Aldergeddon: New 4th Ward

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.

Aldergeddon: New 3rd Ward

The new St. Louis City 3rd Ward includes parts of current 11th, 20th, 25th and other Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

2023 General Election Results

18+ Population: 16,174
Registered Voters: 10,733 (66.35% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 970 (9.04% Turnout)
Board President

Megan Green: 777 (92.1%)
Alder Candidates
Shane Cohn: 827 (93.98%)

2023 Primary Results

18+ Population: 16,174
Registered Voters: 10,741 (66.4% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 515 (4.79% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 445 – 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: 445
Alder Candidates
Shane Cohn: 410

Public Officials Residing In Ward

City Treasurer Adam Layne
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: City Treasurer; executive director of Young Griot Society (administrative dissolution 10/19/2022)
Other Elected Office: former member of St. Louis School Board
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $7,392.00 raised, $7,320.53 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting), $24,085.64 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $5,348.67 raised, $5,525.86 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting), $24,014.17 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Adam Lane

School Board Member Emily Hubbard
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: adjunct professor of sociology
Other Elected Office: candidate for School Board 2021
Genealogy: not related to the Hubbard Family of Democratic Party politics
Campaign Finance
December 2022 Report: $160 raised, $1,087.74 spent, $2,546.93 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report Amended: $60 raised, $325.45 spent, $3,474.67 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report Amended: $3,095 raised, $1,448.88 spent, $3,740.12 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: John Devon Tressler

Current 25th Ward Alder Shane Cohn
Neighborhood: Dutchtown
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of 4664 Tennessee LLC investment and redevelopment of real estate
2023 Alder Primary: 1st of 1 candidate, 410 Votes of 515
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report #3: $$4,350 raised ($2,600 UNITE Here, $500 LIUNA 42, #500 Associated General Contractors, $500 Commerce Bank); $19,594.42 spent ($14,540.73 Fourth City Strategies, $1,081.45 MEC fines); $9,512.24 on hand; $0 debt
April 2023 Report #2: $1,000 raised ($500 Plumbers & Pipefitters #562); $1975 spent; $24,756.66 on hand; $0 debt
April 2023 Report #1: $16,100 raised ($5,200 21st Century St. Louis/Civic Progress, $2,500 Carpenters, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $500 Realtors PAC, $500 Operating Engineers, $500 IBEW, $500 SEIU State, $250 Building Trades, $250 Heating & Frost Insulators #1, $250 Gary Bess- former City then County Parks Director Director$100 former Fire Chief Sherman George, $100 Alder Jimmy Lappe); $1,261.70 spent; $23,776.41 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $2,200 raised ($1,000 KC Catalyst’s Greg Porter, $500 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $500 State Rep Steve Butz); $79.99 spent; $8,938.11 on hand
February 2023 Report #1: $225 raised; 28.64 spent; $6,918.10 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report Late: $3,550 raised ($500 Lawyers of TIF David Sweeney, $100 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl) $311.35 spent, $6,721.74, $0 debt)
October 2022 Report: $1,525 raised, $787.85 spent, $3,483.09 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Lori Lamprich (former 25th Ward Committeewoman; treasurer for 25th Ward Regular Democratic Organization; treasurer for Pro-Choice Missouri and Missouri Anti-Corruption Task Force PACs; former treasurer for Murray for Missouri candidate committee and Missouri Values PAC)

Current 11th Ward Alder Jimmy Lappe
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: Director of Data & Research, Missouri Jobs With Justice
Other Politics: treasurer of Jobs With Justice Ballot Fund; Deputy Treasurer for MOVE Ballot Fund PAC, Healthy Missouri Families campaign committee; and former Deputy Treasurer for Give Missourians a Raise campaign committee, Give Missourians a Raise PAC, Missouri Healthy Working Families PAC, Raise Up Missouri campaign committee
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 03/23/2023: remaining funds donated: $900 Coalition for Black Trade Unionists, $376.16 Carondelet Community Betterment Foundation
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2022 Report: $1,575 raised, $1,096.21 spent, $1,478.79 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Thom Gross

Ward Committees (PACs)

New 3rd Ward Democratic Organization: None

New 3rd Ward Republican Organization: None

Current 11th Ward Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
January 2022 Report: $400 raised, $549.42 spent, $2,594.80 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $1,308.32 spent (including $1,070 for “damages”), $2,744.22 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Robert Dieckhaus, husband of 11th Ward Committeewoman Kathy Gamache

Former SOS filings: 11th Ward Democratic Political Party Committee fictious name registration and 11th Ward Democratic Political Party nonprofit registration, both by by Robert Dieckhaus, cancelled in 2020

Current 11th Ward Republican organization: None

Current 25th Ward Regular Democratic Club
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2021 Report: $890.93 on hand, $0 debt.
Treasurer: Lori Lamprich (former 25th Ward Committeewoman; treasurer for Pro-Choice Missouri and Missouri Anti-Corruption Task Force PACs; former treasurer for Murray for Missouri candidate committee and Missouri Values PAC)

Current 25th Ward Republican organizations: None

Political Party Committeepeople

Current 11th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Kathy Gamache
Neighborhood: Mount Pleasant
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: human resources director at Collector of Revenue
Other Politics: deputy treasurer for Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly; treasurer for former Alder Sarah Martin
Other Party Office: former longtime Secretary of St. Louis Democratic City Central Committee
Campaign Finance
* No party committeewoman account filed with MEC

Current 11th Ward Democratic Committeeman Jacob Hummel
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: President of Missouri AFL-CIO; IBEW Local 1; former State Senator; former State Rep.
Genealogy: husband of former 11th Ward Alder Sarah Martin
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2022 Report: $0 raised, $10,000 spent (to Missouri Works Initiative), $50,888.91 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Jake Hummel

Current 11th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 11th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Democratic Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Democratic Committeeman Greg Brown
Neighborhood:
Residence Tax Abated:
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Current 25th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Republican Committeeman Francis Wildhaber
Neighborhood: Dutchtown
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Wildhaber Technical Services
Other Elected Office: former candidate for 25th Ward Alder 2004; former candidate for Mayor 2001
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Former Public Officials Residing In Ward

Former 11th Ward Alder Sarah Martin
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: lobbyist
Genealogy: wife of former State Senator and current 11th Ward Committeeman Jake Hummel
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2019 Report: $4,574 on hand, $150.76 debt
Treasurer: Kathy Gamache (11th Ward Committeewoman, Human Resources Director at Collector of Revenue)

Official Write-In Candidate 101

Maybe you refuse to vote for a Republican and the Democratic Party’s nominee is pro-predator, or treats employees like indentured servants, or is pro-corporate welfare, or whatever reason.

Maybe you want another option besides voting for the only candidate on the ballot.

Maybe you’d like to make a protest vote other than being a drop vote in a race, leaving it blank.

The good news is that you have a Write-In Candidate option in Missouri during November and April General Elections.

Sure. You could write in your name, or Jorts the Cat, or Lizard People. But your vote would not count.

Becoming an Official Write-In Candidate in Missouri is, however, easy and cheap. You are nearly guaranteed defeat at the polls, but earn the privilege of adding “Former Official Write In Candidate for _____” to your social media accounts and email signature line. Win Win.*

Running as a Write-In Candidate is different from running as an Independent in that your name will not be on the ballot and you do not have to pay a fee, collect petition signatures, form a campaign committee, etc. If you want your name on a ballot you will need to do all the things necessary to run as a political party candidate, nonpartisan candidate, or independent candidate.

In Missouri, there is a simple process for declaring your Write-In candidacy so that any votes you get are actually counted. A reporter may even ask the Secretary of State or your local election authority for info on Official Write-In Candidates.

Step 1. Check to see if you meet the age and residency related qualifications for the office you want to be a Write-In Candidate.

Step 2. File a Write-In Candidate Declaration of Intent in person by 5 pm October 28th. For other elections, the deadline is second Friday before the election. Sample Declaration for Local and State Write-In Candidates. Sample Declaration for Federal Write-In Candidates.

For municipal and county offices, you will file the Declaration of Intent in person with your county election authority. In St. Louis City that is the Board of Election Commissioners at 300 N Tucker. For State and Federal offices, you will file with the Secretary of State at Kirkpatrick Building, Elections Division, 600 West Main, Jefferson City.

Bring with you

Write-In Candidate Declaration of Intent
Photo Identification
Form 5120 No Taxes Owed Affidavit

Step 3. Tell your family, friends, neighbors, social media followers that you are an Official Write-In Candidate. Let Media know about your campaign. Or do nothing.

Step 4. Remember to Vote for yourself on Election Day.

* Sorry, St. Louis City Civil Service employees, City Charter makes you second class citizens with few political rights, so you don’t have the option of running as a Write-In Candidate (or any other kind of candidate). Most State employees in Missouri are now At Will employees who would probably get fired for running for public office even as a Write-In Candidate.