The new St. Louis City 4th Ward includes parts of current 17th, 23rd, 24th, and other Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.
All 14 New Ward Profiles here.
Candidate Forum: January 18, 2023 4th Ward Alder Candidate Forum (YouTube) sponsored by 4th Ward Democrats
2023 Alder Primary Results
18+ Population: 18,868
Registered Voters: 16,237 (86.05% Registered
Total Ballots Cast: 2,597 (15.99% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 2,967 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 1,696
Alder Candidates
Casey Otto: 222
Brett Narayan: 1,356
Joe Vaccaro: 1,391
2023 Alder General Election
Current 24th Ward Alder Bret Narayan
Neighborhood: Clayton Tamm
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: attorney
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd place of 3 candidates, 1,356 Votes of 2,967
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $17,520 raised ($2,600 Carpenters, $1,500 SEIU Mo-Ks, $1,300 LIUNA 110, $1,000 SEIU Healthcare, $1,000 IAFF 73, $1,000 UAW, $750 Pro Choice Mo, $750 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $500 Protect Missouri Workers PAC,$500 Teamsters 688, $500 Plumbers & Pipefitters, $100 St. Louis Building Trades, $25 Alder Annie Rice); $15,304.45 spent ($12,854.71 MO Political Consulting ); $10,429.20 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report: $14,885 raised ($1,500 SEIU State PAC, $1,500 SEIU HCII Missouri, $500 Sheet Metal Workers, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $1,000 Plumbers & Pipefitters, $500 Teamsters 688, $500 Ironworkers, $450 Sierra Club, $250 Heat and Frost Insulators, $150 IUEC 3, $100 City Assessor Michael Dauphin, $100 former 24th Ward Committeeman John Corbett, $50 State Senator Doug Beck, $50 15th Ward Committeewoman Karisa Gilman-Hernandez, $25 24th Ward Committeewoman Carolyn McMahon, $25 8th Ward Committeewoman Josie Grillas, $25 former 28th Ward Alder Heather Navarro); $13,568.83 spent ($8,583.33 MO Political Consulting); $9,213.65 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $1,935 raised ($200 16th Ward Dem Committeeman Steve Lenivy), $67.57 spent, $7,897.48 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report Amended: $4,125 raised, $0 spent, $6,030.05 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $3,952.84 raised, $0 spent, $5,857.89 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Thomas Madden
Current 23rd Ward Alder Joseph A Vaccaro Jr
Neighborhood: Tilles Park/Lindenwood
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: former car wash owner
Other Elected Office: former candidate for Sheriff, former Independent candidate for 23rd Ward Alder
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 3 candidates, 1,391 Votes of 2,967
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $22,590 raised ($2,600 Phoebe Mackenzie Smith- wife of Lawrence Group’s Steve Smith, $2,500 former CEO Emerson Electric David Farr, $2,500 Boilermakers 27, $1,300 LIUNA 110, $1,000 IAFF 73, $1,000 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $500 Lawyers Of TIF David Sweeney, $500 Labor Tribune publisher Ed Finkelstein, $500 former Judge/Alder Jack Garvey, $100 former Alder Matt Villa, $40 former State Senator Harry Kennedy); $12,614.65 spent ($18,418.36 Kelley Group/Show Me Victories); $12,614.65 on hand; $822.18 debt
February 2023 Report: $6,400 raised ($1,000 St. Louis Realtors, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $50 former 23rd Ward Alder Kathy Hanrahan); $5,930.17 spent; $9,784.19 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $0 raised, $212.76 spent, $9,314.36 on hand, $43.06 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $785 raised ($100 former 23rd Ward Alder Kathleen Hanrahan), $4,824.53 (mostly loan repayment; he declared $50 to a nonprofit as a campaign contribution), $9,527.12 on hand, $212.76 debt
October 2022 Report: $8,035 raised, $1,404.60 spent, $13,566.65 on hand, $540.39 debt; $9,784.19 on hand; $0 debt
Treasurer: Crystal Vaccaro (works or did work at Collector of Revenue and before that Recorder of Deeds; wife of Alder Joe Vaccaro)
2023 Primary- Other Alder Candidates
4th Ward Candidate Casey Otto
Neighborhood: Clifton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of photography studio
Other Elected Office: former member of Old Orchard School Board, St. Charles
Genealogy: son of former State Rep. Bill Otto (D-St. Charles County)
2023 Alder Primary: 3rd place of 3 candidates, 222 Votes of 2,967
Campaign Finance
No MEC committee filed
Ward Committees (PACs)
New 4th Ward Democratic organization: 4th Ward Democrats
name change from 24WPD a.k.a. 24th Ward Progressive Democrats
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $617.67 raised, $34.83 spent, $834.81 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $68.40 raised, $415.98 spent, $251.97 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Blain McVey
New SOS registration: Kate Lovelady filed 4th Ward Democrats as fictitious name registration by 24WPD.
New SOS registration 4th Ward Regular Democratic Organization non profit
Treasurer: Greg Meyer, also Treasurer for 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization (aligned with 23rd Ward Alder Joe Vaccaro) and St. Louis Labor Legislature Club. The October 2022 Report for 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization shows the club paid Ted Dearing $300 in August for legal services.
New 4th Ward Republican organization: None
Current 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $1,400 raised ($1,000 from Randy Brown, husband of Democratic Committeewoman Patty Ellison-Brown), $571.75 spent (donations to Epiphany Friends Forever and Communities First-3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier’s non profit, she’s 23rd Ward Committeewoman’s supervisor at Recorder of Deeds Office), $1,143.88 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $368 spent ($300 to Ted Dearing for legal services, $315 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Greg Meyer, also Treasurer for St. Louis Labor Legislature Club
Current 23rd Ward Republican organization: None
Current 24th Ward Democratic Organization– None. 24WPD a.k.a. 24th Ward Progressive Democrats changed name to 4th Ward Democrats and 24th Ward Regular Democratic Organization Terminated August 2018
Current 24th Ward Republican organization: None
Political Party Committeepeople
Current 23rd Ward Democratic Committeewoman Patty Ellison Brown
Neighborhood: Lindenwood Park
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: works at Recorder of Deeds
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC
Current 23rd Ward Democratic Committeeman Patrick Moynihan
Neighborhood: Tilles Park/North Hampton
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: None filed
April 2022 Report: None filed
January 2022 Report: Limited Activity.
Last report with activity- April 2021 Report: $197.81, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Patrick Moynihan
Current 23rd Ward Republican Committeewoman Mary Colombo
Neighborhood: Lindenwood Park
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: hair salon owner
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC
Current 23rd Ward Republican Committeeman Robert Crump
Neighborhood: Lindenwood Park
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: retired
Other Elected Office: candidate for State Rep. 2022
Campaign Finance
State Representative campaign committee
Terminated committee 2/27/2023
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
November 2022 Report #2: $0 raised, $1,116 spent, $25.25 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report #1: $1000 raised (from himself), $297.07 spent, $1,141.25 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $2,100 raised ($2,000 from himself), $3,211.68 spent ($2,100 to NewsTalkSTL), $438.32 on hand, $0 debt
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC
Current 24th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Carolyn McMahon
Neighborhood: Clifton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: senior art director at Ansira Partners
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Last report with activity- January 2022 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $238.75 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Lori Cavin (former 24th Ward Alder candidate; president of new 4th Ward Democrats)
Current 24th Ward Democratic Committeeman: Vacant
Current 24th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant
Current 24th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant
Former Political Party Committeepeople
Former 24th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Teri Powers
Neighborhood: Clifton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 10/11/2020 (fails to mention how previous report’s $1,163.50 on hand was disbursed
September 2020 Report: $1,242.0 raised ($200 wife of Board President Lewis Reed & attorney Mary Entrup, $202 former 20th Ward Committeeman Dale Sweet, $150 former 13th Ward Alder Fred Wessels, $100 8th Ward Committeeman Paul Fehler) + $1,267.50 in-kind from Roberts Brothers Properties; $428.50 spent ($813.50 Media Magic); $1,163.50 (on hand); $0 debt. Numbers do not add up. More expenditures than funds spent but no debt reported.
Also see 314 Forward Together PAC
This political action committee was created shortly after 314 Forward, Mayor Tishaura Jones’ PAC, filed with MEC
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $16.86 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Teri Powers (former 24th Ward Democratic Committeewoman, former candidate for 24th Ward Alder 2019)
* Political Party County Central Committee ward and township committeepeople have the option to file their campaign finance reports with their county election authority- Board of Election Commissioners in the case of St. Louis City- or online with Missouri Ethics Commission. The St. Louis City Board of Election once posted pdfs of ward committeepeople campaign finance reports to the Board’s website. That is no longer the case. To inspect records, you must visit the Board in person.
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