The 2020 St. Louis County Executive special election took place on November 3, 2020. On April 29, 2019, County Executive Steve Stenger resigned following a federal indictment for bribery and fraud. The County Council elected Council Chairman Sam Page to serve as County Executive until the 2020 special election.
Page ran to serve out the remainder of Stenger's term. He faced a competitive Democratic primary, with challenges from 2018 candidate Mark Mantovani and County Assessor Jake Zimmerman, and won the primary with a 38 percent plurality. In the general election, he was challenged by Paul Berry III, the Republican nominee, who previously ran for the office in 2018. Page won re-election in a landslide, receiving 58 percent of the vote to Berry's 36 percent.
Democratic primary Candidates Sam Page, incumbent County Executive Mark Mantovani, businessman, lawyer, 2018 Democratic candidate for County Executive Jake Zimmerman, County Assessor Jamie Tolliver, life coach, publishing company owner
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error MarkMantovani SamPage JakeZimmerman UndecidedRemington Research Group (R)November 6–7, 2019612 (LV)± 4.0%19%33%–48%21%26%17%36%
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error MariaChappelle-Nadal MarkMantovani SamPage BrianWilliams JakeZimmerman UndecidedRemington Research Group (R)November 6–7, 2019612 (LV)± 4.0%11%18%24%–14%33%–14%25%7%15%39%
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Republican primary Candidates Paul Berry III, bail bondsman and political commentator, 2018 Republican nominee for County Executive Ed Golterman, civic activist, 2004 Republican nominee for County Executive
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Libertarian primary Candidates Ted Brown, perennial candidate, former firefighter and police officer
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Green Party primary Candidates Betsey Mitchell, businesswoman, retired educator
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General election Results
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