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Copied and refined the table format refined over at STL Approves#2021 St. Louis mayoral election, replacing the old tables for both #Primary election and #General election sections, and cleaning up a percentage
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==Primary election==
{| class="wikitable" style="background:transparent; width=40%;" colspan="4"
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Primary Election Results<ref name="official primary results22">{{cite web |title=FINAL OFFICIAL RESULTS - BY APPROVAL PERCENTAGE |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/board-election-commissioners/documents/election-results/upload/Mar21-Final-Official-Summary.pdf |website=stlouis-mo.gov |publisher=Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis |access-date=May 4, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| valign="top" |'''Tishaura Jones'''
'''Votes of approval: 25,388'''
'''Approval percentage: 56.96%'''
| valign="top" |'''Cara Spencer'''
'''Votes of approval: 20,659'''
'''Approval percentage: 46.35%'''
| valign="top" |Lewis E. Reed
Votes of approval: 17,186
Approval percentage: 38.56%
|Andrew Jones
Votes of approval: 6,428
Approval percentage: 14.42%
| '''Total'''
Cards cast: 44,571
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|[[File:Tishaura Jones tight crop.jpg|border|240x160px|Tishaura Jones]]
|[[File:Cara Spencer crop.jpg|border|240x160px|Cara Spencer]]
|[[File:Lewis_E._Reed_crop.jpg|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[File:Andrew Jones 2021 logo.png|border|x80px]]
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|Party preference:
[[Democratic Party]]<small>Wikipedia:</small> <small>[[w:Tishaura Jones|Tishaura Jones]]</small>
|Party preference:
[[Democratic Party]]<small>Wikidata:</small><small>[[w:wikidata:Q99674856|wikidata:Q99674856]]</small>
|Party preference:
[[Democratic Party]]<small>Wikipedia:</small> <small>[[w:Lewis E. Reed|Lewis E. Reed]]</small>
|Party preference:
[[Republican Party]]
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|}St. Louis held its 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.
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>
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* 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>
{| class="wikitable" style="background:transparent; width=40%;" colspan="4"
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! colspan="5" |April 6, 2021
General Election Results<ref name=":12">{{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}} Note: Using the "cards counted" number for percentages in table rather than the Board of Election Commissioners reported percentages.</ref>
(top two candidates from primary election)
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'''Choose-one votes: 30,166'''
'''Percentage of cards cast: 51.38%'''
|Cara Spencer
Choose-one votes: 27,865
Percentage of cards cast: 47.46%
|Write-in candidates
Choose-one votes: 319
Percentage of cards cast: 0.54%
|'''Total'''
Cards cast:58,707
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Tishaura Jones tight crop.jpg|border|240x160px|Tishaura Jones]]
Party preference:
[[Democratic Party]]
<small>Wikipedia:</small>
<small>[[w:Tishaura Jones|Tishaura Jones]]</small>
|[[File:Cara Spencer crop.jpg|border|240x160px|Cara Spencer]]
Party preference:
[[Democratic Party]]
<small>Wikidata:</small>
<small>[[w:wikidata:Q99674856|wikidata:Q99674856]]</small>
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|}Tishaura Jones defeated Cara Spencer by a margin of nearly 4%.<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" />
==See also==
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