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28th Ward Alderman Lyda Krewson won the Democratic mayoral primary on March 7.
She is expected to go on to win the general election on April 4. Unofficial vote totals show Krewson won by 1.66% or 888 votes over Treasurer Tishaura Jones who beat predictions of published polls via support from south side progressives which lead to the tight outcome.
The wards of southwest St. Louis along with the 28th supported Krewson in both proportion and turnout. Lyda Krewson….. 17,110………. 32.04% Tishaura Jones… 16,222………. 30.38% Lewis Reed……….. 9,775………. 18.31% Antonio French….. 8,460………. 15.84% Jeffrey Boyd……… 1,429………… 2.68% Most post-election analysis concluded the wide field of candidates helped give the victory to Krewson.
With the margin of victory so small, the thinking is had any of the other African-American candidates not run, Jones would have come out on top. Aldermantic President Lewis Reed will continue as president and a member of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment with the new mayor and Comptroller Darlene Green who won her primary handily. Jones will continue as treasurer as well. Working together with them, other city officials, the Board of Aldermen (which will have seven new members, including Krewson’s successor), and citizens city-wide is paramount to advancing the city. Krewson has pledged to do that saying on This Week in Missouri Politics on March 12 that she had reached out to the other candidates and that “there were a lot of good ideas. Every single one of the candidates who ran in the Democratic primary is serious about making St. Louis better- better for all of us.” The main issues of the race were crime, policing, racial equity, reducing poverty, homelessness, development incentives, turning the tide on north city decline, the city’s financial state, transit, stadiums, education, and competency.
The campaigns were largely positive, Krewson’s entirely so. Krewson was criticized for her support of development incentives like Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and property tax abatements granted to projects in the 28th Ward and the central corridor in general. Krewson’s primary issue was public safety: promoting hiring more police officers, higher pay and more training for them, and efforts to combat issues that lead to criminal activity in the first place. Lyda Krewson has been alderman since 1997, serving parts of Skinker DeBaliviere. We’ve had firsthand knowledge of her handson, above-and-beyond efforts to make the neighborhood a better place.
While many constituents are excited to have her as mayor, concern turns to who will become alderman when she most likely ascends to the mayor’s office.
There will be a special election.
The 28th Ward Democratic Committeeman and Committeewoman, Art Perry and Gail Farwell, select the Democratic nominee, which the Democratic Central Committee will ratify. Anyone else who wishes to run appears on the ballot as an independent.
The winner serves Lyda Krewson’s unexpired term. March 2019 will be the next election for a full term.
Original photograph caption
Son Jack Krewson with Lyda and Mike Owens on Election Day.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2017.
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