David A. Gaither

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David Gaither

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Nonpartisan

David Gaither ran for election to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen to represent Ward 3 in Missouri. Gaither did not appear on the ballot for the primary on March 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in St. Louis, Missouri (2025)

General election

General election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 3

Incumbent Shane Cohn defeated Dallas Adams in the general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 3 on April 8, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shane Cohn (Nonpartisan)	52.4	1,136
	Submit photo	Dallas Adams (Nonpartisan)	47.6	1,030

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,166
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 3

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
	Shane Cohn (Nonpartisan)	56.06%	921
	Dallas Adams (Nonpartisan)	42.24%	694
	Inez Bordeaux (Nonpartisan)	27.39%	450
Incumbents are bolded and underlined.		Total votes:	2,065
Source: St. Louis certified primary results, 2025 The results have been certified.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Gaither (Nonpartisan)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gaither in this election.

2015

See also: St. Louis, Missouri municipal elections, 2015

The city of St. Louis, Missouri, held elections for Board of Aldermen on April 7, 2015. A primary election took place on March 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 2, 2015.

In the Democratic primary election for Ward 20, Cara Spencer defeated incumbent Craig Schmid and David A. Gaither. Vickie A. Ingram ran unopposed in the Green Party primary. Spencer defeated Ingram and Stephen Jehle (I) in the general election on April 7.

St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Ward 20 General Election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cara Spencer	69.3%	568
	Green	Vickie A. Ingram	1.3%	11
	Independent	Stephen Jehle	28.8%	236
	Write-in		0.6%	5
Total Votes				820
Source: St. Louis Board of Elections, "Election Summary Report," accessed January 6, 2020

St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Ward 20 Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Cara Spencer	48.1%	360
Craig Schmid Incumbent	36%	270
David A. Gaither	15.9%	119
Total Votes		749
Source: St. Louis Board of Elections, "Primary Election Results," accessed May 18, 2015

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2025

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