McDonnell Engineering"s Director of Governmental Affairs.
He has two brothers.
Talboy moved with his family to Kansas City in 1993. He received a Bachelors degree in Communications from the University of Missouri–Kansas City in 2000, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law in 2002.
When the General Assembly was not in session, Talboy practiced law with the Kansas City firm Polsinelli Shughart. Mike Talboy became involved in local and national politics in 2001 while still a student at UMKC. In 2004, he served as a regional field director for the Missouri Coordinated Campaign, an organization working for Senator John Kerry"s unsuccessful presidential run.
First elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in November 2006 after winning a three-way contested Democratic Primary, Talboy retained his seat in 2008 and 2010.
In December 2008, Talboy was appointed Chairman of the Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee, a group supporting Democrats in the 2010 elections. He ran unopposed for reelection in both the Democratic primary and the general election in both 2008 and 2010. Beginning in 2012, as a result of redistricting following the 2010 United States Census, Talboy resided in the new 24th District, which included all of Downtown Kansas City, cut out the old 37th District"s heavily African American and Democratic East Side portion, and extended south through Midtown Kansas City (including Westport, Hyde Park, and Volker) to portions of the more affluent Country Club District, including the West Plaza and half of the Country Club Plaza itself.
On May 22, 2012, however, Talboy dropped out of the race and left the House of Representatives to become engineering firm Burns & McDonnell"s first "Director of Governmental Affairs," reopening Democratic primary registration.
Member, The Missouri Bar
Member, Operation Breakthrough Board of Directors.
Board directors Committee for County Progress, Jackson County, Missouri. Member of ALCU, Missouri Association Trial Attorneys, Missouri Bar Association.