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The 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Missouri, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Mike Parson ran for and was elected to a full term in office. [1] Parson was elected as lieutenant governor in 2016 but became governor on June 1, 2018, after incumbent Eric Greitens resigned under threat of impeachment by the state legislature. Parson declared his bid for a full term on September 8, 2019. [2] State Auditor Nicole Galloway, Missouri's only Democratic statewide officer and only female statewide officer, was the Democratic nominee and if elected, would have become Missouri's first female governor.
In October 2020, The Washington Post identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-census redistricting. [3]
Despite most news agencies characterizing the race as only leaning Republican, Mike Parson went on to win the election by a landslide of 16.4%, widely outperforming all election polling as well as justifying the former swing state's trend towards the GOP. He even exceeded Donald Trump's statewide victory margin in the concurrent presidential election, which was actually greater than that in neighboring Kansas for the first time in 104 years. Galloway suffered the largest margin of defeat for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Missouri since Betty Hearnes' 29-point loss in 1988. The 1988 election was also the last election until this one in which Missouri elected a Republican for governor by double digits.
State officials
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Mike Parson | Eric Greitens | Other / Undecided |
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Filing deadline, by which Greitens had not declared his candidacy | ||||||
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [13] | Jan 29–30, 2020 | 1,155 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 52% | 22% | 26% |
American Viewpoint/Uniting Missouri [14] [A] | Jan 20–22, 2020 | 1,200 (LV) | – | 56% | 30% | 11% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Parson (incumbent) | 511,566 | 74.93% | |
Republican | Saundra McDowell | 84,412 | 12.36% | |
Republican | Jim Neely | 59,514 | 8.72% | |
Republican | Raleigh Ritter | 27,264 | 3.99% | |
Total votes | 682,756 | 100.00% |
Federal politicians
Individuals
Organizations
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nicole Galloway | 455,203 | 84.62% | |
Democratic | Eric Morrison | 32,403 | 6.02% | |
Democratic | Jimmie Matthews | 20,586 | 3.83% | |
Democratic | Antoin Johnson | 20,254 | 3.77% | |
Democratic | Robin Quaethem | 9,481 | 1.76% | |
Total votes | 537,927 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Rik Combs | 4,171 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 4,171 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Jerome Bauer | 862 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 862 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [28] | Lean R | October 23, 2020 |
Inside Elections [29] | Lean R | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [30] | Lean R | November 2, 2020 |
Politico [31] | Lean R | November 2, 2020 |
Daily Kos [32] | Likely R | October 28, 2020 |
RCP [33] | Lean R | November 2, 2020 |
270towin [34] | Lean R | November 2, 2020 |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Mike Parson (R) | Nicole Galloway (D) | Other / Undecided |
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Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [35] | October 28–29, 2020 | 1,010 (LV) | ± 3% | 50% | 44% | 5% [b] |
Cygnal (R) [36] | October 18–20, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 48% | 42% | 10% [c] |
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [37] | October 14–15, 2020 | 1,010 (LV) | ± 3% | 51% | 43% | 6% [d] |
YouGov [38] | September 24 – October 7, 2020 | 931 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 50% | 44% | 7% [e] |
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) [39] [B] | September 28 – October 2, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 50% | 48% | – |
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [40] | September 30 – October 1, 2020 | 980 (LV) | ± 3% | 51% | 44% | 5% [f] |
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [41] | September 16–17, 2020 | 1,046 (LV) | ± 3% | 52% | 43% | 5% [g] |
We Ask America [42] | September 1–3, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.38% | 54% | 41% | 5% [h] |
Trafalgar Group (R) [43] | August 26–28, 2020 | 1,015 (LV) | ± 2.99% | 51% | 36% | 13% [i] |
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [44] | August 12–13, 2020 | 1,112 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 50% | 43% | 7% [j] |
Saint Louis University [45] | June 23 – July 1, 2020 | 900 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 41% | 39% | 20% [k] |
Garin-Hart-Yang/Missouri Scout (D) [46] [B] | June 16–22, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 47% | 40% | – |
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [47] | June 10–11, 2020 | 1,152 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 50% | 41% | 9% |
We Ask America [48] | May 26–27, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 47% | 39% | 15% [l] |
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [49] | April 28–29, 2020 | 1,356 (LV) | ± 2.6% | 52% | 39% | 9% |
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout [50] | March 11–12, 2020 | 1,241 (LV) | – | 52% | 39% | 7% |
American Viewpoint (R) [51] [A] | January 20–22, 2020 | 1,200 (LV) | – | 54% | 36% | 7% |
Human Agency/Missouri Scout [52] | December 20–24, 2019 | 415 (RV) | ± 5% | 51% | 36% | 13% |
Missouri Scout/Human Agency (D) [53] | November 17–20, 2019 | 400 (RV) | ± 5.0% | 51% | 35% | 14% |
Public Policy Polling (D) [54] [C] | November 14–15, 2019 | 921 (LV) | – | 45% | 36% | 19% |
Missouri Scout/Human Agency (D) [55] | October 18–20, 2019 | 550 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 50% | 34% | 16% |
Remington/Missouri Scout (R) [56] | October 9–10, 2019 | 1,451 (LV) | ± 2.5% | 53% | 41% | 6% |
Missouri Scout/Human Agency (D) [57] | September 16–18, 2019 | 825 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 45% | 36% | 19% |
Remington/Missouri Scout (R) [58] | August 14–15, 2019 | 855 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 50% | 39% | 11% |
Remington/Missouri Scout (R) [59] | June 26–27, 2019 | 960 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 50% | 37% | 13% |
Remington/Missouri Scout (R) [60] | February 27, 2019 | 893 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 51% | 40% | 9% |
Eric Greitens vs Nicole Galloway
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Eric Greitens (R) | Nicole Galloway (D) | Other / Undecided |
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American Viewpoint (R) [51] [A] | January 20–22, 2020 | 1,200 (LV) | – | 44% | 45% | 7% |
Mike Parson vs Jason Kander
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Mike Parson (R) | Jason Kander (D) | Other / Undecided |
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Remington/Missouri Scout (R) [60] | February 27, 2019 | 893 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 51% | 36% | 13% |
Mike Parson vs. Scott Sifton
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Mike Parson (R) | Scott Sifton (D) | Other / Undecided |
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Remington/Missouri Scout (R) [60] | February 27, 2019 | 893 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 52% | 32% | 16% |
Federal politicians
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike Parson (incumbent) | 1,720,202 | 57.11% | +5.97% | |
Democratic | Nicole Galloway | 1,225,771 | 40.69% | −4.88% | |
Libertarian | Rik Combs | 49,067 | 1.63% | +0.16% | |
Green | Jerome Bauer | 17,234 | 0.57% | −0.18% | |
Write-in | 13 | 0.00% | ±0.00% | ||
Total votes | 3,012,287 | 100.0% | |||
Turnout | 3,026,028 | 69.75% | |||
Registered electors | 4,318,758 | ||||
Republican hold |
Parson won 6 of 8 congressional districts. [73]
District | Parson | Galloway | Representative |
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1st | 19% | 78% | Lacy Clay (116th Congress) |
Cori Bush (117th Congress) | |||
2nd | 51% | 48% | Ann Wagner |
3rd | 66% | 31% | Blaine Luetkemeyer |
4th | 66% | 31% | Vicky Hartzler |
5th | 40% | 57% | Emanuel Cleaver |
6th | 64% | 34% | Sam Graves |
7th | 70% | 27% | Billy Long |
8th | 76% | 22% | Jason Smith |
Partisan clients
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