Английская Википедия:2021 St. Louis mayoral election

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsMO The 2021 St. Louis mayoral election occurred in two stages, with a unified primary on March 2, 2021, and a two-candidate general election on April 6, 2021. Incumbent Democratic mayor Lyda Krewson was eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office, but chose to retire.

In a primary field of four candidates, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer advanced to the general election. Jones defeated Spencer in the general election by nearly 4% of votes cast, becoming the first African-American woman elected to the office of mayor.

Background

In 2017, then-St. Louis alderwoman Lyda Krewson was elected mayor, becoming the first woman to do so. However, in late 2020, she announced that she would not seek re-election to a second term, despite being eligible to run. Krewson cited her age as the primary reason for her retirement, saying: "I am now pushing 70. So after a lot of thinking and a lot of discussion with my family, I decided to retire in April and not run for re-election." Krewson had faced criticism during her term for her perceived mishandling of Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020, with numerous demonstrations outside the mayor's home and calls for her to resign. Krewson was also facing a primary challenge from Jones and Spencer, both of whom launched their campaigns for mayor before Krewson announced her retirement. However, Krewson denied that these factors had any influence on her decision not to seek re-election.

Some also speculated that Proposition D, a ballot measure passed by St. Louis voters with 68% of the vote in November 2020, would have made it more difficult for Krewson to survive a primary challenge. Proposition D altered St. Louis elections so that they would use a new electoral process. The old system used partisan primaries with first-past-the-post voting. Since 2021, all candidates for municipal elections in St. Louis instead compete in a single nonpartisan primary using approval voting, and the two candidates with the highest vote total advanced to the general election. Krewson opposed Proposition D, while Jones supported it.

Candidates

Candidates who advanced to the general election

Candidate	Experience	Party preference	Ref
Файл:Tishaura Jones crop.jpg Tishaura Jones	Treasurer of St. Louis (2013–2021) Former Assistant Minority Floor Leader of the Missouri House of Representatives (2011–2013) Former state representative (2009–2013) Candidate for mayor in 2017	Файл:Tishaura Jones 2021 logo.png Party preference: Democratic (Website)
Файл:Cara Spencer crop.jpg Cara Spencer	St. Louis alderwoman for the 20th ward (2015–present)	Файл:Cara Spencer 2021 logo.png Party preference: Democratic (Website Шаблон:Webarchive)

Candidates eliminated in the primary

Candidate	Experience	Party preference	Ref
Файл:3x4.svg Andrew Jones	Utility manager Nominee for mayor in 2017	Файл:Andrew Jones 2021 logo.png Party preference: Republican (Website)
Файл:Lewis E. Reed crop.jpg Lewis E. Reed	President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen (2007–2022) Candidate for mayor in 2013 and 2017	Файл:Lewis Reed 2021 logo.png Party preference: Democratic (Website Шаблон:Webarchive)

Disqualified

• Keith Jefferson, small business owner
• Lassaad Jeliti, restaurateur
• Dana Kelly, restaurateur (Party preference: Democratic)

Declined

• Gregory F. X. Daly, St. Louis Collector of Revenue (Party preference: Democratic)
• Lyda Krewson, incumbent mayor (2017–present) (Party preference: Democratic)

Primary election

In a primary field of four candidates, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer advanced to the general election. The two women defeated President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen Lewis E. Reed as well as utility manager Andrew Jones.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Andrew Jones	Tishaura Jones	Lewis Reed	Cara Spencer	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri ScoutШаблон:Efn-ua Шаблон:WebarchiveШаблон:Efn	February 3–4, 2021	501 (LV)	± 4.4%	19%	Шаблон:Party shading/Nonpartisan | 51%	Шаблон:Party shading/Nonpartisan | 59%	40%	—
Show Me Victories (D)	January 5–8, 2021	732 (LV)	± 4.0%	5%	Шаблон:Party shading/Nonpartisan | 28%	Шаблон:Party shading/Nonpartisan | 30%	11%	27%

Results

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Primary results by ward
T. Jones: Шаблон:Legend0 Шаблон:Legend0 Шаблон:Legend0
Spencer: Шаблон:Legend0 Шаблон:Legend0

Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer advanced to the general election. Because the primary election was conducted using approval voting (and voters had the opportunity to mark their approval of more than one candidate), the numbers in the "Approval percentage" row add up to more than 100 percent.

March 2, 2021 Primary Election Results
	Tishaura Jones	Cara Spencer	Lewis E. Reed	Andrew Jones
Party preference:	Democratic Party	Democratic Party	Democratic Party	Republican Party
Votes of approval:	25,388	20,659	17,186	6,428
Approval percentage:	56.96%	46.35%	38.56%	14.42%
Total Vote Cards Cast: 44,571

General election

At the general election on the evening of Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Tishaura Jones defeated Cara Spencer to earn her first term as mayor of St. Louis, winning by over two-thousand votes. This constituted nearly 4% of the people that voted that evening.

Polling

Leading up to the early April election, over 20% of voters told pollsters that they were undecided.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tishaura Jones	Cara Spencer	Undecided
Show Me Victories (D)	March 25–28, 2021	650 (LV)	± 4.0%	Шаблон:Party shading/Nonpartisan |42%	37%	21%
Show Me Victories (D)	March 4–6, 2021	550 (LV)	± 4.2%	Шаблон:Party shading/Nonpartisan |40%	35%	25%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri ScoutШаблон:Efn-ua	March 3–4, 2021	544 (LV)	± 4.4%	Шаблон:Party shading/Nonpartisan |43%	37%	20%

Results

Tishaura Jones defeated Cara Spencer by a 4% margin. Jones' margin of victory largely came from Northern St. Louis, while Spencer was stronger in the south. Jones received her largest margins in wards where Lewis Reed had come second in the primary. Шаблон:Election box begin no change Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link no change Шаблон:Election box write-in with party link no change Шаблон:Election box total no change Шаблон:Election box end

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