Voters take the polls for St. Louis’ citywide primary election at the Wild Carrot event space on Tuesday in the Shaw neighborhood.
St. Louis election officials said voting in Tuesday's municipal primary was going smoothly as of the early afternoon, with results set to determine the finalists for the April 8 general election.
In the mayoral race, four candidates are vying to lead the city — including Mayor Tishaura Jones and 2021 challenger Cara Spencer, who represents the 8th Ward on the Board of Aldermen.
In addition to the mayoral race, three candidates are vying for city comptroller, while voters in the 3rd and 11th Wards will each select their top two choices for the board.
As of 2:20 p.m., voter turnout stood at 9.3% — approximately half the total turnout in past mayoral elections.
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Cara Spencer, 8th Ward alderwoman and St. Louis mayoral candidate, thanks voters for casting their ballots in the primary election outside the Shaw neighborhood-based Wild Carrot event space on Tuesday.
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Cara Spencer, 8th Ward alderwoman and mayoral candidate, holds her head as volunteer Fiona Fordyce presents a box of Eovaldi's Deli sandwiches outside the St. Louis Library’s Buder Branch while campaigning for the city’s primary election on Tuesday.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones campaigns outside the St. Louis Schlafly Branch Library while fighting wind gusts on Tuesday in the Central West End neighborhood.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones shakes hands with 7-year-old Rocco as he joins his grandmother Joann Eckrich, of Lindenwood Park, before she casts her ballot at the St. Louis Library’s Buder Branch on Tuesday.
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Cara Spencer, 8th Ward alderwoman and mayoral candidate, greets a voter while campaigning in the Shaw neighborhood.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones, left, sends a text as campaign worker Mackenzie Long-Sanchez adjusts her glasses outside the Mason School in Clifton Heights during the city’s primary election on Tuesday. Long-Sanchez's T-shirt references how opponents of Cara Spencer have criticized the alderwoman for accepting campaign donations from developer Bob Clark.
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Emerald Turner, 70, fights the wind while campaigning for St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green outside the St. Louis Library’s Schlafly Branch on Tuesday in the Central West End.
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore casts his ballot on Tuesday in the Central West End.
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Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at the Mason School in St. Louis' Clifton Heights neighborhood.
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Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at the Dewey International School in St. Louis’ Hi-Pointe neighborhood.
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Felix, 1, looks down at a voting sticker from his mother, Margaret Loehnig, both of St. Louis’ Shaw neighborhood, at the Wild Carrot on Tuesday.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
St. Louis Public Radio's Jeremy Goodwin contributed to this report.
