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Tishaura Oneda Jones (/ t ɪ ˈ ʃ ɑːr ə / tish-AR-ə; born March 10, 1972) is an American politician who has served as the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri since April 2021. A member of the Missouri Democratic Party, Jones served from 2008 to 2013 in the Missouri House of Representatives; and as Treasurer of the City of St. Louis from 2013 to 2021.
The mayor of St. Louis is the chief executive officer of St. Louis's city government. The mayor has a duty to enforce city ordinances and the power to either approve or veto city ordinances passed by the Board of Aldermen. [2] The current mayor is Tishaura Jones, who took office on April 20, 2021.
She serves on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen as alderwoman of Ward 8, having previously represented Ward 20 from 2015-2023. Spencer ran in the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election, finishing as a top-two candidate in the primary election. She lost in the general election to Tishaura Jones. Spencer is a candidate in the 2025 St. Louis mayoral election.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said at a news conference on Monday that the incident is still under investigation. ... “My husband did put his hand on a cop out of defense, because they had ...
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones offered her voice to the incident, noting that the bar has been a place of refuge for the LGBTQ+ community. She added, "Officers involved will be held accountable ...
Tishaura Jones has called systemic racism the biggest obstacle to progress in St. Louis, and the city’s new mayor used her inauguration speech on Tuesday to pledge to fight back against all ...
The 2025 St. Louis mayoral election is scheduled to be held on April 8, 2025, to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri.The election will be non-partisan and will use a unified primary (known as "approval voting" in local election literature), with the top-two candidates in the March 4 primary advancing to the general election.
St. Louis elected its first Black female mayor on Tuesday. Tishaura Jones will lead a city beset by violent crime. Jones has pledged to bring in more social workers plus mental health and ...