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Lyda Krewson is an American Democratic politician who is the 46th and current mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. She is St. Louis's first female mayor, elected in 2017. On November 18, 2020, Krewson announced that she would not seek a second term.From 1997 to 2017, Krewson served as the alderman of St. Louis's 28th ward.