The 2017 St. Louis mayoral election will take place on November 7, 2017, to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. Incumbent Mayor Francis Slay is not running for reelection.
Slay, who is serving his fourth term as mayor, indicated in March 2016 that he would run for reelection,[1] but announced in April 2016 that he would not run for a fifth term.[2]
Candidates for the Democratic Party primary election include St. Louis Aldermen Lewis E. Reed, Lyda Krewson, and Antonio French, St. Louis Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly, Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones, and St. Louis School Board Member Bill Haas.[3][4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/politically-speaking-mayor-slay-talks-about-earnings-tax-nga-and-his-political-future
- ^ http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mayor-francis-slay-announces-he-will-not-run-again-next/article_f6fa3913-7c4a-56e7-9b3e-01559452b99a.html
- ^ KSDK, "Antonio French enters race for mayor," October 7, 2016
- ^ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Alderman Lyda Krewson officially joins the race to be St. Louis mayor," June 14, 2016
- ^ CBS St. Louis, "Tishaura Jones: I’m Running for Mayor, Dotson Should Resign," October 5, 2016
- ^ FOX 2 Now, "7 people officially declared for St. Louis mayor," November 15, 2016
- ^ http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/treasurer-tishaura-jones-announces-bid-for-mayor/article_9cf6e3a7-c6f5-55da-b864-b45413f9b372.html