2010 Missouri Senate election

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Missouri State Senate elections, 2010
Flag of Missouri.svg
 2008November 2, 20102012 

17 seats from even-numbered districts in the Missouri Senate
 Majority partyMinority party
  Charlie Shields.jpg Missouri Sen. Victor Callahan escorts re-elected Sen. Justus (5328899094) (cropped).jpg
Leader Charles W. Shields
(retired)
Victor Callahan
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat34th-St. Joseph11th-Independence
Seats before2311
Seats after268
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote585,705311,264
Percentage62.36%33.14%

Missouri State Senate 2010 Gains and Holds Map.svg
Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election

Pro Tem before election

Charles W. Shields
Republican

Pro Tem-designate

Rob Mayer
Republican

The 2010 Missouri Senate elections were held on November 2, 2010. Voters in the 17 even-numbered districts of the Missouri Senate voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 2. The Missouri Republican Party gained three seats and maintained control of the Missouri Senate.

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Overview

Missouri Senate elections, 2010 [1]
PartyVotesPercentageNot upContestedBeforeAfter+/–
Republican 585,70562.36%13102326Increase2.svg
Democratic 311,26433.14%47118Decrease2.svg
Libertarian 23,5592.51%0000Steady2.svg
Constitution 12,2011.30%0000Steady2.svg
Independent 6,5120.69%0000Steady2.svg
Totals939,235100.00%17173434

Results

District 2District 4District 6District 8District 10District 12District 14District 16District 18District 20District 22District 24District 26District 28District 30District 32District 34

District 2

Missouri's 2nd Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Rupp (incumbent) 57,542 71.2
Democratic Don Crozier23,33128.8
Total votes80,873 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

Missouri's 4th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Keaveny (incumbent) 35,663 84.6
Independent Nick P. Gartelos6,51215.4
Total votes42,175 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

Missouri's 6th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Kehoe 52,402 100.0
Total votes52,402 100.0
Republican hold

District 8

Missouri's 8th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Will Kraus 50,615 79.4
Libertarian Kevin Parr13,15720.6
Total votes63,772 100.0
Republican hold

District 10

Missouri's 10th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jolie Justus (incumbent) 33,634 76.4
Libertarian Bob Ludlow10,40223.6
Total votes44,036 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

Missouri's 12th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Lager (incumbent) 46,748 100.0
Total votes46,748 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

Missouri's 14th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Maria Chappelle-Nadal 38,197 100.0
Total votes38,197 100.0
Democratic hold

District 16

Missouri's 16th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Brown 31,792 58.3
Democratic Frank Barnitz (incumbent)22,76041.7
Total votes54,552 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 18

Missouri's 18th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Munzlinger 30,532 58.3
Democratic Wes Shoemyer (incumbent)21,81341.7
Total votes52,345 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 20

Missouri's 20th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jay Wasson 60,614 77.9
Democratic Terry Traw17,17522.1
Total votes77,789 100.0
Republican hold

District 22

Missouri's 22nd Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ryan McKenna (incumbent) 27,380 52.6
Republican Greg Zotta24,70147.4
Total votes52,081 100.0
Democratic hold

District 24

Missouri's 24th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Lamping 30,619 50.1
Democratic Barbra Fraser30,49349.9
Total votes61,112 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

Missouri's 26th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Nieves 42,112 65.6
Democratic George "Boots" Webber19,06329.7
Constitution Richard E. Newton2,9884.7
Total votes64,163 100.0
Republican hold

District 28

Missouri's 28th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Parson 47,380 83.7
Constitution Bennie B. Hatfield9,21316.3
Total votes56,593 100.0
Republican hold

District 30

Missouri's 30th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Dixon 33,715 64.9
Democratic Michael Hoeman18,27235.1
Total votes51,987 100.0
Republican hold

District 32

Missouri's 32nd Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron Richard 45,190 100.0
Total votes45,190 100.0
Republican hold

District 34

Missouri's 34th Senate district election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rob Schaaf 31,743 57.5
Democratic Martin T. Rucker 23,48342.5
Total votes55,226 100.0
Republican hold

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