Pics from the Polls
Former Fire Chief Sherman George voting at Woodward Elementary.
School board member Bill Purdy gathering signatures to recall Mayor Francis Slay at Hodgen Elementary.
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Election Results
Katherine Wessling and David Lee Jackson, Jr. easily won seats on the St. Louis Board of Education tonight with 37 and 30 percent of the vote respectively.
Proposition P also passed easily with 70 percent of the vote.
UPDATE: Only 6.85% of the city’s registered voters came out to cast ballots Tuesday, a record low, according [...]
VIDEO: Team Reed on E-Day
On Election Day, Aldermanic President candidate Lewis Reed, License Collector Mike McMillan, State Rep. Rodney Hubbard, and Alderman-elect Marlene Davis made their way around the city on an old-fashion trolley, shaking hands from barbershops to gas stations and picking up last-minute votes.
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REED WINS!!!
In the biggest political upset in recent memory, Lewis Reed has defeated Jim Shrewsbury to become the next President of the Board of Aldermen.
Reed’s victory makes him the first African-American Aldermanic President ever elected in the City of St. Louis.
THE FINAL UNOFFICIAL NUMBERS:
JAMES F. SHREWSBURY — 12,687 — 46.18%LEWIS E. REED — 14,729 — 53.62%
UPDATE: [...]
More Results
In the 12th WardMATTHEW BROWNING - 164 - 23.23%FRED HEITERT - 541 - 76.63%
In the 24th WardWILLIAM WATERHOUSE - 940 - 57.74%TOM BAUER - 676 - 41.52%
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Latest Results [UPDATED]
Shrewsbury - 4683Reed - 5333
4th Ward - FINALO.L. SHELTON — 278 — 27.20%SAM MOORE — 739 — 72.31%
20th Ward - FINALCRAIG SCHMID — 376 [...]
Scenes Around Town
In the 24th Ward Tom Bauer tries to tie Bill Waterhouse to the BJC expansion deal.
In the 18th Ward a Bill Haas billboard gets whacked.
In the 1st Ward a elderly woman sits at the busy intersection of Kingshighway and Natural Bridge in silent protest of a recent police shooting.
In the 21st Ward the word “No” [...]
VOTING HAS BEGUN
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Obama Targets E-Day Fraud
Last week, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) introduced legislation that targets shady Election Day tactics that seek to intimidate voters and prevent them from exercising their right to vote.
“The Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2006″, would make it illegal for anyone to knowingly attempt to prevent others from exercising his or her right [...]
