Democrat Jake Zimmerman will soon leave his role as county assessor and step into the seat of St. Louis County’s next county executive.
Zimmerman walked away from the Nov. 3 election with 65.07% of votes (251,305 votes), emerging on top of Republican Dennis Hancock and Green Party candidate JD McFarland. Hancock received 32.87% of votes (126,949 votes) and McFarland received 2.05% of votes (7,929 votes).
Current County Executive Sam Page chose not to seek reelection in this election. His term is set to expire in January.
Zimmerman has been St. Louis County assessor since 2011. Previously a Missouri state representative, Zimmerman represented Missouri’s 83rd District from 2007-2011. He was also an assistant attorney general under Governor Jay Nixon and legal counsel to Governor Bob Holden for the last two years of his administration.
Ellie Marshall contributed to this report.
