The new St. Louis City 5th Ward includes parts of current 8th, 10th, 14th, 16th, and 23rd Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.
All 14 New Ward Profiles here.
2023 Alder Primary Results
18+ Population: 19,560
Registered Voters: 16,296 (83.31% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 2,387 (14.65% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 2,523 – 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: 1,457
Alder Candidates
Helen Petty: 990
Joe Vollmer: 1,533
2023 Alder General Election
Candidate for 5th Ward Alder Helen Petty
Neighborhood: Southwest Garden
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of The Chop Shop, stylist
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd place of 2 candidates, 990 Votes of 2,523
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $7,930.02 raised ($1,000 UAW, $500 Pro Choice Missouri PAC, $402.29 Eighth Ward Independent Democratic Association, $200 former State Senator Jill Schupp, $100 former Mo Supreme Court Justice Mike Wolff, $100 former State Rep. Jeanette Mott Oxford); $16,751.49 spent ($13,087.17 MO Political Consulting); $7,140.87 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report Amended: to fix expense error. New totals $23,023 raised; 10,313.18 spent; $15,962.34 on hand
February 2023 Report: $23,023 raised ($7,500 David Boger + 2 biz, $1,500 SEIU State, $1,500 SEIU HCII, $250 Sierra Club, $100 12th Ward Alder Bill Stephens, $100 16th Ward Committeeman Steve Lenivy, $25 former 15th Ward Committeewoman Torrey Park, $25 former State Senator Harry Kennedy); $10,250.18 spent ($5,192.60 MO Political Consulting); $16,025.34 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2 Amended, updated prior report totals: $3,252.52 on hand instead of $3,125.52
January 2023 Report #2: $2,705 raised, $7,229.17 spent ($6,676.63 to MO Political Consulting), $3,152.52 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1 Amended, added contribution from candidate: $10,465 raised instead of $10,365
January 2023 Report #1: $10,365 raised (Alders Christine Ingrassia and Dan Guenther), $2,188.31 spent, $7,676.69 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Michele Landeau (chief operating officer for Hope Clinic; former Board President of Missouri Abortion Fund) January 2023 Report: $0 raised, $1,276.13 spent, $19,265.57 on hand, $0 debt
Current 10th Ward Alder Joe Vollmer
Neighborhood: The Hill
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Milo’s Bocce Garden; co-owner TLJ Investments (funeral home); owner of TLSJ (commercial real estate); landlord
Other Political: interim Board of Alders President upon Lewis Reed’s resignation
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 2 candidates, 1,533 Votes of 2,523
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $27,645 raised ($2,600 Carpenters, $2,600 21st Century St. Louis PAC/Civic Progress, $2,600 LIUNA, $1,000 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $500 Sheetmetal Workers, $500 Realtors PAC, $500 IAFF 73, $250 former State Rep. Derio Gambaro, $300 former Alder Joe and Lisa Roddy, $150 Elevator Constructors, $150 Teamsters, $100 former SLDC director Otis Williams, $100 political operative & Recorder of Deeds HR Tim Person- occupation/employer ID’d as “sales,” $100 former Alder Sarah Martin); $55,707.45 spent ($26,906.45 Blue Ridge Print, $28,675 Kelley Group/Show Me Victories); $31,330.87 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report Amended: New raised total $46,460. Additional donors: $2,600 21st Century St. Louis PAC/Civic Progress, $2,600 Draper & Kramer/Hampton Garden’s James Elsman in Chicago; $1,000 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $1,000 St. Louis Realtors, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $500 St. Louis Police Officers, $500 Alder Tom Oldenburg, $500 former Alder Fred Wessels, $500 Operating Engineers 513, $500 Ironworkers, $250 Machinists, $250 former Mayor Lyda Krewson, $250 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl, $150 Collector of Revenue Gregg Daly, $150 former Alder Dan McGuire, $100 Alder Carol Howard, $100 former Alder Steve Conway, $100 former Alder Matt Villa, $100 former Alder Jim Sondermann, $100 former CEO Centerre Bank Clarence Barksdale. New on hand: $59.393.32.
February 2023 Report: $10,010 ($5,200 from Powerball winners Tom and Cathy Ruggeri-Rea, $1,000 Plumbers & Pipefitters 562, $500 Ironworkers 396, $500 STL Building Trades, $300 from former 17th Ward Alder Joe and Lisa Roddy, $250 Glaziers 513, $50 former 8th Ward Committeeman Jack Stelzer); $6,332.25 spent $3,350 Kelley Group/Show Me Victories, $195.65 Nancy Rice postage reimbursement); $22,943.32 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report: $0 raised; $1,276.13 spent; $19,265.57 on hand; $0 debt
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2022 Report: $0 raised, $600 spent, $19,560.85 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Charlie Oldani (retired from AT&T; former police officer)
Ward Committees (PACs)
New 5th Ward Democratic organization: None
New 5th Ward Republican organization: None
Former 10th Ward Democratic Club
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 1/16/2020
Treasurer: Carolyn Stelzer (10th Ward Committeeman’s mother)
Deputy Treasurer: Rob Stelzer (10th Ward Committeeman)
Former 10th Ward Republican Organization
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 1/20/2011
Treasurer: Judy Zakibe (former chair of St. Louis City Republican Central Committee; briefly member of Election Board, resigned before confirmation due to objection by Missouri Republican Party)
Political Party Committeepeople
Current 10th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Debbie Hildebrand
Neighborhood: The Hill
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: works at St. Ambrose Catholic School
Campaign Finance:
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC
Current 10th Ward Democratic Committeeman Rob Stelzer
Neighborhood: The Hill
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Amsterdan Tavern; attorney
Other Elected Office: former State Rep. candidate2, former State Rep. candidate1
Genealogy: father Jack Stelzer is former 8th Ward Committeeman and former Airport Commissioner during Rex Sinquefield’s privatization scam
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $400 raised, $493.32 spent, $240.98, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $334.30 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Barb Beck (retired from Recorder of Deeds)
Deputy Treasurer: Caroline Stelzer (Committeeman’s mother, lives in current 8th Ward Southwest Garden)
Current 10th Ward Republican Committeewoman Angela Ong
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South, New 6th Ward
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: realtor
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC
Current 10th Ward Republican Committeeman Kirk Hilzinger
Neighborhood: Kingshighway Hills/Northampton
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: network architect at Dover Corp.
Other Elected Office: former candidate for State Rep. 2022
Campaign Finance
Terminated state representative candidate committee 2/27/2023
January 2023 Report Amended: $0 raised, $1,112.90 spent (digital advertising), $180.99 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
November 2022 Report #2: Limited Activity
November 2022 Report #1: $50 raised, $551.11 spent, $1,293.89 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Mary Theresa McLean (chair of St. Louis City Republican Party; also treasurer for 2nd Ward Alder candidate Phill Menendez)
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC
* 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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