2020 Missouri Secretary of State election

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2020 Missouri Secretary of State election
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  2016 November 3, 2020 2024  
  Jay Ashcroft.jpg Yinka Faleti (cropped).jpg
Nominee Jay Ashcroft Yinka Faleti
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,790,8731,072,415
Percentage60.59%36.28%

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Ashcroft:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Faleti:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

Secretary of State before election

Jay Ashcroft
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Jay Ashcroft
Republican

The 2020 Missouri Secretary of State General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Secretary of State of Missouri. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. 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 Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft won re-election to a second term. Ashcroft won with more votes than any candidate in Missouri history. [1] [2]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn before primary

Results

Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jay Ashcroft (incumbent) 620,822 100.0%
Total votes620,822 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Yinka Faleti 470,955 100.0%
Total votes470,955 100.0%

Third parties

Constitution Party

Candidates

Declared
  • Paul Venable, information technology consultant [7]

Results

Constitution primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Constitution Paul Venable 573 100.0%
Total votes573 100.0%

Green Party

Candidates

Declared
  • Paul Lehmann, farmer [7]

Results

Green primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Paul Lehmann 860 100.0%
Total votes860 100.0%

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared
  • Carl Herman Freese, security officer [7]

Results

Libertarian primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Carl Herman Freese 4,074 100.0%
Total votes4,074 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [8] Safe RJune 25, 2020

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
John Jay
Ashcroft (R)
Yinka
Faleti (D)
Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout August 12–13, 20201112 (LV)± 3.0%55%38%7%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout December 20–24, 2019415 (RV)± 5%55%31%14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout October 18–20, 2019550 (RV)± 4%51%30%19%

Results

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jay Ashcroft (incumbent) 1,790,873 60.59% +2.97%
Democratic Yinka Faleti 1,072,41536.28%−2.17%
Libertarian Carl Herman Freese55,3201.87%−2.06%
Green Paul Lehmann23,9810.81%N/A
Constitution Paul Venable13,0660.44%N/A
Total votes2,955,655 100.0%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Ashcroft won 6 of 8 congressional districts. [9]

DistrictAshcroftFaletiRepresentative
1st 21%76% Lacy Clay (116th Congress)
Cori Bush (117th Congress)
2nd 56%42% Ann Wagner
3rd 70%27% Blaine Luetkemeyer
4th 69%27% Vicky Hartzler
5th 43%53% Emanuel Cleaver
6th 68%29% Sam Graves
7th 73%24% Billy Long
8th 79%18% Jason Smith

See also

Notes

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

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