Melinda Long
Melinda Long ran for election to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen to represent Ward 11 in Missouri. She lost in the primary on March 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
General election
General election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 11
Incumbent Laura Keys defeated Rebecca McCloud in the general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 11 on April 8, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Laura Keys (Nonpartisan) | 56.2 | 1,020 |
 | Rebecca McCloud (Nonpartisan) | 43.8 | 796 | |
| Total votes: 1,816 | |||
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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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Laura Keys (Nonpartisan) | 62.68% | 744 |
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Rebecca McCloud (Nonpartisan) | 35.55% | 422 |
| Melinda Long (Nonpartisan) | 11.79% | 140 | |
| Incumbents are bolded and underlined. | Total votes: | 1,306 | |
| Source: St. Louis certified primary results, 2025 The results have been certified. | |||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Long in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in St. Louis, Missouri (2022)
General election
Special general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 21
Laura Keys defeated Joann Dyson Williams, Melinda Long, and Ebony Moore in the special general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 21 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laura Keys (D) | 56.6 | 671 |
| Joann Dyson Williams (Independent) | 31.7 | 376 | ||
| Melinda Long (Independent) | 8.2 | 97 | ||
| Ebony Moore (Independent) | 2.3 | 27 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 1,186 | |||
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2021
See also: City elections in St. Louis, Missouri (2021)
General election
General election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 21
Incumbent John Collins-Muhammad Jr. defeated Laura Keys in the general election for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 21 on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Collins-Muhammad Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 60.9 | 1,032 |
| Laura Keys (Nonpartisan) | 38.7 | 655 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 1,694 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 21
The following candidates ran in the primary for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 21 on March 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Collins-Muhammad Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 42.9 | 833 |
| ✔ | | Laura Keys (Nonpartisan) | 27.3 | 530 |
| Ticharwa Masimba (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 217 | ||
| Melinda Long (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 144 | ||
| Barbara Lane (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 129 | ||
| Tavon Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 90 | ||
| Total votes: 1,943 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Melinda Long did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Melinda Long did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Melinda Long did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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