2017 St. Louis mayoral election

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2017 St. Louis mayoral election
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Turnout30.12% [1]
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Candidate Lyda Krewson Andrew JonesLarry Rice
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote39,37510,0886,102
Percentage67.54%17.30%10.47%
St. Louis, Missouri mayoral election results by ward, 2017.svg
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]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Antonio French
Organizations
Lyda Krewson
Local officials
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)

administered

Sample

size

Margin of errorJeffrey BoydAntonio FrenchBill HaasTishaura JonesLyda KrewsonJimmie MatthewsLewis E. ReedUndecided
Remington Research Group February 14–15, 20171,006± 3%4%12%3%16%34%1%14%16%
Remington Research Group February 7–8, 2017803± 3.43%3%14%1%13%36%1%15%16%
Remington Research GroupJanuary 24–25, 2017917± 3.16%5%13%2%8%29%2%18%24%
Remington Research Group January 17–18, 2017949± 3.16%4%13%2%9%27%1%18%26%
Lyda Krewson (left), Tishaura Jones (center), and Lewis E. Reed (right) at a mayoral forum. Krewson, Jones, and Reed respectively won the most votes. Lyda Krewson Tishaura Jones Lewis E. Reed.jpg
Lyda Krewson (left), Tishaura Jones (center), and Lewis E. Reed (right) at a mayoral forum. Krewson, Jones, and Reed respectively won the most votes.
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyda Krewson 17,110 32.0
Democratic Tishaura Jones 16,22230.4
Democratic Lewis E. Reed 9,77518.3
Democratic Antonio French 8,46015.8
Democratic Jeffrey Boyd1,4292.7
Democratic Bill Haas2570.5
Democratic Jimmie Matthews1450.3
Total votes53,398 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

A campaign poster for Andrew Jones's campaign Andrew Jones for Mayor.jpg
A campaign poster for Andrew Jones's campaign
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Andrew Jones 1,022 61.8
Republican Andy Karandzieff39924.1
Republican Jim Osher23214.0
Total votes1,653 100

Libertarian primary

Libertarian primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Robb Cunningham 57 100
Total votes57 100

Green primary

Green primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Jonathan McFarland 46 100
Total votes46 100

Independent candidates

A poster for Rice's independent campaign Larry Rice for Mayor (33736963221).jpg
A poster for Rice's independent campaign

Results

Results

St. Louis mayoral election, 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lyda Krewson 39,375 67.54% -14.68%
Republican Andrew Jones10,08817.30%+17.30%
Independent Larry Rice6,10210.47%N/A
Green Johnathan McFarland1,2482.14%-13.4%
Libertarian Robb Cunningham5120.88%+0.88%
Independent Tyrone Austin2410.41%N/A
N/AWrite-ins7371.26%N/A
Total58,303

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