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City elections in St. Louis, Missouri (2025)
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| 2025 St. Louis elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: December 31, 2024 (college board) & January 3, 2025 (mayor, comptroller, aldermen) |
| Primary election: March 4, 2025 & May 30, 2025 (special) General election: April 8, 2025 & July 1, 2025 (special) |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Mayor, comptroller, board of aldermen, and community college board |
| Total seats up: 11 (click here for mayoral elections) |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2025 |
The city of St. Louis, Missouri, held general elections for mayor, comptroller, board of aldermen, and community college board on April 8, 2025. A primary was scheduled for March 4, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was January 3, 2025.
Primaries in Board of Aldermen Wards 1, 5, 7, 9, and 13 were canceled because two or fewer candidates filed in each race.[1]
St. Louis also held a special election for Board of Aldermen Ward 8 on July 1, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was May 30, 2025.
Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Offices up for election in 2025:
Comptroller
General election
General election for St. Louis Comptroller
Donna Baringer defeated incumbent Darlene Green in the general election for St. Louis Comptroller on April 8, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Donna Baringer (Nonpartisan) | 51.5 | 25,318 |
| Darlene Green (Nonpartisan) | 48.5 | 23,846 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 49,165 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
| St. Louis uses approval voting, where voters may cast ballots for any number of candidates. A candidate's Approval Percentage is the number of votes cast for the candidate as a percentage of all votes cast. Under this system, the two candidates who receive the most votes advance to the general election. | |||
| Candidate | % | Votes | |
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Donna Baringer (Nonpartisan) | 47.71% | 16,689 |
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Darlene Green (Nonpartisan) | 46.19% | 16,157 |
| Celeste Metcalf (Nonpartisan) | 24.46% | 8,557 | |
| Incumbents are bolded and underlined. | Total votes: | 41,403 | |
| Source: St. Louis certified primary results, 2025 The results have been certified. | |||
Board of aldermen
Special election
General election
Special general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 8
Jami Cox Antwi defeated Shedrick Kelley, Jim Dallas, Alecia Hoyt, and Cameron McCarty in the special general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 8 on July 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jami Cox Antwi (Nonpartisan) | 54.9 | 1,072 |
 | Shedrick Kelley (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 355 | |
| Jim Dallas (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 279 | ||
 | Alecia Hoyt (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 195 | |
 | Cameron McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 40 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 1,951 | |||
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Regular election
General election
St. Louis Board of Aldermen general election 2025 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Ward 1 |
 Anne Schweitzer (i)Tony Kirchner |
| Ward 3 |
Shane Cohn (i) Dallas Adams |
| Ward 5 |
Matthew Devoti |
| Ward 7 |
Alisha Sonnier (i) Cedric Redmon |
| Ward 9 |
Michael Browning (i) |
| Ward 11 |
Laura Keys (i) Rebecca McCloud |
| Ward 13 |
Pamela Boyd (i) |
Primary
St. Louis Board of Aldermen primary 2025 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Ward 1 |
Anne Schweitzer* (i)Tony Kirchner* |
| Ward 3 |
Shane Cohn (i)Dallas Adams Inez Bordeaux Did not make the ballot: |
| Ward 5 |
Matthew Devoti* |
| Ward 7 |
Alisha Sonnier* (i)Cedric Redmon* |
| Ward 9 |
Michael Browning* (i) |
| Ward 11 |
Laura Keys (i) Melinda Long Rebecca McCloud |
| Ward 13 |
Pamela Boyd* (i) |
Special district offices
St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees
General election
General election for St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees Subdistrict 3
Holly Talir defeated David Addison in the general election for St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees Subdistrict 3 on April 8, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Holly Talir (Nonpartisan) | 61.1 | 16,915 | |
| David Addison (Nonpartisan) | 38.9 | 10,752 | ||
| Total votes: 27,667 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Missouri elections, 2025
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About the city
- See also: St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city located in Missouri. It was at one time the county seat of St. Louis County, but voters chose to separate from the county and form an independent city in 1876.[2] As of 2020, its population was 301,578.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of St. Louis uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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| St. Louis | Missouri | |
| Population | 301,578 | 6,154,913 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 61 | 68,745 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 46.4% | 81.3% |
| Black/African American | 45.7% | 11.4% |
| Asian | 3.4% | 2% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 1.3% |
| Multiple | 3.1% | 3.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4.1% | 4.3% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 88.7% | 90.6% |
| College graduation rate | 37.2% | 29.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $45,782 | $57,290 |
| Persons below poverty level | 20.4% | 13% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| St. Louis, Missouri | Missouri | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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