2016 Missouri elections

2016 Missouri Attorney General election
	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

Last updated February 23, 2025

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

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

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^[1]
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

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

Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016^[2]
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

2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election^[3]
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

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2016^[4]
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

2016 Missouri State Treasurer election^[3]
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

2016 Missouri Attorney General election^[3]
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

References

↑ "Official Results: 2016 General Election". Missouri Secretary of State. December 12, 2016. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
↑ "2016 General Election - Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
1 2 3 "State of Missouri - Election Night Results". Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
↑ "All Results State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved December 31, 2016.

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[1] "Official Results: 2016 General Election". Missouri Secretary of State. December 12, 2016. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2017.

[General-2] "2016 General Election - Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2016.

[autogenerated1-3] 1 2 3 "State of Missouri - Election Night Results". Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

[4] "All Results State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved December 31, 2016.

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