2020 Missouri elections

Missouri elections, 2020

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Missouri state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Aside from its presidential primaries held on March 10, its primary elections were held on August 4, 2020.^[1]

In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Missouri voters will elect the Governor of Missouri, four of Missouri's other executive officers, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Missouri House of Representatives, and 17 of 34 seats in the Missouri State Senate. Neither of the state's two U.S. Senate seats are up for election this year, but there are also two ballot measures which will be voted on, in addition to one voted on in the August 4 primaries.^[1]

To vote by mail, registered Missouri voters had to request a ballot by October 21, 2020.^[2]

Missouri has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

There are 7 U.S. Representatives in Missouri that will be up for election. Another seat is open after the incumbent, Lacy Clay, lost renomination in its Democratic primary.^[3]

All 163 seats of the Missouri House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats of the Missouri State Senate are up for election. Before the election, the composition of the Missouri State Legislature was:

After the election, the composition of the Missouri State Legislature was:

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Joshua Barrett	Elaine Freeman Gannon	Kent Scism	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[4]	June 24–25, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.3%	24%	23%	19%	34%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Jeremiah Church	McFarlane Duncan	Megan Elliya Green	William "Bill" Haas	Peter Merideth	Steve Roberts	Michelle Sherod	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[5]	April 1–2, 2020	486 (LV)	± 4.6%	7%	1%	16%	14%	–	18%	9%	35%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[6]	December 4–5, 2019	464 (LV)	± 4.6%	–	3%	24%	–	–	24%	4%	45%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[7]	August 21–22, 2019	501 (LV)	± 4.5%	–[d]	–	–	–	20%	24%	13%	43%
				–[e]	–	32%	–	–	23%	11%	34%
				–[f]	–	–	–	–	24%	21%	55%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Alan Green	Angela Mosley	Tommie Pierson Jr.	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[8]	June 3–4, 2020	545 (LV)	± 4.2%	15%	21%	19%	45%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[9]	October 16–17, 2019	421 (LV)	± 4.9%	15%	18%	19%	48%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Bill Eigel	Dan O'Connell	Eric Wulff	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[10]	July 8–9, 2020	436 (LV)	± 4.8%	33%	8%	7%	52%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Jason Bean	Stephen Carroll Cookson	Eddy Justice	Jeff Shawan	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[11]	July 8–9, 2020	436 (LV)	± 4.8%	26%	11%	23%	17%	23%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[12]	July 30–31, 2019	438 (LV)	± 4.7%	–	–	17%	16%	67%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Holly Rehder	Kathy Swan	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[13]	July 16–17, 2020	414 (LV)	± 4.9%	51%	29%	20%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[14]	August 7–8, 2019	520 (LV)	± 4.3%	26%	27%	48%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	David Cole	Mike Moon	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[15]	July 25–26, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.5%	34%	37%	29%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[16]	April 21–23, 2020	536 (LV)	± 4.2%	15%	25%	60%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[17]	July 17–18, 2019	532 (LV)	± 4.3%	14%	21%	65%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Jack Bondon	Rick Brattin	Bill Yarberry	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[18]	July 21–23, 2020	403 (LV)	± 4.9%	40%	34%	6%	20%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[19]	April 15–16, 2020	419 (LV)	± 4.76%	16%	18%	5%	60%

Nominee

• Karla Eslinger, state representative for District 155^[20]

Eliminated in primary

• Van Kelly^[20]
• Robert Ross^[20]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Karla Eslinger	Van Kelly	Robert Ross	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[21]	July 27–29, 2020	503 (LV)	± 4.5%	20%	17%	39%	24%
Missouri Scout[22]	July 12–13, 2020	456 (LV)	± 4.5%	31%	12%	36%	31%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[23]	May 6–7, 2020	568 (LV)	± 4.0%	15%	12%	16%	57%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[24]	July 24–25, 2019	510 (LV)	± 4.5%	–	16%	15%	69%

Nominee

• Tammy Harty ^[25]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Doug Beck (D)	David Lenihan (R)	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[26]	September 9–10, 2020	646 (LV)	± 3.8%	43%	36%	21%

Results

Missouri state senate district 1 election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Doug Beck
	Republican	David Lenihan

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Andrew Koenig (R)	Deb Lavender (D)	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[27]	October 7–8, 2020	644 (LV)	± 3.8%	45%	49%	6%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[28]	August 19–20, 2020	585 (LV)	± 4%	43%	43%	14%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[29]	May 29–30, 2019	648 (LV)	± 3.8%	50%	35%	15%

Results

Missouri state senate district 15 election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Andrew Koenig
	Democratic	Deb Lavender

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	Caleb Rowden (R)	Judy Baker (D)	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[30]	October 20–22, 2020	489 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	48%	4%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[31]	August 26–27, 2020	536 (LV)	± 4.2%	47%	42%	11%

Results

Missouri state senate district 19 election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Caleb Rowden
	Democratic	Judy Baker

Missouri state senate district 33 election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Karla Eslinger
	Democratic	Tammy Harty

Missouri Amendment 2, Medicaid Expansion passed in the August 4 primary.^[33]

Missouri Amendment 3, Redistricting Process and Criteria, Lobbying, and Campaign Finance Amendment is to amend the state constitution to lower thresholds for lobbyists' gifts, lower campaign contribution limits for state senate campaigns and reverse changes to the redistricting process brought about by the passage of 2018's Missouri Amendment 1, known as "Clean Missouri". That amendment (aimed to prevent gerrymandering^[34]) delegated redistricting to a nonpartisan state demographer and citizens' commission as opposed to the status quo ante of it being left to a bipartisan commission appointed by the governor.

Amendment 2

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	For Missouri Amendment 1	Against Missouri Amendment 1	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[35]	April 28–29, 2020	1,356 (LV)	± 2.6%	54%	32%	14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout[36]	December 20–24, 2019	415 (RV)	± 5%	46%	33%	21%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout[37][38]	November 17–20, 2020	400 (RV)	± 5%	41%	29%	29%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[39]	November 12–13, 2019	1,641 (LV)	± 2.4%	57%	25%	18%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout[40]	September 16–18, 2019	825 (RV)	± 4.0%	42%	25%	33%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[41]	September 4–5, 2019	910 (LV)	± 3.3%	44%	33%	23%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[42]	June 12–13, 2019	986 (LV)	± 3.2%	40%	37%	23%

Amendment 1

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	For Missouri Amendment 1	Against Missouri Amendment 1	Undecided
YouGov/SLU[43]	September 24 – October 7, 2020	931 (LV)	± 3.9%	51%	29%	20%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[44]	September 20–21, 2020	1,046 (LV)	± 3%	60%	26%	14%

Amendment 3

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[c]	Margin of error	For Missouri Amendment 3	Against Missouri Amendment 3	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[45]	October 28–29, 2020	1,010 (LV)	± 3%	29%	56%	15%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[46]	October 14–15, 2020	1,010 (LV)	± 3%	28%	50%	22%
YouGov/SLU[43]	September 24 – October 7, 2020	931 (LV)	± 3.9%	35%	43%	23%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[44]	September 20–21, 2020	1,046 (LV)	± 3%	44%	30%	26%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[47]	August 12–13, 2020	1,112 (LV)	± 3.0%	46%	19%	35%

Partisan clients

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Missouri", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Missouri: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Missouri". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Missouri at Ballotpedia