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{{wikipedia|2021 St. Louis mayoral election}}
The '''2021 St. Louis mayoral election''' occurred in two stages, with an [[approval voting]] primary on March 2, 2021, and a two-candidate general election on April 6, 2021.<ref name
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!colspan="4"|March 2021 Primary Election Results▼
==Primary election==
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▲! colspan="4" |March 2021 Primary Election Results
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| valign="top" |'''Tishaura Jones'''<br />[[File:Tishaura Jones tight crop.jpg|border|240x160px|Tishaura Jones]]<br />Approval: 57.0%<br>Party preference:<br />[[Democratic Party]]<br /><small>Wikipedia: <br />[[w:Tishaura Jones|Tishaura Jones]]</small>
| valign="top" |'''Cara Spencer'''<br />[[File:Cara Spencer crop.jpg|border|240x160px|Cara Spencer]]<br />Approval: 46.4%<br>Party preference:<br />[[Democratic Party]]<br /><small>Wikidata:<br />[[w:wd:Q99674856|wd:Q99674856]]</small>
| valign="top" |'''Lewis E. Reed'''<br />[[File:Lewis E. Reed crop.jpg|border|240x160px]]<br>Approval: 38.6%<br />Party preference:<br />[[Democratic Party]]<br /><small>Wikipedia: <br />[[w:Lewis E. Reed|Lewis E. Reed]]</small>
| valign="top" |'''Andrew Jones'''<br /><br /><br />[[File:Andrew Jones 2021 logo.png|border|x80px]]<br /><br /><br />Approval: 14.4%<br />Party preference:<br />[[Republican Party]]
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St. Louis held it's first-ever [[approval voting]] primary on March 2, 2021. Lewis E. Reed and Andrew Jones (a [[Republican Party]] candidate) were eliminated. The new approval-based primary was a non-partisan election, though candidates were allowed to state their party preference on the ballot. The top three candidates (Tishaura Jones, Cara Spencer, and Lewis Reed) declared their party preference "[[Democratic Party]]" and Andrew Jones declared his party preference "[[Republican Party]]". Because they received the largest number of votes of approval, Jones (Tishuara) and Spencer advanced to the general election. Reed and Jones (Andrew), as well as all other candidates, were eliminated from consideration.
▲The '''2021 St. Louis mayoral election''' occurred in two stages, with an [[approval voting]] primary on March 2, 2021, and a two-candidate general election on April 6, 2021.<ref name = "stl gov">{{Cite web |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/elections/ |title=Upcoming Elections |website=[[Government of St. Louis]] |access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> Incumbent Democratic mayor Lyda Krewson was eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office, but chose to retire.<ref name = "krewson">{{Cite web |url=https://www.kmov.com/news/st-louis-mayor-lyda-krewson-to-retire-will-not-seek-re-election/article_31ebbe30-29e2-11eb-ba3c-cf2c3b75c0b5.html |title=St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson to retire, will not seek re-election |date=November 18, 2020 |website=[[KMOV]] |access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> In a primary field of four candidates, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer advanced to the general election.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Schlinkmann|first=Mark|title=Tishaura Jones, Cara Spencer advance to St. Louis mayoral runoff|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/tishaura-jones-cara-spencer-advance-to-st-louis-mayoral-runoff/article_94495271-2e1b-59e7-b669-25a4a0dbf9de.html|date=March 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303042015/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/tishaura-jones-cara-spencer-advance-to-st-louis-mayoral-runoff/article_94495271-2e1b-59e7-b669-25a4a0dbf9de.html |archive-date=March 3, 2021 }}</ref> Jones narrowly defeated Spencer in the general election, becoming the first African-American woman elected to the office of mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=KSDK Digital|title=Tishaura Jones makes history as first Black woman to be St. Louis mayor|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/tishaura-jones-first-black-woman-st-louis-mayor/63-8a5f90e3-2db2-49b1-a5ec-f86fe268f638|url-status=live|access-date=April 6, 2021|date=April 6, 2021|website=[[KSDK]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
Reed was the President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen since 2007, and a candidate for mayor in 2013 and 2017 (see [[w:2013 St. Louis mayoral election]] and [[w:2017 St. Louis mayoral election]] on English Wikipedia). Reed has offered his support for an effort to repeal approval voting.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schlinkmann|first=Mark|title=Effort underway to repeal ‘approval voting’ in St. Louis, replace it with new system|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/effort-underway-to-repeal-approval-voting-in-st-louis-replace-it-with-new-system/article_2c3bad65-1e46-58b6-8b9f-1d7f49d0aaeb.html|access-date=2022-02-26|website=STLtoday.com|language=en}}</ref>
==General election==
St. Louis held it's general election on April 6, 2021, with the remaining two candidates (Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer) on the ballot.
==See also==
See [[w:2021 St. Louis mayoral election]] to learn more about the first election using Approval.
==References==
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