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==General election==
==General election==
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St. Louis held it's general election on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, reporting results that evening. The two candidates on the ballot (Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer) had won the primary election a month prior. On April 6, 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>
St. Louis held it's general election on April 6, 2021, with the remaining two candidates (Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer) on the ballot.


== General election ==
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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>
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>


* Show Me Victories - March 4–6, 2021 - 40%/35%/25% (Jones/Spencer/undecided) <ref>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</ref>
* Show Me Victories - March 4–6, 2021 - 40%/35%/25% (Jones/Spencer/undecided) <ref>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</ref>
* Show Me Victories - March 25–28, 2021 - 42%/37%/21% (Jones/Spencer/undecided) <ref>https://www.showmevictories.com/news/recent-poll-shows-tishaura-jones-has-slight-lead-in-st-louis-city-mayors-contest/</ref>
* Show Me Victories - March 25–28, 2021 - 42%/37%/21% (Jones/Spencer/undecided) <ref>https://www.showmevictories.com/news/recent-poll-shows-tishaura-jones-has-slight-lead-in-st-louis-city-mayors-contest/</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+April 6, 2021
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St. Louis mayoral general election results
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
| colspan="2" |Prefers


[[Democratic Party]]
=== Results ===
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|'''Tishaura Jones'''
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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/>
|'''30,166'''
{{Election box begin no change
|'''51.70'''
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|title=2021 St. Louis mayoral general election results
|-
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}}
| colspan="2" |Prefers
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
[[Democratic Party]]
|party=Nonpartisan
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|Cara Spencer
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|candidate=[[Tishaura Jones]]
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|27,865
|votes= 30,166
|47.75
|percentage= 51.70
|-
}}
|
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| colspan="2" |Write-in
|party= Nonpartisan
|319
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|candidate= Cara Spencer
|0.55
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|votes= 27,865
|-
|percentage= 47.75
! colspan="3" |Total votes
}}
|'''58,237'''
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|'''100.00'''
|party= Nonpartisan
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|}
|candidate= [[Write-in candidate|Write-in votes]]
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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" />
|votes= 319
|percentage= 0.55
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes= 58,237
|percentage= 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}


==See also==
==See also==
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