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=== 2021 St. Louis mayoral election ===

On November 4, 2020, after being elected treasurer for a third term, Jones announced she would once again campaign for the mayor's office. She won [[2021 St. Louis mayoral election|the election]] against [[St. Louis Board of Aldermen|St. Louis Alderwoman]] Cara Spencer on April 7, 2021, and was sworn in on April 20. She is the third African-American, the second woman, and the first African-American woman to hold the position.{{efn|[[Lyda Krewson]], who is white, was elected [[Mayor of St. Louis]] in 2017 and became the first woman to hold that office. Before Jones, there were two African-American mayors of St. Louis, both of them men: [[Freeman Bosley Jr.]], elected in 1993, and [[Clarence Harmon]], elected in 1997.}}