2020 Missouri Attorney General election

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2020 Missouri Attorney General election
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Nominee Eric Schmitt Richard Finneran
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,752,7921,117,713
Percentage59.38%37.87%
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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]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eric Schmitt (incumbent) 602,577 100.00
Total votes602,577 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

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

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Finneran 272,516 55.39
Democratic Elad Gross219,46244.61
Total votes491,978 100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Kevin Babcock [8]

Results

Libertarian primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Kevin C. Babcock 4,089 100.00
Total votes4,089 100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [9] Safe RJune 25, 2020

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Eric
Schmitt (R)		Richard
Finneran (D)		OtherUndecided
YouGov/SLU September 24 – October 7, 2020931 (LV)± 3.9%50%40%3%8%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout September 16–17, 20201,046 (LV)± 3%50%36%–14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout November 17–20, 2019400 (RV)± 5%49%32%–20%
Hypothetical polling
with Elad Gross
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Eric
Schmitt (R)		Elad
Gross (D)		OtherUndecided
Human Agency/Missouri Scout December 20–24, 2019415 (RV)± 5%52%34%14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout October 18–20, 2019550 (RV)± 4%47%30%–23%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout October 9–10, 20191,451 (LV)± 2.5%53%37%10%
Missouri Scout/Human Agency September 16–18, 2019825 (RV)± 4.0%42%31%28%

Results

Missouri Attorney General election, 2020 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Eric Schmitt (incumbent) 1,752,792 59.38% +0.88%
Democratic Rich Finneran1,117,71337.87%–3.63%
Libertarian Kevin C. Babock81,1002.75%N/A
Total votes2,951,605 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Schmitt won 6 of 8 congressional districts. [11]

DistrictSchmittFinneranRepresentative
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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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References

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  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. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "State of Missouri - State of Missouri - Primary Election, August 04, 2020". Missouri Secretary of State.
  5. ↑ Suntrup, Jack. "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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.
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