2021 St. Louis mayoral election: Difference between revisions

== General election ==

At the general election on the evening of Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Tishaura Jones defeated Cara Spencer to earn her first term as mayor of St. Louis, winning by over two-thousand votes.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 7, 2021|title=7 Takeaways From A History-Making Election Night In St. Louis|work=[[St. Louis Public Radio]]|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2021-04-07/7-takeaways-from-a-history-making-election-night-in-st-louis|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> This constituted nearly 4% of the people that voted that evening.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Summary For CITYWIDE, All Counters, All Races FINAL OFFICIAL RESULTS|url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/board-election-commissioners/documents/election-results/upload/Apr21-Final-Official-Summary.pdf|access-date=23 July 2021|publisher=St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners}}</ref>

=== Polling ===

Leading up to the early April election, over 20% of voters told pollsters that they were undecided.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-30|title=Recent Poll Shows Tishaura Jones has Slight Lead in St. Louis City Mayor’s Contest|url=https://www.showmevictories.com/news/recent-poll-shows-tishaura-jones-has-slight-lead-in-st-louis-city-mayors-contest/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Show Me Victories|language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

!Poll source

!Date(s)<br/>administered

!Sample<br/>size

!Margin<br/>of error

! style="width:60px;" |Tishaura<br/>Jones

! style="width:60px;" |Cara<br/>Spencer

!Undecided

|-

| style="text-align:left;" |[https://www.showmevictories.com/news/recent-poll-shows-tishaura-jones-has-slight-lead-in-st-louis-city-mayors-contest/ Show Me Victories (D)]

|March 25–28, 2021

|650 (LV)

|±&nbsp;4.0%

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |'''42%'''

|37%

|21%

|-

| style="text-align:left;" |[https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/poll-shows-jones-spencer-running-close-in-mayoral-race/article_1d6b4b59-447c-5b02-868d-0686f385fcb4.html Show Me Victories (D)]

|March 4–6, 2021

|550 (LV)

|±&nbsp;4.2%

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |'''40%'''

|35%

|25%

|}

=== Results ===

Tishaura Jones defeated Cara Spencer by a 4% margin.<ref name=":1" /> Jones' margin of victory largely came from Northern St. Louis, while Spencer was stronger in the south.<ref name=KSDK>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/elections/st-louis-mayoral-election-voter-wards-analysis/63-542b872a-14cc-4869-be64-f7e58522dbe0|title=Analysis: Ward-by-ward breakdown of how St. Louis voted for mayor|website=KSDK|last1=Richey|first1=Erin|date=April 7, 2021|accessdate=April 10, 2021}}</ref> Jones received her largest margins in wards where Lewis Reed had come second in the primary.<ref name=KSDK/>

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|title=2021 St. Louis mayoral general election results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party=Nonpartisan

|candidate=[[Tishaura Jones]]

|votes= 30,166

|percentage= 51.70

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party= Nonpartisan

|candidate= Cara Spencer

|votes= 27,865

|percentage= 47.75

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{{Election box write-in with party link no change

|party= Nonpartisan

|candidate= [[Write-in candidate|Write-in votes]]

|votes= 319

|percentage= 0.55

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{{Election box total no change

|votes= 58,237

|percentage= 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}