2020 Missouri Attorney General election

2020 Missouri Attorney General election

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Nominee Eric Schmitt Richard Finneran Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,752,792 1,117,713 Percentage 59.38% 37.87%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Schmitt:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Finneran:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

Attorney General before election Eric Schmitt Republican Elected Attorney General Eric Schmitt Republican

The 2020 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of Missouri. It was held concurrently with the presidential election, along with elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to a full term after he was appointed by Governor Mike Parson when Josh Hawley was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018. ^[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Eric Schmitt, incumbent Missouri Attorney General ^{[2] [3]}

Results

Republican primary results ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Schmitt (incumbent)	602,577	100.00
Total votes			602,577	100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Richard Finneran, former federal prosecutor ^[5]
• Elad Gross, civil rights attorney and former Assistant Attorney General ^[6]

Endorsements

Elad Gross

State legislators

• Rasheen Aldridge Jr., state representative ^[7]
• Doug Clemens, state representative ^[7]
• Sarah Unsicker, state representative ^[7]
• Kevin Windham Jr., state representative ^[7]

Local officials

• Reggie Jones, mayor of Dellwood ^[7]

Organizations

• American Federation of Teachers ^[7]
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists ^[7]
• Our Revolution ^[7]
• Planned Parenthood ^[7]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Finneran	272,516	55.39
	Democratic	Elad Gross	219,462	44.61
Total votes			491,978	100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Kevin Babcock ^[8]

Results

Libertarian primary results ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin C. Babcock	4,089	100.00
Total votes			4,089	100.00

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [9]	Safe R	June 25, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Eric Schmitt (R)	Richard Finneran (D)	Other	Undecided
YouGov/SLU [10]	September 24 – October 7, 2020	931 (LV)	± 3.9%	50%	40%	3%	8%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [11]	September 16–17, 2020	1,046 (LV)	± 3%	50%	36%	–	14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout [12]	November 17–20, 2019	400 (RV)	± 5%	49%	32%	–	20%

Hypothetical polling

with Elad Gross Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size [a] Margin of error Eric Schmitt (R) Elad Gross (D) Other Undecided Human Agency/Missouri Scout [13] December 20–24, 2019 415 (RV) ± 5% 52% 34% 14% Human Agency/Missouri Scout [14] October 18–20, 2019 550 (RV) ± 4% 47% 30% – 23% Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [15] October 9–10, 2019 1,451 (LV) ± 2.5% 53% 37% 10% Missouri Scout/Human Agency [16] September 16–18, 2019 825 (RV) ± 4.0% 42% 31% 28%

Results

Missouri Attorney General election, 2020 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eric Schmitt (incumbent)	1,752,792	59.38%	+0.88%
	Democratic	Rich Finneran	1,117,713	37.87%	–3.63%
	Libertarian	Kevin C. Babock	81,100	2.75%	N/A
Total votes			2,951,605	100.00%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Schmitt won six of eight congressional districts. ^[18]

District	Schmitt	Finneran	Representative
1st	21%	77%	Lacy Clay (116th Congress)
			Cori Bush (117th Congress)
2nd	55%	43%	Ann Wagner
3rd	69%	28%	Blaine Luetkemeyer
4th	68%	29%	Vicky Hartzler
5th	42%	55%	Emanuel Cleaver
6th	66%	31%	Sam Graves
7th	73%	24%	Billy Long
8th	78%	20%	Jason Smith

See also

• 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. "Missouri Attorney General Schmitt seeks election". ABC17NEWS. Associated Press. February 19, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
2. Wheeler, Kayla (February 19, 2020). "Eric Schmitt announces campaign for Missouri Attorney General". St Louis Business Journal. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
3. "Schmitt announces run to keep state attorney general seat". KOMU.com. February 19, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
4. "State of Missouri - State of Missouri - Primary Election, August 04, 2020". Missouri Secretary of State.
5. Suntrup, Jack (October 22, 2019). "Former federal prosecutor is the second Democrat to enter race for Missouri attorney general". STLtoday.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
6. Shurr, Alisha (November 12, 2018). "Elad Gross to run for Missouri Attorney General in 2020". The Missouri Times. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
7. "Endorsements". Elad Gross.
8. Orf, Abby (July 28, 2020). "Democrats represent sole contested primary race for attorney general". Columbia Missourian . Retrieved September 4, 2020.
9. "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
10. YouGov/SLU
11. Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout
12. Human Agency/Missouri Scout
13. Human Agency/Missouri Scout
14. Human Agency/Missouri Scout
15. Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout
16. Missouri Scout/Human Agency
17. "Election Night Results". State of Missouri. Missouri Secretary of State. December 8, 2020. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
18. "Dra 2020".