Lippmann returned to her native St. Louis after spending two years covering state government in Lansing, Michigan. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and followed (though not directly) in Maria Altman's footsteps in Springfield, also earning her graduate degree in public affairs reporting. She's also done reporting stints in Detroit, Michigan and Austin, Texas. Rachel likes to fill her free time with good books, good friends, good food, and good baseball.
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From left, James Page, 5th Ward, Bill Stephens, 12th Ward, Anne Schweitzer, 13th Ward, and Tina Pihl, 17th Ward, all won their aldermanic races Tuesday. Their wins create a progressive majority on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen will look quite different when the new session begins in two weeks.
Three of the four candidates who received the backing of an initiative called Flip The Board won their races Tuesday night, giving progressive-minded aldermen a working if fragile majority at City Hall.
Anne Schweitzer defeated Beth Murphy to represent the 13th Ward Murphy was first sworn-in in 2014. In the 12th Ward, Bill Stephens narrowly beat Vicky Grass, who was sworn in in July to fill the remainder of Larry Arnowitz’s term. And in the 17th Ward, Tina Pihl beat Michelle Sherod for an open seat by just 19 votes.