【時報訊】53歲的聖路易市市長Francis Slay，三月三日高票贏得市長選舉，民主黨黨內初選，得票率61.5%，另兩位候選人前市議員Irene Smith得票率32％，律師Denise Watson-Wesley得票率6.5％。市長決選日為4月7日，將無共和黨候選人參選，但Slay 市長將面對自由黨候選人Robb E. Cunninghan，綠黨候選人Elston McCowan 及原為民主黨卻獨立參選之密州參議員Maida Coleman，據大多數觀察家認為，Slay市長應能過關當選連任。
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay wins primary
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay easily won the Democratic primary for mayor.
With 100 percent of the city's precincts reporting, unofficial results Tuesday show the 53-year-old Slay, seeking his third term, got nearly 61.5 percent of the vote.
Former alderwoman Irene Smith garnered about 32 percent of the vote and attorney Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman had 6.5 percent.
No Republicans ran for mayor. But Slay will face Libertarian Robb E. Cunningham, who ran unopposed, and Elston McCowan, who won the Green Party primary.
The general election is April 7. |
