2017 St. Louis mayoral election

2017 St. Louis mayoral election

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Turnout30.12%[1]
 
Candidate Lyda Krewson Andrew Jones Larry Rice
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 39,375 10,088 6,102
Percentage 67.54% 17.30% 10.47%

Results by ward
Krewson:      <50%      50%      55%      60%      65%      70%      75%      80%

Mayor before election

Francis Slay
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Lyda Krewson
Democratic

The 2017 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 4, 2017, to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. Incumbent Mayor Francis Slay chose not to run for reelection. Slay, who was serving his fourth term as mayor, indicated in March 2016 that he would run for reelection,[2] but announced in April 2016 that he would not run for a fifth term.[3] Primary elections took place on March 7, 2017, and the general election was held on April 4. Alderwoman Lyda Krewson was elected and became the first female Mayor of St. Louis.[4]

  1. ^ "FINAL OFFICIAL RESULTS" (PDF). stlouis-mo.gov. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Mannies, Jason Rosenbaum, Jo. "Politically Speaking: Mayor Slay talks about earnings tax, NGA — and his political future". Retrieved November 17, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ McDermott, Kevin. "St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay announces he will not run again next year". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "Democrat Lyda Krewson declares victory in St. Louis mayoral race". FOX2now.com. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2017.

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