St. Louis voters have elected Tishaura Jones as mayor, making her the first Black woman to lead the city.
Jones, the city’s treasurer, secured 52% of the vote to Alderwoman Cara Spencer’s 48%, according to the unofficial tally from the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, St. Louis Public Radio reported.
Only some 3,000 votes separated the two candidates in an election that saw a 29% turnout, the commissioners said.
Before her supporters Tuesday night, Jones said this election was an opportunity for the city “to rise” and that her administration will neither shrink from tough conversations nor from confronting racism.
“It’s time for St. Louis to thrive. It’s time to bring a breath of fresh air to our neighborhoods,” she said. “I will lead with compassion, intention, a bit of humor, and yes, I hope you get to see a bit of my style.”
Here are some quotes from Jones’ victory speech:
“St. Louis: This is an opportunity for us to rise,” Jones said in her victory speech. “I told you when I was running that we aren’t done avoiding tough conversations. We are done ignoring the racism that has held our city and our region back.”
“I will not stay silent when I spot racism,” Jones said. “I will not stay silent when I spot homophobia or transphobia. I will not stay silent when I spot xenophobia. I will not stay silent when I spot religious intolerance. I will not stay silent when I spot any injustice.”
It was her second time running for mayor, having lost in the 2017 Democratic primary to Lynda Krewson by fewer than 900 ballots.
Krewson, who would go on to win the mayoral election, had announced in November that she would not seek a second term.
“Congratulations to Mayor-elect Tishaura Jones!” Krewson tweeted Tuesday night. “I am rooting for your success. My administration and I are prepared to make this as smooth a transition as possible.”
Spencer also sent her congratulations on Jones’ victory, stating “you have my support in making St. Louis the great city we know it can be.”
St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green described Jones in her congratulatory message as a strong leader “with a deep personal commitment to the people of St. Louis.”
“We have many challenges and I look forward to working with Tishaura on tackling them so that St. Louis can become the thriving, equitable city we all deserve,” Green said in a statement.
Jones will be sworn in April 20.
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To fully advance the Demonic, Dishonorable Socialist Democrats destructive agendas of socialism, open borders, gun control, radical feminism, abortion-on-demand, the LGBTQ lifestyle, unfettered sexual identity, “gay marriage” and the like, the pagan Liberal left Democrats must do away with our Constitution, GOD, common sense, morality, Christian values and free religious exercise altogether.
Under the guise of “anti-discrimination.”
Notice the new Democrat Party catch word “Racist”, like sexual harassment no proof is required, just an accusation and your GUILTY.
Nancy Pelosi admitted an unfortunate truth about her impeachment “farce”
– It hinges on witness’s “allegations” not “proof.
https://youtu.be/7dzhIxeF204
I picked up on some of the language that you did!
WHY is it, THEY FOCUS ALWAYS on sex/race, rather than “WHAT SHE ACTUALLY CAN DO” for her constituents?
” Tiishaura Joans Elected ( FIRST BLACK WOMAN ) of St. Louis ” the GOPUSA article read. What were the outstanding qualities
that made her more qualified above all the others candidates that were running for the office that Tishaura won. Weren’t there any equally qualified White Men who were equally qualified for the position that this woman ran for and won, not to mention all the other candidates who felt they also had the the necessary Political record to win the race. Perhaps it was , that this woman knew what the other candidates were too proud to hide behind. obviously. to win was the only thing that counted with her.
Scruffy_USN_Retired on 12:50 pm April 7, 2021 at 12:50 pmo
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Scruffy_USN_Retired on 12:50 pm April 7, 2021 at 12:50 pm
I would bet that there are others besides myself that are wondering why this ” First Black Woman won from all the other
Black Woman of St Louis Maybe it was because to win was all that mattered, no matter if it was a ” Pull the old race card bit ” to do it….
That certainly sounds like what happened..
EITHER that, or she ran unopposed..
Only 29% voted? We’re they not allowed vote by mail? I demand the suppression and oppression of these poor souls end now!!!
I’m willing to wager that 15% voted and the rest were fraudulent. That’s how AOC was ‘elected’ (placed).
There weren’t even 15% who voted when O’Crazio was “placed”. Same with DeBlaBla, the esteemed mayor of NY. If people don’t vote, you wind up with the dregs.
AND That is why so many dems often win time and time again. THE FEW folk who do vote, VOTE FOR DEMS..
Maybe its CAUSE Of all the fraud seen that so many DIDN’T bother voting?
another brick in the wall of socialism.
she will bee a failure.
With this agenda she has and using the filters through which she sees, she has failed already.
Why is it always the Democrats that are looking at race, sex, ethnicity??
Because they’re just like their father the devil. Everything that Satan does is a lie and his spiritual children the liberals are just exactly like him. If liberals ever tried to tell the truth about anything they’d all drop dead of a heart attack.
BECAUSE qualifications, Competency and the like, are NOT a requirement..
Another American city with the bleak future of spiraling out of control toward crime, poverty, unemployment, and decay. Democrats have proven to the world that there IS a way of destroying the United States—and it isn’t externally.
Misouri, used to be a great state.. Now you couldn’t pay me to move there, cause of what is going on in St Louis.
“I will not stay silent when I spot racism,” Jones said. “I will not stay silent when I spot homophobia or transphobia. I will not stay silent when I spot xenophobia. I will not stay silent when I spot religious intolerance. I will not stay silent when I spot any injustice.” Yep, another racebaiter. Hey Tishaura Jones, you must have taken your courses on racism, homophobia, xenophobia from Al Sharpton.
What’s the bet, no matter HOW MANY blacks attack asians, whites or others, THAT WILL NEVER get seen by her, as ‘racism or injustice’.
She won’t even stay silent when she doesn’t spot racism, etc. (No point retyping the whole list.) If she doesn’t spot any of it, she’ll pretend to spot it and sound off about it anyway.
I wonder. I recently saw a youtube vid (from Sydney watson) where she was on about some new leftist bull, about MURDER Is not murder, if a white person is the victim.. “Cause calling it murder, is doing a disservice to the REAL victim, the black perp”… Or some other such insanity..
IF THIS mayor sees a spike IN BLACKS Killing other ethnicities, WILL SHE CALL THEM MURDERS??
“I will not stay silent when I spot homophobia or transphobia. I will not stay silent when I spot xenophobia….”
Of course she is fully educated with a degree and experience diagnosing, and I would assume treating, these totally legal world views.
I am betting that instead of understanding the science she is an “expert”.
And Jessie Jackson, the 2 famous “Poverty Pimps” of all time!!!
Rev JackASSson, and Shaptongue, TWO of the biggest RACE based extortionists of all time.
Wow, that’s great, another First Black Person to…
Here’s one nobody talks about too much, “Mumia Abu-Jamal is a political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner,” the First Black Man to murder Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and a Black Life that doesn’t Matter as much as any one of these beautiful Black Babies murdered by Black Savages:
Secoriea Turner, Natalia Wallace, Mekhi James, Makelia Osorno, Jace Young, Elayna Saidee, Davon McNeal, Davell Gardner, LeGend Taliferro
Look them up, it’ll make you cry.
Don’t forget Planned Parenthood that got thousands of others so far this year…
St. Louis was circling the drain 50 years ago when I lived there a few years (and thankfully moved away). So now they have managed to elect a Soros-supported DA or AG along with a line of spineless mayors and have nearly reached the pinnacle of “Murder Capital of the US” coming in 2nd place now, I believe, and you have probably seen recent video of the city jail being taken over by the inmates once again.
This new mayor has bitten off more than she can chew, like Bowser in DC and the weird looking lesbo in Chicago. They will step away to great wealth in some posh location leaving their poor and fearful victimized constituents in their crappy city unable to leave the flying bullets, flashing knives and drug thugs. Again, thank a Democrat politician and the morons that vote for them.
You meant “Beetle Juice” from Chicago!!
Name one black woman who’s done a good job i.e. improved any city or police force that she’s hired to direct. “First” means nothing. Competence means everything.
Not to leftists… COMPETENCY is meaningless. Only diversity does.
That beetlejuice lesbian in Chicago is doing a (gang)bang up job of ru(i)nning Chicago. The remaining white democrats (Republicans were driven out decades ago) have fled to collar counties, polluting former Republican areas with the cancer of the democrat party. Just need to maintain a democrat governor and president to force the productive and successful Americans to continue to artificially sustain that failure that is all democrat run big cities.
Which is why i would love for that TV show Under the Dome to be real.. SO I COULD DOME UP every damn demented DEMON RAT city, and SEAL IT UP TIGHT…