The Green Papers: Missouri 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 4 August 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Tuesday 31 March 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
Monday 27 July 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor/President .
Tuesday 4 August 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 6:00a-7:00p CDT (1100-0000 UTC).
Friday 23 October 2020 - Filing Deadline - Write-in .
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 6:00a-7:00p CST (1200-0100 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:6,011,478 (1.94% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:10(1.86% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
Capital:Jefferson City
 

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Missouri State and Local Government

Missouri 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


The established parties in Missouri are: Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, and Constitution.


Primary Election from the Missouri Secretary of State.

Candidate Filing List, 2020 Missouri Election Calendar, and For Candidates from the Missouri Secretary of State.

4 August 2020 Primary results, results, and results from media sources.

4 August 2020 Primary returns from an official source.


November 2020 Candidates from the Missouri Secretary of State.

3 November 2020 results from the Missouri Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 10 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2020
 Candidate list (5, 5 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 1,718,736 56.80% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
(10 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Democratic 1,253,014 41.41% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Libertarian 41,205 1.36% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate Green 8,283 0.27% Howie Gresham Hawkins
for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker
FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095
  Candidate Constitution 3,919 0.13% Don Blankenship
for Vice President: William Alan Mohr
FEC P00014209; 20 Dec 20; Tot $83,880; Dsb $83,880
  Candidate Write-in; (American Solidarity) 664 0.02% Brian T. Carroll
for Vice President: Amar Patel
FEC P00013771
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 74 0.00% Jade Simmons
for Vice President: Caudeliah J. Rose
FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
  Candidate Write-in; (Peace And Freedom) 64 0.00% Gloria Estela La Riva
for Vice President: Sunil Freeman
FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
  Candidate Write-in; (Non Affiliated) 3 0.00% Kasey J. Wells
for Vice President: Rachel M. Wells
FEC P00007864; 14 Oct 20; Tot $10,625; Dsb $10,578
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 3,025,962 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Joshua David "Josh" Hawley
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Joshua David "Josh" Hawley
FEC S8MO00160

Class 3 Republican Senator Roy Blunt
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Timothy Jacob "Tim" Shepard
FEC S2MO00460
  Candidate Republican     Senator Roy Blunt
FEC S0MO00183

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

Chair up for regular election Republican Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
Ascended to the Governor's chair: 1 June 2018 [re: resignation of Governor Eric Greitens (Republican)]
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 4 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 1,720,202 57.11% Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson
  Candidate Democratic 1,225,771 40.69% Auditor Nicole Galloway
  Candidate Libertarian 49,067 1.63% Rik Combs
  Candidate Green 17,234 0.57% Jerome Howard Bauer
  Candidate Write-in 5 0.00% Theo "Ted" Brown, Sr.
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Arnie C. "AC" Dienoff
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Martin Lindstedt
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 3,012,287 100.00%  
 29 May 2018: While the state legislature was considering impeachment proceedings, Governor Eric Greitens (Republican), who was first elected in 2016, announced his resignation effective Friday 1 June 2018 at 5pm local time.
1 June 2018: Lieutenant Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) ascends to the Governor's chair. He will serve the remainding 2 1/2 years of Governor Eric Greitens' term.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

Seat up for regular election Republican Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
Appointed 18 June 2018 [re: resignation of Lieutenant Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican)].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 1,731,263 58.42% Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe
  Candidate Democratic 1,150,231 38.81% former Kansas City Council Member Alissia Canady
  Candidate Libertarian 53,789 1.82% Bill Slantz
  Candidate Green 28,183 0.95% Kelley Dragoo
  Candidate Write-in 26 0.00% Jeremy Gundel
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 2,963,492 100.00%  
 1 June 2018: Lieutenant Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican), who was first elected in 2016, ascended to the Governor's chair [re: resignation of Governor Eric Greitens (Republican)].
18 June 2018: Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) appoints Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe (Republican) to the Lieutenant Governor's chair.

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (1 Lost / No longer running, 1 Renominated);
6 Republican (6 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Lost
Democratic Member of Congress William Lacy Clay, Jr.
First elected: 2000
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Lost Primary / No Longer Running
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 249,087 78.78% Cori Bush
FEC H8MO01143; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,377,990; Dsb $1,261,419
  Candidate Republican 59,940 18.96% Anthony Rogers
FEC H0MO01207
  Candidate Libertarian 6,766 2.14% Alex Furman
FEC H0MO01215
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 378 0.12% Martin D. Baker
FEC H0MO01231
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 316,171 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Ann L. Wagner
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 233,157 51.89% Member of Congress Ann L. Wagner
FEC H2MO02102; 23 Nov 20; Tot $5,615,413; Dsb $6,419,996
  Candidate Democratic 204,540 45.52% state Senator Jill Darlyne Schupp
FEC H0MO02254; 23 Nov 20; Tot $4,865,549; Dsb $4,815,222
  Candidate Libertarian 11,647 2.59% Martin Schulte
FEC H0MO02262
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% Gina Bufe
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 449,348 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress W. Blaine Luetkemeyer
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 282,866 69.44% Member of Congress W. Blaine Luetkemeyer
FEC H8MO09153; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,018,701; Dsb $1,908,105
  Candidate Democratic 116,095 28.50% Megan Rezabek
FEC H0MO03245
  Candidate Libertarian 8,344 2.05% Leonard J. Steinman, II
FEC H0MO04151
  Candidate Write-in 43 0.01% Thomas "Tom" Clapp
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 407,348 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Vicky Jo Hartzler
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 245,247 67.59% Member of Congress Vicky Jo Hartzler
FEC H0MO04086; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,701,627; Dsb $1,297,869
  Candidate Democratic 107,635 29.66% Lindsey Nicole Simmons
FEC H0MO04235; 23 Nov 20; Tot $400,535; Dsb $389,037
  Candidate Libertarian 9,954 2.74% Steven K. Koonse
FEC H8MO04105
  Candidate Scattering     WRITE-INS
Total 362,836 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Emanuel Cleaver, II
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 4 write-ins) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 207,180 58.79% Member of Congress Emanuel Cleaver, II
FEC H4MO05234; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,409,514; Dsb $940,851
  Candidate Republican 135,934 38.57% Ryan Derks
FEC H0MO05208; 11 Dec 20; Tot $76,948; Dsb $76,948
  Candidate Libertarian 9,272 2.63% Robin Dominick
FEC H0MO05240
  Candidate Write-in; (Green) 41 0.01% Antwain D. Winters
New Progressive

FEC H0MO05190
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Emmanuel Dorn
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 1 0.00% William Howard "Billy" Ballard, IV
FEC H0MO05257
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 352,430 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Samuel B. "Sam" Graves, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2000
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 258,709 67.06% Member of Congress Samuel B. "Sam" Graves, Jr.
FEC H0MO06073; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,933,021; Dsb $1,586,391
  Candidate Democratic 118,926 30.83% Gena L. Ross
FEC H0MO06222; 23 Nov 20; Tot $10,170; Dsb $10,530
  Candidate Libertarian 8,144 2.11% James "Jim" Higgins
FEC H2MO02078
  Candidate Scattering     WRITE-INS
Total 385,779 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Billy Long
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 3 write-ins) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 254,318 68.87% Member of Congress Billy Long
FEC H0MO07113; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,332,183; Dsb $1,502,087
  Candidate Democratic 98,111 26.57% Teresa Montseny
FEC H0MO07246
  Candidate Libertarian 15,573 4.22% Kevin Craig
FEC H4MO07107
  Candidate Write-in 1,279 0.35% Audrey Richards
FEC H0MO07279; 14 Oct 20; Tot $7,985; Dsb $8,113
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Dennis Davis
  Candidate Scattering 0 0.00% WRITE-INS
Total 369,283 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Jason T. Smith
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected in a Special election: 4 June 2013 (re: resignation of Member of Congress Jo Ann Emerson)
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 253,811 76.86% Member of Congress Jason T. Smith
FEC H4MO08162; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,895,608; Dsb $1,433,987
  Candidate Democratic 70,561 21.37% Kathryn Gail "Kathy" Ellis
FEC H8MO08098; 21 Dec 20; Tot $304,297; Dsb $307,256
  Candidate Libertarian 5,854 1.77% Tom Schmitz
FEC H0MO08285
  Candidate Scattering     WRITE-INS
Total 330,226 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

Seat up for regular election Republican Secretary of State John R. "Jay" Ashcroft
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (5, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 1,798,505 60.51% Secretary of State John R. "Jay" Ashcroft
  Candidate Democratic 1,081,113 36.37% Yinka Faleti
  Candidate Libertarian 55,583 1.87% Carl Herman Freese
  Candidate Green 24,131 0.81% Paul Lehmann
  Candidate Constitution 13,151 0.44% Paul Venable
  Candidate Scattering     WRITE-INS
Total 2,972,483 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

Seat up for regular election Republican Attorney General Eric S. Schmitt
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
Appointed: 13 November 2018 [re: Attorney General Joshua David "Josh" Hawley (Republican) winning the Class 1 Senate Seat in November 2018]. Previously served as state Treasurer (2017-2019).
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 1,752,792 59.38% Attorney General Eric S. Schmitt
  Candidate Democratic 1,117,713 37.87% Rich Finneran
  Candidate Libertarian 81,100 2.75% Kevin C. Babcock
  Candidate Scattering     WRITE-INS
Total 2,951,605 100.00%  
 Attorney General Joshua David "Josh" Hawley (Republican), who was first elected in 2016, ran for and won the Class 1 Senate Seat in November 2018.
13 November 2018: Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) appoints state Treasurer Eric S. Schmitt as the next Attorney General.
3 January 2019: Eric Schmitt is sworn in as the Attorney General.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: 2 terms

Seat up for regular election Republican Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
Appointed: 19 December 2018 [re: Treasurer Eric S. Schmitt (Republican) appointment to Attorney General]. Previously served in the state House.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 1,742,943 59.10% Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
  Candidate Democratic 1,122,547 38.06% former state Represenative Vicki Lorenz Englund
  Candidate Libertarian 64,615 2.19% Nicholas "Nick" Kasoff
  Candidate Green 19,107 0.65% Joseph Civettini
  Candidate Scattering     WRITE-INS
Total 2,949,212 100.00%  
 13 November 2018: Treasurer Eric S. Schmitt (Republican), who was first elected in 2016, was appointed by Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) as Attorney General [re: election of Attorney General Joshua David "Josh" Hawley (Republican) to the Class 1 Senate Seat in November 2018].
19 December 2018: Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) appoints state Representative Scott Fitzpatrick as the next state Treasurer.
14 January 2019: Scott Fitzpatrick is sworn in as state Treasurer.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway
Appointed 2 March 2015 [re: suicide of Thomas A. "Tom" Schweich (Republican)]; first elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Running for Governor in 2020.
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents, 15 candidates
  Republican: 13 incumbents, 17 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Green (affiliates): 6 candidates
  Libertarian: 14 candidates
Other Third Parties
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
  Non Affiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 14 candidates
  Write-in: 16 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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