2021 St. Louis mayoral election: Difference between revisions

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=[[w:Government of St. Louis{{!}}]] |access-date=December 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</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=[[w:KMOV{{!}}]] |access-date=December 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</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=[[w: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=[[w:KSDK{{!}}]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

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=[[w: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|url-status=live}}</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>