The results of Tuesday’s mayoral primary are in. St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer will be the two candidates vying for office in the general election next month.
With all 222 precincts reporting, Jones captured 56.97 percent of the vote, and Spencer received 46.36 percent. The other two candidates, Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and Andrew Jones, a utility executive, finished with 38.53 percent and 14.42 percent of the vote respectively. There are 201,352 registered voters in the city. 44,538 ballots—or 22 percent—were cast.
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Notable this election were changes made to the voting process due to Proposition D, which St. Louisans passed last November. The primary was the first time city voters used approval voting, the process in which voters can approve as many candidates as they like without fear of the spoiler candidate. The two candidates who capture the biggest percentage of the vote move on to the general election. (For more about how approval voting works, see our story here.) Candidates also appear without party affiliation on the ballot.
The general election will take place April 6.
