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2013 elections
12:03 am
Wed April 3, 2013

Mayor Slay Cruises To Fourth Term; 'Arch Tax' Wins

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Mayor Francis Slay talks to supporters on April 2 after winning a historic fourth term.
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St. Louis mayor Francis Slay made history last night.

Final unofficial results show him winning a fourth, four-year term with more than 81 percent of the vote. Other mayors have served more terms, but they were just a year long. On April 27, Slay will become the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. 

"Winning the fourth term is not the history," Slay told a crowd of friends, family and supporters on Tuesday night. "What we do with the fourth term is."  

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Gun-Control
2:48 pm
Sat March 30, 2013

Officials, Religious Leaders And Others Rally For New Gun-Control Measures

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Pro gun-control supporters rally at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis on Saturday, March 30.
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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay speaks during a gun-control rally at Kiener Plaza on Saturday, March 30.
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Pro-gun advocates hold signs at the back of large crowd gathered at Kiener Plaza for a gun-control rally on Saturday, March 30.
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From a podium at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis, Democratic Mo. State Rep. Stacey Newman asked a crowd of gun-control supporters to hold up their phones and punch in a new contact, the switchboard for the U.S. Senate.

She told them to call every day, ask for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and demand that they vote in favor of universal background checks for gun sales.

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