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2024 United States Senate election in Missouri

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2024 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Reporting
95%
as of Nov. 6, 1:40 AM CST[1]
 
Nominee Josh Hawley Lucas Kunce
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,608,610 1,216,082
Percentage 55.5% 41.9%

County results
Hawley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Kunce:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Josh Hawley
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Josh Hawley
Republican

The 2024 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Missouri. Republican incumbent Josh Hawley sought a second term. He was being challenged by Democratic attorney Lucas Kunce. Primary elections took place on August 6, 2024.[2]

Background

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From 1904 to 2004, Missouri's electoral votes always went to the winner of the presidential race, with only one exception: in 1956, during the landslide re-election of President Dwight Eisenhower, Missouri went to Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. The state's accuracy in voting with the national consensus includes the highly competitive elections of 1960, 1976, and 2000.[3]

Missouri is no longer thought of as a perennial swing state, and is today considered to be a strongly red state. Since 1964, the only three Democrats it has backed have been Southerners: Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. In 2008, Missouri narrowly voted for the losing candidate, Republican John McCain, despite a sizable electoral college win for Democrat Barack Obama. In 2012, Missouri favored losing candidate Mitt Romney by nearly 10 percentage points, despite another significant victory for Obama in the rest of the country. In 2016 and 2020, Missouri again voted strongly Republican, this time for Donald Trump by over 15 points, despite Trump losing the latter election. This marked the third time in four presidential elections that Missouri supported a losing Republican. Missouri has not supported any Democratic candidate since Bill Clinton in 1996.[3]

In more recent years, Republicans have experienced significant electoral success in the state. In 2016, the Republican Party secured victories in key statewide positions, including Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer. Building on this momentum, in 2022, Scott Fitzpatrick successfully won the position of Auditor, a seat previously held by Democrat Nicole Galloway. Notably, Nicole Galloway remains the last Democrat to have been elected to a statewide position in the state.[4]

The most recent Democrat to secure election to the Senate from Missouri was Claire McCaskill back in 2012. She sought a third term in 2018, facing off against Josh Hawley, but was ultimately defeated by a margin of 5.8%.[5]

Most pollsters categorize this race as a secure one for the Republican Party.[6][7][8][9]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of July 31, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Josh Hawley (R) $22,492,767 $17,267,201 $5,701,081
Source: Federal Election Commission[13]

Results

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Republican primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Hawley (incumbent) 607,602 100.0%
Total votes 607,602 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrawn

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Endorsements

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Lucas Kunce
U.S. representatives
State officials
State senators
State representatives
Municipal officials
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Karla May
State representatives
Local officials
Wesley Bell (withdrawn)
State officials
State representatives
Municipal officials
Local officials

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of July 31, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
December Harmon (D) $16,524[f] $15,578 $945
Lucas Kunce (D) $11,193,778 $6,959,981 $4,241,078
Karla May (D) $53,962 $48,314 $5,647
Source: Federal Election Commission[13]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[g]
Margin
of error
Mita
Biswas
December
Harmon
Lucas
Kunce
Karla
May
Undecided
Remington Research Group[A] July 10-11, 2024 600 (LV) 1% 4% 39% 10% 46%

Results

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Results by county:
  Kunce
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  May
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lucas Kunce 255,775 67.64%
Democratic Karla May 87,908 23.25%
Democratic December Harmon 26,804 7.09%
Democratic Mita Biswas 7,647 2.02%
Total votes 378,134 100.0%

Third-party and independent candidates

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Declared

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  • Jared Young (Better Party), payroll services executive[59]
  • Nathan Kline (Green), executive assistant[60]
  • W. C. Young (Libertarian)[60]

Results

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Libertarian primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian W.C. Young 2,437 100.0%
Total votes 2,437 100.0%

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jared Young (I) $364,377[h] $253,727 $110,650
Source: Federal Election Commission[13]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Solid R November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[7] Solid R November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[61] Likely R August 26, 2024
Elections Daily[9] Safe R May 4, 2023
CNalysis[62] Solid R November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[63] Likely R August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[64] Safe R October 23, 2024
538[65] Solid R October 26, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

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Josh Hawley (R)
Individuals
Organizations
  • Missouri Farm Bureau PAC[67]
Lucas Kunce (D)
U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Newspapers
Organizations
Individuals
Jared Young (B)
U.S. Senators

Polling

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Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Josh
Hawley (R)
Lucas
Kunce (D)
Undecided
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Margin
FiveThirtyEight through November 3, 2024 November 4, 2024 51.3% 41.8% 6.9% Hawley +9.5%
TheHill/DDHQ through November 3, 2024 November 4, 2024 52.6% 44.5% 2.9% Hawley +8.1%
Average 52.0% 43.2% 4.8% Hawley +8.8%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[g]
Margin
of error
Josh
Hawley (R)
Lucas
Kunce (D)
Other Undecided
Research Co. November 2–3, 2024 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 52% 41% 3%[j] 4%
ActiVote October 6–27, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 56% 44%
GQR (D)[B] October 23–26, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 49% 46% 5%
Emerson College[C] October 22–23, 2024 620 (LV) ± 3.9% 51% 41% 2%[k] 7%
ActiVote September 1 – October 1, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 54% 46%
Emerson College[D] September 12–13, 2024 850 (LV) ± 3.3% 51% 40% 1% 8%
Change Research September 11–13, 2024 1,237 (RV) ± 3.1% 46% 41% 4% 9%
GQR Research (D)[E] September 6–12, 2024 645 (LV) ± 3.9% 50% 46% 2% 2%
52% 48%
Remington Research Group (R)[A] September 4–5, 2024 816 (LV) 52% 37% 11%
YouGov/Saint Louis University August 8-16, 2024 900 (LV) ± 3.8% 53% 42% 4%
Emerson College June 17–19, 2024 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 47% 38% 5% 10%
Remington Research Group (R)[A] March 6–8, 2024 713 (LV) ± 3.9% 53% 39% 8%
Emerson College January 23–28, 2024 1,830 (RV) ± 2.2% 43% 30% 7% 20%
Show Me Victories (D) October 26–31, 2023 407 (RV) ± 4.9% 46% 42% 4% 8%
Emerson College October 1–4, 2023 491 (RV) ± 4.4% 45% 32% 5% 17%
GQR Research (D)[E] August 16–19, 2023 863 (LV) ± 3.3% 44% 43% 12%
Hypothetical polling
Josh Hawley vs. Wesley Bell
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[g]
Margin
of error
Josh
Hawley (R)
Wesley
Bell (D)
Other Undecided
Emerson College October 1–4, 2023 491 (RV) ± 4.4% 44% 34% 5% 17%

Debate

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2024 United States Senate election in Missouri debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic Libertarian Green Better
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Hawley Kunce Young Kline Young
1 Sep. 20, 2024 Missouri Press Association David Lieb YouTube P P N P P

Results

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2024 United States Senate election in Missouri[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Josh Hawley (incumbent) 1,608,610 55.5%
Democratic Lucas Kunce 1,216,082 41.9%
Libertarian W. C. Young 35,067 1.2%
Better Party Jared Young 20,661 0.7%
Green Nathan Kline 19,688 0.7%
Total votes 2,900,108 100.0%
Republican hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Bricklayers Administrative District Council of Missouri and Locals 1 and 15
  2. ^ Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters and IAFF 2nd district and Local 2665
  3. ^ Locals 1, 27, and 63
  4. ^ Locals 264, 663, and 1290
  5. ^ Locals 8, 268, 314, 533, and 669
  6. ^ $6,102 of this total was self-funded by Harmon
  7. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  8. ^ $245,000 of this total was self-funded by Young
  9. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  10. ^ "Some other candidate" with 3%
  11. ^ Young (L) with 1%; Kline (G) with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by the Missouri Scout
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by IAFF Local 2665
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by The Hill and Nexstar
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by The Hill
  5. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Kunce's campaign

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Official campaign websites