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Francis Slay

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Francis Slay
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Prior offices
St. Louis Board of Aldermen

St. Louis Board of Aldermen President

Mayor of St. Louis

Education

High school

St. Mary's High School

Bachelor's

Quincy College

Law

Saint Louis University School of Law

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Francis Slay was the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri from 2001 to 2017. He was first elected in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005, 2009, and 2013. He was the longest serving mayor in the history of St. Louis at the time he left office. Before becoming mayor, he was the president of the St. Louis City Council from 1995 to 2001. He was a regular member of the council from 1985-1995.[1]

Biography

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Slay earned a B.A. in political science from Quincy College and a J.D. from the Saint Louis University School of Law. His professional experience includes working as an attorney.[1]

Presidential preference

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Slay endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[2]

See also: Endorsements for Hillary Clinton

Issues

Minimum wage

In early 2014, Slay worked with the St. Louis City Council to raise the minimum wage for city employees and city contract workers to $10.10 per hour. In September of that same year, he proposed that both St. Louis city and St. Louis county should establish a common minimum wage. The announcement was made via the mayor's Twitter account. Consequently, specifics were not provided.[3]

Same-sex marriage

In June 2014, four same-sex couples were married by a St. Louis city judge in Slay's office. While the city recognized the marriages as legal, the state of Missouri, whose constitution prohibits same-sex marriage, did not. KCTV in St. Louis quoted Slay as saying, "[m]ake no mistake about it. The whole point of this is to really push the issue, to bring it to a head and get a resolution to this as quickly as possible... If we weren't doing this, no other city in Missouri would." Missouri attorney general Chris Koster, who stated that he personally does not support the state's ban on same-sex marriage, filed a lawsuit to stop the marriages, noting that his primary responsibility as attorney general was to uphold the state's constitution.[4]

Elections

Mayor of St. Louis, 2013
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngFrancis Slay Incumbent 84.1% 19,989
James McNeely 15.9% 3,779
Total Votes 23,768
Source: St. Louis Board of Elections - Official Results 2013
Mayor of St. Louis Democratic Primary, 2013
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngFrancis Slay Incumbent 54.4% 23,968
Lewis Reed 44.3% 19,496
Jimmie Matthews 1.3% 576
Total Votes 44,040
Source: St. Louis Board of Elections - Official Results 2013

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Clarence Harmon
Mayor of St. Louis
2001–Present
Succeeded by
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