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The 2023 St. Louis aldermanic elections were held in two rounds, with nonpartisan blanket approval voting primaries on March 7 and general elections on April 4. All 14 members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen and the President of the Board of Aldermen were elected. These were the first elections held after Proposition R (2012) came into effect, reducing the number of alderpersons from 28 to 14.
Numerous incumbent alderpersons ran in the newly-drawn 14 wards.[a] Some local media outlets used the term "Aldergeddon" in reference to the competitive nature of several incumbents running against each other.[2] Winning candidates in even-numbered wards were elected to four-year terms and winning candidates in odd-numbered wards were elected to two-year terms.[3]
Incumbent Board President Megan Green, a progressive who was first elected in a 2022 special election after the resignation of Lewis Reed, was re-elected to a full four-year term unopposed. Progressive candidates ideologically affiliated with Green and Mayor Tishaura Jones won a majority of seats on the Board.[4]
- ^ Huguelet, Austin (January 6, 2023). "More than 40 file to be St. Louis aldermen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- ^ Use of "aldergeddon" by the St. Louis American:
- "'Are you a statesman or a politician?'". St. Louis American. December 10, 2022.
- "Stranger than fiction: 'Aldergeddon' is here". St. Louis American. January 14, 2023.
- "The first round of Aldergeddon is only twelve days away". St. Louis American. February 23, 2023.
- "'Aldergeddon' approaches: Mayor Jones opposes critics, past rivals in struggle for control of City Hall". KSDK. March 6, 2023.
- "'Aldergeddon': St. Louis on verge of cutting number of city wards in half". KSDK. March 6, 2023.
- ^ "Article II Section 3: Aldermen". Charter of the City of St. Louis.
- ^ "St. Louis progressives firmly in control of city leadership after election". St. Louis Public Radio. April 5, 2023.
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