2016 Missouri elections

Missouri elections, 2016

November 8th, 2016

The 2016 Missouri elections took place on November 8, 2016. Republicans swept all statewide offices up for election, expanding their footprint in the state. The only two remaining Democratic statewide officeholders after this cycle were U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill and State Auditor Nicole Galloway.

Presidential

See also: 2016 United States presidential election in Missouri

Republican candidate Donald Trump carried the state by a wide margin. Democrat Hillary Clinton received 37.87% of the vote to Trump's 56.38%. Clinton's performance in the state was the worst for a Democratic presidential nominee since that of George McGovern in 1972.

United States Senate

See also: 2016 United States Senate election in Missouri

Incumbent Roy Blunt faced Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander in the general election. Blunt underperformed Donald Trump by nearly 15 points, but he won nonetheless.

Missouri general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Roy Blunt	1,378,458	49.18	−5.05%
	Democratic	Jason Kander	1,300,200	46.39	+5.76%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	67,738	2.42	−0.60%
	Green	Johnathan McFarland	30,743	1.10	N/A
	Constitution	Fred Ryman	25,407	0.91	−1.22%
		Write-ins	95	0.03	N/A
Plurality			78,258	2.79
Total votes			2,802,641	100.00
	Republican hold

United States House of Representatives

See also: 2016 United States Senate election in Missouri

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2016
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	1,600,524	58.20%	6	6
	Democratic	1,041,306	37.86%	2	2
	Libertarian	96,492	3.51%	0	0
	Green	8,136	0.30%	0	0
	Constitution	3,605	0.13%	0	0
	Write-ins	16	<0.01%	0	0
Totals		2,750,079	100.00%	8	8	0

Governor

See also: 2016 Missouri gubernatorial election

Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eric Greitens	1,433,397	51.14%	+8.61%
	Democratic	Chris Koster	1,277,360	45.57%	−9.20%
	Libertarian	Cisse Spragins	41,154	1.47%	−1.22%
	Independent	Lester Benton Turilli, Jr.	30,019	1.07%	N/A
	Green	Don Fitz	21,088	0.75%	N/A
	Write-in		28	0.00%	0.00%
Total votes			2,803,046	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

Lieutenant governor

See also: 2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Parson	1,459,392	52.80%	+3.64%
	Democratic	Russ Carnahan	1,168,947	42.29%	−2.94%
	Libertarian	Steven R. Hedrick	69,253	2.50%	−0.31%
	Green	Jennifer Leach	66,490	2.41%	N/A
	Independent	Jake Wilburn (write-in)	87	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			2,764,169	100.0%	N/A
	Republican hold

Secretary of State

See also: 2016 Missouri Secretary of State election

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jay Ashcroft	1,591,086	57.62%	+10.21%
	Democratic	Robin Smith	1,061,788	38.45%	−10.44%
	Libertarian	Chris Morrill	108,568	3.93%	+1.26%
Total votes			2,761,442	100.0%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

State Treasurer

See also: 2016 Missouri State Treasurer election

2016 Missouri State Treasurer election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eric Schmitt	1,545,582	56.45%	+11.02%
	Democratic	Judy Baker	1,078,063	39.37%	−11.07%
	Libertarian	Sean O'Toole	78,543	2.87%	−1.26%
	Green	Carol Hexem	35,923	1.31%	N/A
	Independent	Arnie C. AC Dienoff (write-in)	11	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			2,738,122	100.0%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

Attorney general

See also: 2016 Missouri Attorney General election

2016 Missouri Attorney General election

November 8, 2016

Nominee Josh Hawley Teresa Hensley Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,607,550 1,140,252 Percentage 58.5% 41.5%

County results Hawley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Hensley:      50–60%      70–80%

Attorney General before election Chris Koster Democratic Elected Attorney General Josh Hawley Republican

2016 Missouri Attorney General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Josh Hawley	1,607,550	58.50%	+17.71%
	Democratic	Teresa Hensley	1,140,252	41.50%	−14.31%
Total votes			2,747,802	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic