The new St. Louis City 11th Ward includes parts of current 6th, 17th, 19th, 21st Wards, 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: 17,534
Registered Voters: 11,133 (63.49% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 813 (7.3% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 880 – 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: 658
Alder Candidates
Carla Wright: 312
Laura Keys: 568
2023 Alder General Election
Current 21st Ward Alder Laura Keys
Neighborhood: O’Fallon
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: landlord; Clinical Data Coordinator for Biomedical Systems
Party Office: former 21st Ward Committeewoman
Other Elected Office: former candidate1 for 21st Ward Alder, former candidate2 for 21st Ward Alder
Genealogy: wife of 21st Ward Committeeman James Keys. They live three doors from former 21st Ward Alder Antonio French
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 2 candidates, 568 Votes of 880
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report Amended: Added $3,650 raised ($2,600 LIUNA 42, $1,000 theLouPAC). New totals: $12,290 raised; $2,740.14 spent; $25,270.42 on hand; $5,000 debt
March 2023 Report: $8,440 raised ($2,600 21st Century St. Louis PAC/Civic Progress, $2,600 LIUNA, $1,000 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $500 IAFF 73, $500 Realtors PAC, $100 Green Street CEO Toby Martin, $50 Sheriff Vernon Betts); $2,747.14 spent ($550 You Gotta Eat Here- 22nd Ward Committeeman Andre Williams biz, $50 poll worker George Poole- see Simmons v. Butler); $21,470.42 on hand; $5,000 debt
February 2023 Report Amended: “Adding donations that came in after report was filed” but contribution dates don’t match. New raised total- $15,100 raised. Additional money from- $15,000 labor attorney Jerry Schlichter, $500 LIUNA 42, $500 LIUNA 110. New on hand- $15,727.56
February 2023 Report: $12,600 raised ($2,600 21st Century STL/Civic Progress, $1,000 Rothschild/Red Brick, $500 STL Realtors, $500 IAFF 73, $500 Lawyers of TIF David Sweeney, $300 former Mayor Freeman Bosley, $250 12th Ward Alder Tom Oldenburg, $100 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl); $5,662.47 spent; $13,227.56 on hand, $5,000 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $6,100 raised ($5,000 loan from candidate, $500 from lobbyist Jeff Rainford), $39.50 spent, $6,290.03 on hand, $5,000 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $250 raised (from husband), $250 spent, $229.53 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $229.53 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: James Keys (husband of 21st Alder Laura Keys, 21st Ward Committeeman, treasurer of New 11th Ward Democratic Organization)
Affiliated PAC- 21st Ward Organization
02/08/2021 filing says it is a PAC to support Laura Keys
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity.
April 2021 Report: $1,248.58 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: James Keys (husband of 21st Alder Laura Keys, 21st Ward Committeeman)
Candidate for 11th Ward Alder Carla M. Wright
On ballot as Carla (Coffee) Wright
Neighborhood: O’Fallon
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: CEO at St. Louis Inner City Culture Center Enterprise; owner of Coffee Wright Consulting; owner of I Am Independent Action Media
Other Elected Office: former candidate for U.S. Senate 2022 and 2018
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd of 2 candidates, 312 Votes of 880
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $2,520 raised; $0 sent; $3,110.78 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report: $795 raised; $1,277.22 spent; $590.78 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report: $1,073 raised ($373 from Gateway Green Alliance (Green Party), $0 spent, $1,073 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Johnson Lancaster (founder Progressive Emporium & Education Center)
Other Public Officials Residing In Ward
City License Collector Mavis Thompson
Neighborhood: JeffVanderLou
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: License Collector; serves on Board of Mt. Herald Missionary Baptist Church
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
December 2022 Report: $0 raised, $2,812 spent, $8,668.92 on hand, $1,831.33 debt
November 2022 Report: $550 raised, $1,424.66 spent, $11,480.92 on hand, $1,831.33 debt
October 2022 Report: $2,792.10, $935.52 spent, $12,355.58 on hand, $1,831.33 debt
Treasurer: Burton Barr (pastor at West Side Missionary Baptist Church)
Current 19th Ward Alder Marlene Davis
Neighborhood: JeffVanderLou
Residence Tax Abated: No, but it is tax exempt nonprofit housing
Occupation:
Other Elected Office: former member of St. Louis City School Board
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Previous Report with activity- July 2021 Report: $13,440 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Marlene Davis
Ward Organizations (PACs)
New 11th Ward Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
Filed with MEC 2/08/2023
Treasurer: James Keys (husband of candidate and current 21st Ward Alder Laura Keys; 21st Ward Democratic Committeeman; executive director of Network Administration for Biomedical Systems)
New 11th Ward Republican organization: None
Current 19 Ward Democratic Association (19 not my typo)
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Previous Report with activity- All reports have been Limited Activity
Treasurer: Queen Byrd (19th Ward Committeewoman)
Current 21st Ward Democratic organization: None (a candidate PAC is not a ward organization)
Current 21st Ward Republican organization: None
Political Party Committeepeople
Current 19th Ward Committeewoman Queen Byrd-Scott
Neighborhood: Tiffany, New 7th Ward
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: director of Wonderland Daycare
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed with MEC
Current 19th Ward Committeeman Shawn Baker
Neighborhood: Gate District, New 7th Ward
Residence Tax Abated: Yes
Occupation: vice president of Student Affairs at Harris Stowe State University
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed with MEC
Current 19th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant
Current 19thy Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant
Current 21st Ward Committeewoman Amber Cole
Neighborhood: O’Fallon
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: pastor; chaplain for St. Louis City Police Department
Other Elected Office: briefly candidate for 21st Ward Alder
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed with MEC
Current 21st Ward Committeeman James Keys
Neighborhood: O’Fallon
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: Executive Director of Network Administration for Biomedical Systems
Genealogy: husband of 21st Alder Laura Keys
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed with MEC
Current 21st Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant
Current 21st Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant
Former Public Officials
Former 21st Ward Alder John Collins-Muhammad
Neighborhood: O’Fallon, moved to Marion, Illinois
Residence Tax Abated: No
Campaign Finance
Terminated MEC account on 6/8/2022
April 2022 Report: $3,775 raised ($500 former Congressman Lacy Clay, $500 Plumbers & Pipefitters 562, $500 Alder Tom Oldenburg, $250 police lobbyist Jane Dueker, $100 former 24th Ward Committeewoman Teri Powers,$100 Alder Joe Vaccaro); $1,233.88 spent; $2,570.26 on hand; $0 debt
* 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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