Mayor Who Led Ferguson Through Turmoil is Re-Elected

By JIM SALTER, Associated Press
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Voters in Ferguson, Missouri, opted for experience over change in re-electing a mayor who has led them through a tumultuous 32 months since the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown thrust the St. Louis suburb into the national debate over race.
James Knowles III won a third term, holding off a challenge Tuesday from city Councilwoman Ella Jones, who was seeking to become Ferguson’s first-ever black mayor. It will be Knowles&