2022 St. Louis County Executive election

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2022 St. Louis County Executive election
  2020 November 8, 2022 2026  
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Nominee Sam Page Mark Mantovani
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote189,405168,721
Percentage51.56%45.93%

County Executive before election

Sam Page
Democratic

Elected County Executive

Sam Page
Democratic

The 2022 St. Louis County Executive special election took place on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Sam Page, who was appointed in 2019 following the resignation of Steve Stenger and won a 2020 special election to serve out the remainder of Stenger's term, ran for re-election. He defeated lobbyist Jane Dueker, former chief of staff to Governor Bob Holden, in the general election, and advanced to the general election. Page was originally set to face State Representative Shamed Dogan, but Dogan lost the Republican primary in an upset to activist and conspiracy theorist Katherine Pinner. Pinner subsequently withdrew from the race, and was replaced by businessman Mark Mantovani, a 2018 and 2020 Democratic candidate for County Executive. Page defeated Mantovani by a reduced margin from his 2020 victory, winning 52 percent of the vote to Mantovani's 46 percent.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Page (inc.) 68,479 63.47%
Democratic Jane Dueker39,41936.53%
Total votes107,898 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Katherine Pinner 33,281 56.10%
Republican Shamed Dogan26,04343.90%
Total votes59,324 100.00%

Nomination

Pinner's victory over State Representative Shamed Dogan was viewed as a minor upset, given that Pinner was little-known, had spent little money, and promoted conspiracy theories. [6] Shortly after the primary, Pinner told the local Republican Party that she planned on dropping out of the race for an unspecified reason, [7] reversed her decision and affirmed her commitment to staying in the race, [8] and then dropped out again. [9] Following Pinner's withdrawal, the St. Louis County Republican Party selected businessman Mark Mantovani, a former Democrat who ran for the office in 2018 and 2020, as their nominee. [10]

Green Party primary

Candidates

Results

Green Party primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Randall Holmes 103 100.00%
Total votes103 100.00%

General election

Results

2022 St. Louis County Executive special election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Page (inc.) 189,405 51.56%
Republican Mark Mantovani168,72145.93%
Green Randall Holmes9,1932.50%
Total votes367,319 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. Lippmann, Rachel; Rosenbaum, Jason (July 18, 2022). "County Executive Sam Page hopes voters appreciate leading in tough times". KTVI . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  2. Lippmann, Rachel; Rosenbaum, Jason (July 12, 2022). "Dueker makes crime prevention a priority in St. Louis County executive race". KTVI . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI - PRIMARY ELECTION - 8/2/2022" (PDF). St. Louis County Board of Elections. August 10, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  4. Clancy, Sam; Solomon, Brent (August 2, 2022). "Page defeats Dueker for Democratic nomination in St. Louis Co. Executive race, will face Pinner". KSDK . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  5. Rosenbaum, Jason (September 8, 2021). "State Rep. Shamed Dogan Jumps Into St. Louis County Executive Contest". KTVI . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  6. Swift, Jim (August 23, 2022). "Missouri's Last Sane Republican". The Bulwark . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  7. Vawter, Hayley (August 30, 2022). "GOP candidate Katherine Pinner drops out of St. Louis County executive race". KSDK . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  8. Maxwell, Mark (August 30, 2022). "Pinner says she's staying in St. Louis County Executive race". KSDK . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  9. Rosenbaum, Jason (September 2, 2022). "GOP seeking new St. Louis County executive nominee after Pinner steps aside — again". KTVI . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  10. Rosenbaum, Jason (September 12, 2022). "Mantovani gets rematch with Page – this time as the GOP county executive nominee". KTVI . St. Louis, Missouri . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  11. "ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI - GENERAL ELECTION - 11/8/2022" (PDF). St. Louis County Board of Elections. November 21, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2025.