Jones, Tishaura O. (Tishaura Oneda), 1972-

Tishaura Oneda Jones (born March 10, 1972) is an American politician serving as the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Jones was previously elected to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent the 63rd district in 2008, serving until 2013. She was Treasurer of St. Louis from 2013 to 2021.

Born in St. Louis to a former city comptroller, Jones studied at Hampton University in Virginia, returning to St. Louis upon graduating in 1994. Following a failed attempt to start a restaurant that left her bankrupt, she entered nursing, graduating from the Saint Louis University College for Public Health with a Master of Health Administration in 2001 and working for Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital for two years. Jones entered politics in 2002, when she was appointed to the Democratic Party Central Committee for St. Louis's eighth ward. In 2008, she successfully ran for the Missouri House of Representatives, being elected to represent the 63rd district over independent candidate Nels Williams with 85.4 percent of the vote. After running unopposed for re-election to the House in 2010, Jones ran for St. Louis Treasurer for the first time in 2012, and won the general election with 77.9 percent of the vote. She was re-elected as treasurer in 2016 and 2020.

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