Shedrick Kelley

Three of the four candidates who received the backing of an initiative called Flip The Board won their aldermanic races in St. Louis, giving progressive-minded aldermen a working if fragile majority at City Hall.

With a new mayor incoming in St. Louis, progressives have announced their intention to "flip the board" to create a new progressive majority on the Board of Aldermen. Candidates Anne Schweitzer and Shedrick Kelley discussed the effort on St. Louis on the Air, with analysis from Rachel Lippmann.