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Francis Slay
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
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 | |
 Francis 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 | ||
|
Francis 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 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Office of the Mayor website
- Personal website
- Social Media
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 City of St. Louis, "Office of the Mayor," accessed September 10, 2014
- ↑ Sunshine State News, "Bob Buckhorn, Rick Kriseman Back Hillary Clinton in 2016" October 30, 2015
- ↑ KMOV, "Mayor Slay proposes combined city-county minimum wage ," September 5, 2014
- ↑ KCTV5, "St. Louis challenges Missouri ban on gay marriage," June 26, 2014
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