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==Elections==

==Elections==

The mayor is elected for four years during the general municipal election, which is held every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April. The candidates are selected through a combined [[approval voting]] primary, with the top two advancing to the general.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schlinkmann |first=Mark |date=2021-03-01 |title=St. Louis mayoral candidates, voters deal with new rules in Tuesday’s primary |url=https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/wellness/st-louis-mayoral-candidates-voters-deal-with-new-rules-in-tuesday-s-primary/article_4335d64e-7dc2-5f6b-832e-d02edc54477b.html |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis |access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> The mayor is usually sworn during the first session of the Board of Aldermen two weeks after the election.

The mayor is elected for four years during the general municipal election, which is held every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April. The candidates are selected through a combined [[approval voting]] primary, with the top two advancing to the general.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schlinkmann |first=Mark |date=2021-03-01 |title=St. Louis mayoral candidates, voters deal with new rules in Tuesday’s primary |url=https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/wellness/st-louis-mayoral-candidates-voters-deal-with-new-rules-in-tuesday-s-primary/article_4335d64e-7dc2-5f6b-832e-d02edc54477b.html |work=St Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St Louis |access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> The mayor is usually sworn during the first session of the Board of Aldermen two weeks after the election.



Under the original [[municipal charter|city charter]], the mayor was elected to a one-year term. Terms became two years under the 1859 city charter.<ref name="Oliver">{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt42815532.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: Oliver D. Filley |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107070539/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt42815532.asp |archive-date=2009-01-07 }}</ref> The mayor's office was extended to its present four-year term after passage of the Charter and Scheme in 1876 which separated the City of St. Louis from [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]].<ref name="Henry">{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt47812949.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: Henry Overstolz |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720181018/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt47812949.asp |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>

Under the original [[municipal charter|city charter]], the mayor was elected to a one-year term. Terms became two years under the 1859 city charter.<ref name="Oliver">{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt42815532.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: Oliver D. Filley |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107070539/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt42815532.asp |archive-date=2009-01-07 }}</ref> The mayor's office was extended to its present four-year term after passage of the Charter and Scheme in 1876 which separated the City of St. Louis from [[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis County]].<ref name="Henry">{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt47812949.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: Henry Overstolz |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720181018/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt47812949.asp |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>

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