2016 Missouri Attorney General election

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2016 Missouri Attorney General election
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Nominee Josh Hawley Teresa Hensley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,607,5501,140,252
Percentage58.5%41.5%
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Hawley:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Hensley:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%
     No votes
Attorney General before election

Chris Koster
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Josh Hawley
Republican

The 2016 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Attorney General of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Josh Hawley defeated the Democratic nominee Teresa Hensley.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster did not run for re-election to a third term in office, but was instead the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor. [1] [2] [3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Teresa Hensley
Jake Zimmerman

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Teresa
Hensley		Jake
Zimmerman		Undecided
SurveyUSA Archived July 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine July 20–24, 2016500± 4.4%41%39%20%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout July 15–16, 20161,119± 3.0%26%41%33%
Remington Research Group (R) September 18–19, 20151,589± 2.4%27%23%51%

Results

Democratic primary results [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Teresa Hensley 167,626 52.7
Democratic Jake Zimmerman150,32247.3
Total votes317,948 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Controversy

Allegations of abuse of office by Missouri attorney general candidate Kurt Schaefer have surfaced: Schaefer allegedly pressured the former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe to interfere with Josh Hawley's ability to run for attorney general. Hawley was a professor at the University of Missouri. Wolfe wrote in a January 19 email: "Schaefer had several meetings with me pressuring me to take away Josh Hawley's right to run for Attorney General by taking away an employee's right to ask for an unpaid leave of absence when running for public office." The email went on to say he was worried that Schaefer might influence cuts in the university's budget due to political fallout if he did not do as Schaefer asked. [31]

Endorsements

Josh Hawley
Kurt Schaefer
  • Missouri State Troopers Association [38]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Josh
Hawley		Kurt
Schaefer		Undecided
SurveyUSA Archived July 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine July 20–24, 2016773± 3.6%34%39%28%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout July 7–8, 20161,022± 3.0%30%28%42%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ permanent dead link ]June 17–18, 2016963± 3.2%21%28%51%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ permanent dead link ]May 13–14, 20161,421± 2.7%18%23%58%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout March 10–12, 20161,704± 2.5%12%24%64%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout October 23–24, 20151,033± 3.0%12%19%69%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ permanent dead link ]June 18–19, 20151,130± 3.0%9%16%75%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ permanent dead link ]April 3–4, 2015621± 3.9%10%15%75%

Results

Republican primary results [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Josh Hawley 415,702 64.2
Republican Kurt Schaefer231,65735.8
Total votes647,359 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Teresa
Hensley (D)		Josh
Hawley (R)		Undecided
The Missouri Times/Remington Research Group (R) September 19–20, 20161,076± 3.2%38%47%15%
Remington Research Group (R) September 1–2, 20161,275± 3.0%41%47%12%
Remington Research Group (R) August 5–6, 20161,280± 3%44%48%8%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ permanent dead link ]April 15–16, 20161,281± 3.0%38%38%24%

Results

2016 Missouri Attorney General election [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Josh Hawley 1,607,550 58.50% +17.71%
Democratic Teresa Hensley1,140,25241.50%-14.31%
Total votes2,747,802 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

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