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Jennifer Florida
Jennifer Florida (Democratic Party) was the St. Louis Recorder of Deeds in Missouri. She assumed office in 2014. She left office on December 31, 2014.
Florida ran for election to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen to represent Ward 6 in Missouri. She lost in the general election on April 4, 2023.
Florida is a former Democratic Ward 15 member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen in Missouri. She was initially elected to the office in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005, 2009, and 2013. Florida resigned the seat in July 2014, as she was appointed to serve as the city's recorder of deeds. She sought election to a full-term in the office of recorder in a special 2014 election, but she was defeated by the former officeholder she had been appointed to replace, Sharon Quigley Carpenter.
Elections
2023
General election
General election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 6
Daniela Velazquez defeated Jennifer Florida in the general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 6 on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniela Velazquez (Nonpartisan)  | 65.2 | 2,118 |
| Jennifer Florida (Nonpartisan) | 34.3 | 1,114 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 3,247 | |||
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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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Daniela Velazquez (Nonpartisan) | 66.33% | 1,243 |
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Jennifer Florida (Nonpartisan) | 40.02% | 750 |
| There were no incumbents in this race. | Total votes: | 1,993 | |
| Source: St. Louis certified primary results, 2023 The results have been certified. | |||
2021
See also: City elections in St. Louis, Missouri (2021)
General election
General election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 15
Incumbent Megan Ellyia Green defeated Jennifer Florida in the general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 15 on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Megan Ellyia Green (Nonpartisan) | 67.3 | 1,917 |
| Jennifer Florida (Nonpartisan) | 32.5 | 927 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 2,850 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 15
Incumbent Megan Ellyia Green and Jennifer Florida defeated Alexander Gremp in the primary for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 15 on March 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Megan Ellyia Green (Nonpartisan) | 66.2 | 1,745 |
| ✔ | Jennifer Florida (Nonpartisan) | 27.4 | 722 | |
| Alexander Gremp (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 169 | ||
| Total votes: 2,636 | |||
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2017
The city of St. Louis, Missouri, held elections for mayor, comptroller, board of aldermen, and the St. Louis Community College in 2017. Fourteen of the 29 seats on the board were up for general election. Additionally, the Ward 16 seat held by Donna Baringer (D) was up for special election, following her successful election to the state house of representatives in 2016. Partisan primary elections took place on March 7, 2017. The general election between the primary winners took place on April 4, 2017.[1] Incumbent Megan Ellyia Green defeated Jennifer Florida in the Democratic primary election for Ward 15 of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.[2]
| St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Ward 15 Democratic Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Megan Ellyia Green Incumbent |
66.10% | 1,757 |
| Jennifer Florida | 33.90% | 901 |
| Total Votes | 2,658 | |
| Source: St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, "March 7, 2017 Primary Municipal Election -- March 7th, 2017 Final Official Results," March 13, 2017 | ||
2015
Florida had been making plans to run for President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. She ended her campaigning for that position in favor of her 2014 bid for recorder of deeds.[3]
2014
St. Louis Recorder of Deeds Sharon Quigley Carpenter resigned from office in July 2014. She had been found in violation of the Missouri Constitution's rules regarding nepotism after she hired her great-nephew. State law required Carpenter to resign the remainder of her term, ending in December 2014. It did not, however, bar her from seeking re-election. Carpenter had been in the midst of a regular election cycle when she resigned, and she announced shortly after her resignation that she intended to move forward with her campaign and retake the office. Florida, meanwhile, was appointed to fill the vacated seat and filed to run as an independent candidate for the seat.[4][5]
Ultimately, Carpenter garnered over 61 percent of the general election votes, defeating Florida and a second challenger, Erik Shelquist.[6]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jennifer Florida did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Jennifer Florida did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ St. Louis, Missouri, "Primary Municipal Election," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ City of St. Louis, "Final Unofficial List of Candidates as of 5:00 PM 1-6-2017," January 6, 2017
- ↑ St. Louis Public Radio, "Slay Names Alderman Florida As New Recorder Of Deeds," July 14, 2014
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "St. Louis recorder of deeds resigns office after nepotism allegation, but vows to seek re-election," July 11, 2014
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Jennifer Florida files as independent candidate for St. Louis Recorder of Deeds," July 25, 2014
- ↑ City of St. Louis, "Election Summary Report, General Election, November 4, 2014," November 17, 2014
| Political offices
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| Preceded by Sharon Quigley Carpenter (D) |
St. Louis Recorder of Deeds 2014 - 2014 |
Succeeded by Sharon Quigley Carpenter (D) |
| Preceded by - |
St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Ward 15 2001 - 2014 |
Succeeded by Megan Ellyia Green (D) |
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