The new St. Louis City 6th Ward includes parts of current 6th, 8th, 10th, 15th and other Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.
All 14 New Ward Profiles here.
2023 Alder Primary Results
18+ Population: 18,668
Registered Voters: 15,576 (83.4% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 1,874 (12.03% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast for Alder candidates: 1,993 – 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: 1,419
Alder Candidates
Jennifer Florida: 750
Daniela Velázquez: 1,243
2023 Alder General Election
Candidate for 6th Ward Alder Daniela Velázquez
Neighborhood: Shaw
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Mavend Media LLC; Vice President for Corporate Reputation at FleishmanHillard; former Senior Public Relations Strategist at Elasticity; former Communications Director at Missouri ACLU)
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 2 candidates, 1,243 Votes of 1,993
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $25,753.78 raised ($2,600 21st Century St. Louis PAC/Civic Progress, $2,600 LIUNA, $2,600 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $2,600 Carpenters, $2,500 rehabber David Boger, $2,000 Ashley Schuster Kempf- Salume Beddu, $1,000 Leadership Counts- legal money laundry- Steve Stone + St. Louis Cardinals, + Kevin Short + LIUNA 42, $1,000 Anheuser Busch’s theLouPAC, $1,000 Kristin Wormley-Lee VP Aristotle, $1,000 SEIU, $1,000 IAFF 73, $500 Sheetmetal Workers 36, , $500 Protect Missouri Workers, $500 Ellis Hyman-Evolution Strategies, $100 former State Sen Joan Bray, $100 Building Trades, $100 Alder Shane Cohn); $14,410.67 spent ($4,000 Bree Bowen- campaign management, $2,240.61 MO Political Consulting); $27,999.30 on hand; $2,2240.62 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $4,350 raised ($2,600 21st Century/Civic Progress, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $250 CWA, $150 WePower’s Jonathan Blumberg); $1,515.80 spent; $16,655.19 on hand; $4,481.23 debt
February 2023 Report #1: $15,342.29 raised ($2,600 UNITE HERE, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $500 SEIU Healthcare, $500 SEIU MO/KS, $250 WePower’s Charli Cooksey, $150 11th Ward Alder Jimmy Lappe, $100 WePower’s Jonathan Blumberg); $8,269.46 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting); $13,820.99 on hand; $4,481.23 debt (MO Political Consulting)
January 2023 Report #2: $1,585 raised, $4,465.92 spent ($3,981.05 to MO Political Consulting), $6,748.16 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $15,788 raised ($250 WePower’s Charli Cooksey), $5,658.92 spent ($3,454.56 MO Political Consulting), $9,629.08 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Annie Rice (8th Ward Alder, attorney)
Former Recorder of Deeds/former 15th Ward Alder Jennifer Florida**
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: realtor
Other Elected Office: former Recorder of Deeds 2014; former 15th Ward Alder; former candidate for 15th ward Alder 2021; former candidate for 15th Ward Alder 2017
Genealogy: wife of former 14th Ward Alder Stephen Gregali (currently airport power plant manager at Lambert Airport; former business manager for Operating Engineers Local 2
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd place of 2 candidates, 750 Votes of 1,993
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $2,105 raised ($500 St. Louis Police Officers Assn, $250 lobbyist Lou Hamilton, $100 Building Trades); $7,334.37 spent ($647.23 Rice Strategy- Nancy Rice’s expired dba); $2,181.28 on hand
February 2023 Report: $6,650 raised ($250 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl, $200 former 13th Ward Alder Fred Wessels, $150 former 17th Ward Alder Joe Roddy); $1,526 spent; $7,410.65 on hand; $23.31 debt
January 2023 Report: $2,390 raised ($600 former Alder Steve Conway, $250 former Mayor Lyda Krewson), $103.35 spent, $2,286.65 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Harry ‘Ross’ Hammond Jr
2023 Running for Board President
Board of Alder President Megan Ellyia Green
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: was or is Adjunct Professor at Washington University; owner of MEG Consulting (consulting, strategic planning, grant writing services)
Other Elected Office: former 15th Ward Alder
2023 Board President Primary: 1st place of 1 candidate- 17,177 votes of 24,823 ballots
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $10,874 raised ($5,200 21st Century St. Louis/Civic Progress PAC, $2,600 Leadership Counts- legal money laundry- Steve Stone + St. Louis Cardinals, + Kevin Short + LIUNA 42, $1,500 Realtors PAC, $1,000 HNTB Mo- design firm); $15,853.40 ($15,000 Our Revolution); $8,199.53 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report: $12,372 raised ($2,600 SIEU Healthcare, $2,600 The LOUPAC, $1,600 Plumbers and Pipefitters 562, $1,000 IBEW); $13,902.05 spent ($12,500 Our Revolution predictive dialer, also addendum note on payment of $10,000 owed to Public Eye/Richard Callow); $13,178.32 on hand; $15,500 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $6,336.0 raised ($500 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl, $2,600 SEIU), $8,627.38 spent ($2,150 campaign manager Luke Davis, $2,100 communications Michelle Hornish, $1,539.99 rent to Radius Realty), $14,708.37 on hand, $13,000 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $22,328 raised, $16,316.43 (mostly to pay on debt), $16,999.75 on hand, $13,000 debt
November 2022 Report Amended: $23,874.48 raised, $41,165.26 spent, $10,988.18 on hand, $23,000 debt
November 2022 Report: $22,080.48 raised, $31,048.55 spent, $19,310.89 on hand, $3,000 debt
October #2 2022 Report: $67,663.32 raised, $80,153.61 spent, $28,278.96 on hand, $3,000 debt
October #1 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Treasurer: Torrey Park (former 15th Ward Committeewoman, also Treasurer for 15th Ward Committeewoman Karissa Gilman-Hernandez)
Affiliated PAC- Progress PAC
March 2023 Report #3: $12,000 raised ($4,000 SEIU 1, $2,000 SEIU Healthcare, $2,500 Sue McCollum- Eagle Brands owner and chair of Forest Park Forever, $2,500 Simmons Hanley- Alton law firm, $1,000 Protect Missouri Workers PAC); $82,923.71 spent ($56,978.99 Amendment 2 Consultants- made direct expenditures of various amounts for 5 candidates and against 4 candidates, $2,660 Lashley Baer- legal counsel); $50,194.78 on hand; $0 debt
March 2023 Report #2 Amended: Bob Fox contribution amended from $25,000 to $2,500. New totals: $89,250 raised; $8,820 spent; $121,118.49 on hand
March 2023 Report #2: $111,750 raised ($40,000 LIUNA, $25,000 Bob Fox- closet entrepreneur and founding co-sponsor of Teach for America St. Louis with wife Maxine Clark of Build-A-Bear, $10,000 Michael Kennedy- KAI Design, $10,000 Tony Thompson- KWAME, $5,000 H&A Restoration, $5,000 developer Mayo Aiyelokun,$2,500 Sheet Metal Workers, $500 lobbyist David Sweeney); $8,820 spent ($2,600 candidate Tashara Early, $1,000 candidate Norma Walker); $143,618.49 on hand; $0 debt
March 2023 Report #1: $39,350 raised ($15,000 LIUNA MO-KS, $5,000 developer Will Smith, $5,000 Plumbers & Pipefitters, $3,600 developer Michael Staenberg, $500 Steve Tilley’s Strategic Capitol Consulting, $250 St. Louis Building Trades, $250 Strategic Capitol Consulting lobbyist Brittany Robbins, $250 Alder Bill Stephens); 17,846.37 spent ($10,261.74 Advertisers Printing mailing + $7,500 Our Revolution phone bank to benefit Alder5 candidates Rasheen Aldridge, Tashara Earl, Bret Narayan, Alisha Sonnier); $40,688.49 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report #1: $30,600 raised ($5,000 Sheet Metal Workers, $5,000 UFCW 655, $2,500 Maxine Clark, $2,000 SEIU MO-KS, $2,000 SEIU Healthcare), $12,353.51 spent ($7,500 Our Revolution phone bank); $19,184.86 on hand; $0 debt
December 2022 Report: $0 raised, $4,011.93 spent, $938.37 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report #2: $25,312.31 raised, $2,677.26 spent, $26,356.95 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Vanessa Carroll (6th Ward Committeewoman; also Treasurer for 7th Ward Alder Candidate Alisha Sonnier; former Treasurer for Alison Dreith for 6th Ward Democratic Committeewoman )
Other Public Officials Residing In Ward
Current 8th Ward Alder Annie Rice
Neighborhood: Shaw
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: attorney
Party Office: former 8th Ward Committeewoman
Other Political: treasurer for STL Charter Committee (2023 Prop C ballot issue)
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 2/20/2023
April 2023 Report: $0 raised, $1,547 spent ($ 1,255.61 to STL Charter Committee), $0 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report: $0 raised, $361 spent, $1,547 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $117 spent, $1,908 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Kimberly Franks (also treasurer for 8th Ward Committeewoman Josie Grilles)
Ward Organizations
New 6th Ward Democrats
(15th Ward Democrats name change and new Treasurer filed with MEC 2/21/ 2023)
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report #2: $595 raised; $391 spent; $889.08 on hand; $318.07 debt (sample ballot printing)
March 2023 Report #1: $450 raised, $68.25 spent, $685.08 on hand, $318.07 debt (printing sample ballot supporting Board President Megan Green and Alder candidate Daniela Velázquez)
Treasurer: Tod Martin (15th Ward Democratic Committeeman; Director Of Administration at St. Louis County; former Deputy Chief of Staff for US Senator Claire McCaskill; former Finance Director, Slay for Mayor)
President: Jan Oleary
New 6th Ward Republican organization: None
Current Eighth Ward Independent Democratic Association
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $0 raised; $3,202.29 spent ($200 Daniela Velázquez, $800 Alisha Sonnier, $402,20 Helen Petty); $519.45
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: $170 raised, $698.28 spent, $3,721.74 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Keir Haug (library manager)
SOS registration: Eighth Ward Independent Democratic Association nonprofit was cancelled 06/07/2022
Current 8th Ward Republican organization: None
Former 15th Ward Democrats
(Name change to 6th Ward Democrats with MEC February 21, 2023)
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $30 raised, $9 spent, $251.44 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report: $60 raised, $357.87 spent, $230.44 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $230 raised, $235.21 spent, $528.31 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Deborah Pratt (manager at SSM Health, president of Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association)
President: Jan Oleary
SOS filings: 15th Ward Democrats nonprofit, current Board- Sarah Felts, Margaret Burke, Torrey Park, Deborah Pratt
Current 15th Ward Republican organization: None
Political Party Committeepeople
Current 8th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Josie Grillas
Neighborhood: Southwest Garden
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
January 2022 Report: $170 raised, $698.28 spent, $3,721.74 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Kimberly Franks (also treasurer for 8th Ward Alder Annie Rice)
Current 8th Ward Democratic Committeeman Paul Fehler
Neighborhood: Shaw
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: works for Strategic Growth & Development at St. Louis Development Corporation; documentary filmmaker; former employee at Recorder of Deeds
Other Elected Office: former candidate for 8th Ward Alder
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2019 Report: $6,207.94 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Nadia Ghasedi (wife of 8th Ward Committeeman Paul Fehler)
Current 8th Ward Republican Committeewoman Mary Ellen Barringer
Neighborhood: Tower Grove East, New 7th Ward
Property Tax Abated: No
Occupation: Arbonne salesperson
Campaign Finance
* No party committeewoman account filed with MEC
Current 8th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant
Current 15th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Karisa Gilman-Hernandez
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: community organizer at Dutchtown South Community Corp
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2020 Report: $405.59 on hand, $0 debt.
Treasurer: Torrey Park (former 15th Ward Committeewoman, also Treasurer for Board President Megan Ellyia Green)
Current 15th Ward Democratic Committeeman Tod Martin
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: director of Administration for St. Louis County, former Deputy Chief of Staff for US Senator Claire McCaskill
Other Political: treasurer for new 6th Ward Democrats
Campaign Finance
* No party committeeman account filed with MEC
Current 15th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant
Current 15th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant
Former Public Officials
Former Board President Lewis Reed
Neighborhood: Compton Heights, moved to Forest City, Arkansas
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: 60 Plaza Square (developer); The Running-Mate LLC (software development)
Other Elected Office: former 6th Ward Alder; former candidate for Mayor 2021 and 2017 and 2013
Genealogy: husband of Mary Entrup (former 6th Ward Democratic Committeewoman, attorney)
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: Limited Activity
February 2023 Report: Limited Activity
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Last report showing activity- January 2022 Report: $0 raised, $3,107.57 spent, $93,718.72 on hand, $56,228 debt
Treasurer: Donna Shead
Affiliated PAC- One St. Louis
Terminated 4/3/2022
Former City Judge Debra Carnahan
Neighborhood: Compton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: attorney, not sure what she’s doing these days, former City judge, former Assistant US Attorney,
Genealogy: wife of former Congressman Rusty Carnahan
Campaign Finance
MEC account says she is running for 6th Ward Alder in 2023
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Last activity, April 2019 Report: $6,934.07 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Jaclyn Guthrie
* 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.
** Jennifer Florida was 15th Ward Alder and considering a run for Board President when she was asked by Mayor Francis Slay to resign and accept appointment as Recorder of Deeds to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Recorder Sharon Quigley Carpenter. Carpenter remained on Democratic Primary ballot for re-election and won Primary. Recorder Florida then filed as an Independent to run against Carpenter in General but Carpenter was elected.
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