ST. LOUIS — The city Democratic Central Committee on Saturday voted to endorse Alderwoman Cara Spencer against Mayor Tishaura O. Jones in the April mayoral election.

The decision marked a rare instance of the party throwing its support against an incumbent Democratic mayor.

“That’s a pretty significant development,” said Brian Wahby, a former central committee chair and longtime city politico.

Sean Fauss, the current chairman, did not immediately have a comment.

It’s only the latest trouble for Jones, who finished a distant second in Tuesday’s four-candidate primary — good enough to make the April 8 runoff, but 35 percentage points behind Spencer.

Spencer, meanwhile, can now tell voters in the heavily Democratic city she’s been endorsed by the party's official grass roots. It could also open to the door to coordinated campaigning.

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