2018 Missouri Senate election

Missouri Senate elections, 2018
17 of Missouri's 34 Senate seats in the Missouri Senate.
	Results:; Democratic hold Republican hold; No election
President pro tempore before election; Ron Richard; Republican	Elected President pro tempore ; Dave Schatz; Republican

The 2018 Missouri Senate elections were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the seventeen Missouri Senators to the Missouri Senate. Half of the Senate's thirty-four seats are up for election every two years, with each Senator serving four-year terms. The next time that these seats were up was in the 2022 Missouri Senate election.

Results summary

Statewide

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candi- dates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	16	710,940	58.59%	14		82.35%
	Democratic Party	17	494,965	40.79%	3		17.65%
	Libertarian Party	3	5,279	0.44%	0		0.00%
	Green Party	1	2,114	0.17%	0		0.00%
	Write-Ins	1	28	0.00%	0		0.00%
Total		38	1,213,326	100.00%	17		100.00%

District

Results of the 2018 Missouri State Senate elections by district:^[1]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 2	52,145	59.69%	35,219	40.31%	-	-	87,364	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 4	16,773	22.96%	56,289	77.04%	-	-	73,062	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 6	52,861	73.22%	17,783	24.63%	1,548	2.15%	72,192	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 8	41,094	54.69%	34,052	45.31%	-	-	75,146	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 10	48,277	70.31%	20,384	29.69%	-	-	68,661	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 12	49,947	72.50%	18,950	27.50%	-	-	68,897	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 14	-	-	51,815	100.00%	-	-	51,815	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 16	41,985	70.18%	17,839	29.82%	-	-	59,824	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 18	46,225	70.30%	19,528	29.70%	-	-	65,753	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 20	62,247	73.88%	22,006	26.12%	-	-	84,253	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 22	40,553	58.33%	26,896	38.68%	2,077	2.99%	69,526	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 24	30,494	37.15%	49,910	60.80%	1,682	2.05%	82,086	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 26	53,143	64.02%	29,866	35.98%	-	-	83,009	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 28	53,659	79.18%	14,113	20.82%	-	-	67,772	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 30	34,506	53.35%	30,175	46.65%	-	-	64,681	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 32	48,383	73.73%	15,125	23.05%	2,114	3.22%	65,622	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 34	38,648	52.47%	35,015	47.53%	-	-	73,663	100.00%	Republican Hold
Total	710,940	58.59%	494,965	40.79%	7,421	0.61%	1,213,326	100.00%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 8, 9.38%
District 30, 6.7%
District 34, 4.94%

District 2

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrice Billings	16,711	100.0%
Total votes			16,711	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Onder (incumbent)	21,847	100.0%
Total votes			21,847	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 2nd State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Onder (incumbent)	52,145	59.69%
	Democratic	Patrice Billings	35,219	40.31%
Margin of victory			16,926	19.38%
Total votes			87,364	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 4

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karla May	20,303	57.20%
	Democratic	Jacob Hummel (incumbent)	15,189	42.80%
Margin of victory			5,114	14.40%
Total votes			35,492	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert J. Crump	4,743	100.0%
Total votes			4,743	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 4th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karla May	56,289	77.04%
	Republican	Robert J. Crump	16,773	22.96%
Margin of victory			39,516	54.08%
Total votes			73,062	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Thompson	4,746	55.84%
	Democratic	Bryan Struebig	1,938	22.80%
	Democratic	Mollie Kristen Freebairn	1,815	21.36%
Margin of victory			2,808	33.04%
Total votes			8,499	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bernskoetter	27,708	100.0%
Total votes			27,708	100.0%

Libertarian primary

Primary results

Libertarian Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Steve Wilson	104	100.0%
Total votes			104	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 6th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bernskoetter	52,861	73.22%
	Democratic	Nicole Thompson	17,783	24.63%
	Libertarian	Steven Wilson	1,520	2.11%
	N/A	Write-Ins	28	0.04%
Margin of victory			35,078	48.59%
Total votes			72,192	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 8

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hillary Shields	16,089	100.0%
Total votes			16,089	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Cierpiot (incumbent)	16,836	89.02%
	Republican	Leonard Jonas Hughes IV	2,076	10.98%
Margin of victory			14,760	78.04%
Total votes			18,912	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 8th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Cierpiot (incumbent)	41,094	54.69%
	Democratic	Hillary Shields	34,052	45.31%
Margin of victory			7,042	9.38%
Total votes			75,146	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 10

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ayanna Shivers	10,462	100.0%
Total votes			10,462	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeanie Riddle (incumbent)	26,446	100.0%
Total votes			26,446	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 10th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeanie Riddle (incumbent)	48,277	70.31%
	Democratic	Ayanna Shivers	20,384	29.69%
Margin of victory			27,893	40.62%
Total votes			68,661	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 12

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Richard	8,924	100.0%
Total votes			8,924	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Hegeman	23,784	100.0%
Total votes			23,784	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 12th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Hegeman (incumbent)	49,947	72.50%
	Democratic	Terry Richard	18,950	27.50%
Margin of victory			30,997	45.00%
Total votes			68,897	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 14

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Williams	12,615	40.19%
	Democratic	Sharon L. Pace	11,782	37.53%
	Democratic	Joe Adams	6,993	22.28%
Margin of victory			833	2.66%
Total votes			31,390	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 14th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Williams	51,815	100.0%
Total votes			51,815	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ryan Dillon	6,017	100.0%
Total votes			6,017	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Dan Brown (incumbent)	10,535	40.06%
	Republican	Diane Franklin	9,262	35.22%
	Republican	Keith Frederick	6,500	24.72%
Total votes			26,297	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 16th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Dan Brown (incumbent)	41,985	70.18%
	Democratic	Ryan Dillon	17,839	29.82%
Margin of victory			24,146	40.36%
Total votes			59,824	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 18

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Crystal Stephens	9,733	100.0%
Total votes			9,733	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy O'Laughlin	9,893	36.70%
	Republican	Craig Redmon	7,236	26.84%
	Republican	Nate Walker	5,340	19.81%
	Republican	Lindell F. Shumake	4,489	16.65%
Margin of victory			2,657	9.86%
Total votes			26,958	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 18th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy O'Laughlin	46,225	70.30%
	Democratic	Crystal Stephens	19,528	29.70%
Margin of victory			26,697	40.60%
Total votes			65,753	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 20

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Billedo	7,909	100.0%
Total votes			7,909	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric W. Burlison	25,059	100.0%
Total votes			25,059	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 20th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric W. Burlison	62,247	73.88%
	Democratic	Jim Billedo	22,006	26.12%
Margin of victory			40,241	47.76%
Total votes			84,253	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Butler	10,706	66.95%
	Democratic	Edward Thurman	5,286	33.05%
Margin of victory			5,420	33.90%
Total votes			15,992	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Wieland (incumbent)	18,378	100.0%
Total votes			18,378	100.0%

Libertarian primary

Primary results

Libertarian Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Richie Camden	309	100.0%
Total votes			309	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 22nd State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Wieland (incumbent)	40,553	58.33%
	Democratic	Robert Butler	26,896	38.68%
	Libertarian	Richie Camden	2,077	2.99%
Margin of victory			11,580	19.65%
Total votes			69,526	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 24

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jill Schupp (incumbent)	27,548	100.0%
Total votes			27,548	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory B. Powers	11,229	100.0%
Total votes			11,229	100.0%

Libertarian primary

Primary results

Libertarian Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Jim Higgins	225	100.0%
Total votes			225	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 24th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jill Schupp (incumbent)	49,910	60.80%
	Republican	Gregory B. Powers	30,494	37.15%
	Libertarian	Jim Higgins	1,682	2.05%
Margin of victory			19,416	23.65%
Total votes			82,086	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kiehne	13,950	100.0%
Total votes			13,950	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Schatz (incumbent)	24,992	100.0%
Total votes			24,992	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 26th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Schatz (incumbent)	53,143	64.02%
	Democratic	John Kiehne	29,866	35.98%
Margin of victory			23,277	28.04%
Total votes			83,009	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 28

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Poor	6,590	100.0%
Total votes			6,590	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandy Crawford (incumbent)	26,245	100.0%
Total votes			26,245	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 28th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandy Crawford (incumbent)	53,659	79.18%
	Democratic	Joe Poor	14,113	20.82%
Margin of victory			39,546	58.36%
Total votes			67,772	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 30

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Norr	12,552	100.0%
Total votes			12,552	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Hough	15,952	100.0%
Total votes			15,952	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 30th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Hough	34,506	53.35%
	Democratic	Charlie Norr	30,175	46.65%
Margin of victory			4,331	6.70%
Total votes			64,681	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 32

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carolyn McGowan	5,119	100.0%
Total votes			5,119	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill White	17,478	64.16%
	Republican	Rob O'Brian	9,765	35.84%
Margin of victory			7,713	28.32%
Total votes			27,243	100.0%

Green primary

Primary results

Green Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Conon Gillis	85	100.0%
Total votes			85	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 32nd State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill White	48,383	73.73%
	Democratic	Carolyn McGowan	15,125	23.05%
	Green	Conon Gillis	2,114	3.22%
Margin of victory			33,258	50.68%
Total votes			65,622	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 34

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin T. Rucker II	15,033	100.0%
Total votes			15,033	100.0%

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican Primary Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Luetkemeyer	11,679	53.67%
	Republican	Harry Roberts	10,083	46.33%
Margin of victory			1,596	7.34%
Total votes			21,762	100.0%

General election

Results

Missouri's 34th State Senate District, 2018^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Luetkemeyer	38,648	52.47%
	Democratic	Martin T. Rucker II	35,015	47.53%
Margin of victory			3,633	4.94%
Total votes			73,663	100.0%
	Republican hold

References

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