Election 2021

Madison County and Venice Township have a Black township supervisor for the first time in their collective history after swearing in the township board on Monday.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones took her oath of office on Tuesday, promising to transform a city that's long struggled with a vexing racial divide and economic decline.

Some lawmakers are worried schoolchildren will be waiting for their buses in the dark.

Voters in some Metro East communities chose to diversify their local leadership, as many first-time Black candidates won their races in Tuesday’s election.

Tishaura Jones' landmark mayoral win ushers in a new era for St. Louis politics.

Gregory defeated incumbent Mayor Mark Eckert, who has been Belleville’s Mayor since 2004, and write-in candidate Jeffrey “J.D.” Dixon, according to complete but unofficial results.

79% of voters in Cahokia Heights supported the measure to do away with Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District.

Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, started her political career to keep a neighborhood pool open.

If she is elected Tuesday, Treasurer Tishaura Jones will be the first Black woman to be mayor in St. Louis' history.

The debate between Alderwoman Cara Spencer and Treasurer Tishaura Jones, one week before the mayoral election, featured several pointed exchanges.