Oldenburg will face Republican Abigail Niebling.

Ward 17 • Alderman Joe Roddy, the board’s most senior member and chairman of the powerful Housing Committee, easily won an eighth term. He picked up 58 percent of the vote to beat Joe Diekemper, 42, a nurse at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

Ward 19 • Veteran politician and incumbent Alderman Marlene Davis easily held off challenger Lindsay Pattan. Davis, a former St. Louis School Board president and the alderman since 2007, scooped up 70 percent of the votes.

Ward 21 • With Antonio French running for mayor, his aldermanic seat was won by John Collins-Muhammad, with 44.7 percent of the vote. Also running were ward committeewoman Laura Keys and Marlene Buckley.

Ward 27 • For the first time, a member of the Carter family will not hold a position of power in the ward. Keena Carter, daughter of the late state Sen. Paula Carter and relative of two former aldermen, lost to Pam Boyd, 48 percent to 38 percent. Also running was Ciera L. Simril.

Incumbent aldermen seeking party nomination without opposition were Democrats John Coatar, 7th Ward; Beth Murphy, 13th Ward; Joe Vaccaro, 23rd Ward; and Shane Cohn, 25th Ward. Green candidates Quinn Parks, 7th Ward, and Stephanie Dinges 13th Ward, are on the April ballot.

In the lone proposition on the ballot, 60 percent of city voters approved a measure that will crack down on the short-term lending industry, including payday lenders, check-cashing stores and car title lenders. The proposition will require lenders to pay a $5,000 annual fee to operate in St. Louis.

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