1997 St. Louis mayoral election

1997 St. Louis mayoral election
Turnout	18.75%
Mayor before election; Freeman Bosley Jr.; Democratic	Elected Mayor ; Clarence Harmon; Democratic

The 1997 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 1, 1997^[1] to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. It saw the election of Clarence Harmon and the defeat of incumbent mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. in the Democratic primary.

The election was preceded by party primaries on March 4.^[2]

Democratic primary[edit]

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence Harmon	56,926	56.35
	Democratic	Freeman Bosley Jr. (incumbent)	43,346	42.91
	Democratic	Bill Haas	756	0.75
Turnout			101,028	25.47

General election result^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence Harmon	53,646	72.13
	Independent	Marit Clark	17,138	23.04
	Republican	Jay Dearing	3,590	4.83
Turnout			74,374	18.75

^ ^a ^b "St. Louis Mayor". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "St. Louis Mayor - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 19, 2020.

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