× A photo posted by @crankyyellow on Feb 15, 2016 at 7:45am PST

Missourians get their chance to vote in the presidential primary next month, but the heated race has already driven at least one person in St. Louis to the point of vandalism.

That person painted the message “No Politics on Cherokee” across the Cherokee Street office for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign over the weekend. Volunteers quickly cleaned the graffiti, which was spray-painted onto the windows, not the brick, of the storefront at 2626 Cherokee Street, the former location of the Failed Society clothing store.

The campaign office isn’t technically open yet, though spokesman Greg Minchack tells KMOV that the St. Louis headquarters is scheduled to open later this week. Volunteers used the office over the weekend as a base for canvassing efforts.

“Don’t worry! We got it cleaned up,” Sanders supporter Michael Dowart commented on a photo of the graffiti that was posted by Cranky Yellow, the DIY art space reopening on Cherokee Street. “For anyone who wants to lash out in retaliation, the best way to do it is by canvassing for Bernie!”

× Expand via Facebook Sanders supporters posted this photo of volunteers cleaning graffiti from the campaign's Cherokee Street office.

Despite the vandal’s message, politics certainly has a place on Cherokee Street, the South City entertainment district known for its antique shops, neighborhood cafés, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a bevy of Mexican restaurants. Presidential candidate Barack Obama had a campaign office on the street. In September, Yaquis on Cherokee built an enormous piñata of Donald Trump, dubbed El Trumpo, for people to bash open in honor of Mexican Independence Day. And in December, Cherokee Street artists and creatives held a fundraiser and rally for Sanders called Bernieman.

The Sanders campaign announced that it would open a St. Louis office after Sanders’ victory in the New Hampshire primary last week. Sanders’ democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, plans to open her own St. Louis campaign office on Thursday near Harris-Stowe State University.

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