Lyda Krewson, a long-time alderwoman in the Central West End, is set to be the city's first new mayor in sixteen years.Unofficial results show the 64-year-old certified public accountant easily defeating her closest competitor, Republican Andrew Jones. "We ran through the tape tonight," Krewson told supporters in a victory speech around 10:05 p.m.
She will be the city's first female mayor, a distinction she downplayed earlier in the evening during her watch party at the Probstein Golf Course clubhouse in Forest Park.
"For me, it's not a big deal to have the first woman anything, because I am one," Krewson says.…