ST. LOUIS—  Cara Spencer will be the next mayor of St. Louis, defeating incumbent Mayor Tishaura Jones Tuesday with more than 64% of the vote.

The two squared off four years ago with Jones winning, but this time the alderwoman came away victorious.

Tuesday night’s win follows Spencer’s decisive primary win in March by a similar margin.

Spencer had been focusing on what she says is a lack of execution of city services, while Jones campaigned on efforts to reduce violence and to reinvest in city neighborhoods.

St. Louis voted for change, Spencer said to supporters at Union Station Tuesday night.

Amid what she called "chaos" at the state and federal level, Spencer said "St Louis can be a place where everyone has the tools and the support that we all need to survive and to thrive," adding that while she and Jones disagreed on the campaign trail, the two share "a deep love and commitment" to the city.

"My opponent will inherit a safer city than it has been in decades—They'll inherit countless projects that I started," Jones said to her supporters at The Omega Center.

The clock is ticking when it comes to getting the Spencer administration up and running. She's scheduled to be sworn into office next Tuesday. In a brief exchange with reporters after her victory speech, she said she was in talks to fill out her team and plans to make announcements in the coming days. When asked directly if she supports keeping St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy, or if the city should challenge the bill signed last month shifting control of the police to a state-appointed board, she again said her announcement would be made in the coming days.

St. Louis voters also sought change in the race for comptroller, where former alderwoman and state representative Donna Baringer unseated incumbent Comptroller Darlene Green after thirty years in the city's top financial post. In addition, Toni Cousins, the president and only incumbent member of the St. Louis Public School Board of Education on the ballot, failed to win one of the three spots up for election.

Incumbents up for election to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen won across the board. 

Board President Megan Green, who had endorsed Jones and Green, will now work with Spencer and Baringer on the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.

"Even though we bring different perspectives to this work, know that I’m invested in your success—because when you succeed, so does our city and everyone who calls St. Louis home," Megan Green said in a statement.