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About Tom Villa
- Thomas Albert Villa (born March 16, 1945) is an American Democratic politician from Missouri.
- He is currently a member of the Board of Aldermen of the City of St.
- Louis representing Ward 11, the Carondelet neighborhood and surrounding areas in St.
- Louis, Missouri. Villa was educated at St.
- Mary's High School and Saint Louis University and received a master's degree in education from the University of Missouri–St.
- Louis in 1971.
- Before starting his political career, Villa worked as a teacher and guidance counselor. Villa was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1974.
- He was re-elected four times and held leadership positions as Majority Whip from 1978 to 1980 and Majority Floor Leader from 1980 to 1984.
- In 1984 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Missouri State Treasurer. In 1987, Villa was elected to citywide office as President of the St.
- Louis Board of Aldermen.
- He was reelected to that position in 1991.
- In 1993 he was a candidate for Mayor of St.
- Louis but finished second in the Democratic primary behind Freeman Bosley, Jr.
- His term as President of the Board expired in 1995, and Villa did not seek re-election.
- Villa remained out of public office for several years.
- In 2000 he was again elected to the Missouri House and has been re-elected in 2002 and 2004. Villa was born and raised in St.
- Louis and is the son of the late Albert "Red" Villa.
- The elder Villa was the longest-serving member of the St.
- Louis Board of Aldermen.
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