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.[1] Incumbent Democratic mayor Lyda Krewson was eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office, but chose to retire.[2] In a primary field of four candidates, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer advanced to the general election.[3] Jones narrowly defeated Spencer in the general election, becoming the first African-American woman elected to the office of mayor.[4]
Primary election
| March 2021 Primary Election Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Tishaura Jones Approval: 57.0% Party preference: Democratic Party Wikipedia: Tishaura Jones |
Cara Spencer Approval: 46.4% Party preference: Democratic Party Wikidata: wd:Q99674856 |
Lewis E. Reed Approval: 38.6% Party preference: Democratic Party Wikipedia: Lewis E. Reed |
Andrew Jones Approval: 14.4% Party preference: Republican Party |
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.
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.[5]
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
- ↑ "Upcoming Elections". Government of St. Louis. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ↑ "St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson to retire, will not seek re-election". KMOV. November 18, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ↑ Schlinkmann, Mark (March 3, 2021). "Tishaura Jones, Cara Spencer advance to St. Louis mayoral runoff". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ KSDK Digital (April 6, 2021). "Tishaura Jones makes history as first Black woman to be St. Louis mayor". KSDK. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ↑ Schlinkmann, Mark. "Effort underway to repeal 'approval voting' in St. Louis, replace it with new system". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2022-02-26.