Andrew Jones (Missouri politician)

Andrew Jones is a Republican politician and utility executive who ran for office in 2017 and 2021, and is running again 2022. He ran in the 2017 St. Louis mayoral election, winning the Republican party nomination. He ran again in the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election, finishing fourth place in the primary. He is now running against Democratic incumbent Cori Bush to represent Missouri's 1st congressional district.
Personal life and career
Jones was born in southern Illinois, and raised in the Greater St. Louis area. He received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. He also received advanced degrees from Webster University and Washington University. He worked many years at Ameren before moving to a business development role at Southwest Electric. As of 2021, Jones lived in the Botanical Heights neighborhood of St. Louis.
Politics
Jones ran in two notable elections, and as of October 2022, is running in a third.
2017 St. Louis mayoral election
Jones ran in his first election in hopes of becoming the Mayor of St. Louis. The election was held on April 4, 2017. Incumbent Mayor Francis Slay, who was serving his fourth term as mayor, indicated in March 2016 that he would run for reelection, However, Slay announced in April 2016 that he would not run for a fifth term. Primary elections took place on March 7, 2017, when Jones won the Republican Party nomination for the position. The general election was held on April 4, when Alderwoman Lyda Krewson defeated Jones and became the first female mayor of St. Louis.
2021 St. Louis mayoral election
As a result, the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election occurred in two stages, with a unified primary on March 2, 2021, and a two-candidate general election on April 6, 2021. Incumbent Democratic mayor Lyda Krewson was eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office, but chose to retire. In a primary field of four candidates, St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer advanced to the general election, and Andrew Jones was eliminated. Treasurer Jones defeated Spencer in the general election, becoming the first African-American woman elected to the office of mayor.
2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri
Andrew Jones ran for the Republican Party nomination to represent Missouri's 1st congressional district, with the primary election being held in August 2022. Because of his victory, he faces off against incumbent Cori Bush (from the Democratic Party), who the polling aggregator site FiveThirtyEight predicts is very likely defeat Jones.
This will be the first election held in Missouri's 1st congressional district following the 2020 redistricting cycle, so Missouri's first district is different than it was during the 2020 election. The 1st district now encompasses the city of St. Louis and much of northern St. Louis County, including Florissant and University City. The incumbent is Democrat Cori Bush, who was elected with 78.8% of the vote in 2020 after defeating the incumbent, Lacy Clay, in the Democratic primary.

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