2022 Missouri Senate election

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2022 Missouri Senate election
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  2020 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08) 2024  

17 even-numbered districts in the Missouri Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Dave Schatz
(retired)
John Rizzo
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 9, 2019January 5, 2018
Leader's seat26th - Sullivan 11th - Independence
Seats before2410
Seats after2410
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote682,007313,588
Percentage67.54%31.05%

Missouri State Senate 2022 Gains and Holds Map.svg
Missouri State Senate 2022 Election Results.svg
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election
Republican:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Democratic:     50–60%     70–80%     >90%

President pro tempore before election

Dave Schatz
Republican

Elected President pro tempore

Caleb Rowden
Republican

The 2022 Missouri Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election held on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. [1] [2] Missouri voters selected state senators in the 17 even-numbered districts of the Senate to serve four-year terms. [3]

Contents

The election coincided with United States national elections and Missouri state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Auditor, and Missouri House. [4] [5]

Following the previous election in 2020, Republicans held a 24-to-10-seat supermajority over Democrats. [6] The balance of power remained unchanged with Republicans keeping their supermajority of 24-to-10 over Democrats. [7]

These were the first elections in Missouri following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries. [8] [9]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] Safe RMay 19, 2022

Overview

Statewide

PartyCandi-
dates
VotesSeats
No. %No.+/– %
Republican Party 16682,00767.54%14Steady2.svg82.35%
Democratic Party 12313,58831.05%3Steady2.svg17.65%
Libertarian Party 214,2091.41%0Steady2.svg0.00%
Write-Ins 240.00%0Steady2.svg0.00%
Total301,009,828100.00%17Steady2.svg100.00%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 24, 8.569%

Summary of results by Senate district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party. [1] [4] [5]

Senate District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
2 Bob Onder Rep Nick Schroer Rep
4 Karla May Dem Karla May Dem
6 Mike Bernskoetter Rep Mike Bernskoetter Rep
8 Mike Cierpiot Rep Mike Cierpiot Rep
10 Jeanie Riddle Rep Travis Fitzwater Rep
12 Dan Hegeman Rep Rusty Black Rep
14 Brian Williams Dem Brian Williams Dem
16 Justin Brown Rep Justin Brown Rep
18 Cindy O'Laughlin Rep Cindy O'Laughlin Rep
20 Eric Burlison Rep Curtis Trent Rep
22 Paul Wieland Rep Mary Elizabeth Coleman Rep
24 Jill Schupp Dem Tracy McCreery Dem
26 Dave Schatz Rep Benjamin "Ben" Brown Rep
28 Sandy Crawford Rep Sandy Crawford Rep
30 Lincoln Hough Rep Lincoln Hough Rep
32 Bill White Rep Jill Carter Rep
34 Tony Luetkemeyer Rep Tony Luetkemeyer Rep

Detailed Results by Senate District

Sources for election results: [1] [4] [5]

District 2District 4District 6District 8District 10District 12District 14District 16District 18District 20District 22District 24District 26District 28District 30District 32District 34

District 2

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Nick Schroer 12,047 57.60%
Republican John D. Wiemann 8,86842.40%
Total votes20,915 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Michael Sinclair 8,561 100.00%
Total votes8,561 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Nick Schroer 42,568 63.00%
Democratic Michael Sinclair24,99837.00%
Total votes67,566 100.00%
Republican hold

District 4

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Karla May (incumbent) 24,644 100.00%
Total votes24,644 100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Mary Theresa McLean 5,506 100.00%
Total votes5,506 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Karla May (incumbent) 51,419 74.17%
Republican Mary Theresa McLean17,90625.83%
Total votes69,325 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 6

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Mike Bernskoetter (incumbent) 17,441 55.49%
Republican Scott Riedel13,99144.51%
Total votes31,432 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bernskoetter (incumbent) 56,424 100.00%
Total votes56,424 100.00%
Republican hold

District 8

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Mike Cierpiot (incumbent) 9,085 49.96%
Republican Joe Nicola5,60030.79%
Republican Rachl Aguirre3,50019.25%
Total votes18,185 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Antoine D. Jennings 12,713 100.00%
Total votes12,713 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Cierpiot (incumbent) 38,018 55.81%
Democratic Antoine D. Jennings30,10044.19%
Total votes68,118 100.00%
Republican hold

District 10

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Travis Fitzwater 7,625 31.46%
Republican Mike (Michael) Carter6,94828.67%
Republican Bryan Spencer 5,49322.66%
Republican Jeff Porter 3,34313.79%
Republican Joshua Price8273.41%
Total votes24,236 100.00%
Libertarian Party Primary Results
Libertarian Catherine Dreher 105 100.00%
Total votes105 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Travis Fitzwater 44,169 77.63%
Libertarian Catherine Dreher12,72822.37%
Total votes56,897 100.00%
Republican hold

District 12

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Rusty Black 20,385 64.82%
Republican J. Eggleston 8,15325.92%
Republican Delus Johnson 2,9129.26%
Total votes31,450 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Michael J. Baumli 4,324 100.00%
Total votes4,324 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rusty Black 51,470 80.77%
Democratic Michael J. Baumli12,25419.23%
Total votes63,724 100.00%
Republican hold

District 14

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Brian Williams (incumbent) 18,063 100.00%
Total votes18,063 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Williams (incumbent) 41,832 99.94%
Independent John Winkler [lower-alpha 1] 240.06%
Total votes41,856 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 16

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Justin Dan Brown (incumbent) 10,986 50.91%
Republican Suzie Pollock 10,59549.09%
Total votes21,581 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Tara Anura 2,805 100.00%
Total votes2,805 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Justin Dan Brown (incumbent) 39,087 80.67%
Democratic Tara Anura9,36319.33%
Total votes48,450 100.00%
Republican hold

District 18

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Cindy O'Laughlin (incumbent) 19,720 100.00%
Total votes19,720 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Ayanna Shivers 3,850 100.00%
Total votes3,850 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cindy O'Laughlin (incumbent) 42,989 75.78%
Democratic Ayanna Shivers13,73924.22%
Total votes56,728 100.00%
Republican hold

District 20

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Curtis Trent 16,106 58.44%
Republican Brian Gelner11,45241.56%
Total votes27,558 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Curtis Trent 54,504 100.00%
Total votes54,504 100.00%
Republican hold

District 22

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Mary Elizabeth Coleman 7,615 34.86%
Republican Jeff Roorda 5,24624.02%
Republican Dan Shaul 5,09523.33%
Republican Shane Roden 3,88617.79%
Total votes21,842 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Benjamin Hagin 7,680 100.00%
Total votes7,680 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mary Elizabeth Coleman 40,695 65.48%
Democratic Benjamin Hagin21,45634.52%
Total votes62,151 100.00%
Republican hold

District 24

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Tracy McCreery 18,367 100.00%
Total votes18,367 100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican George J. Hruza 8,325 59.25%
Republican Brett A. Schenck5,72540.75%
Total votes14,050 100.00%
Libertarian Party Primary Results
Libertarian LaDonna Higgins 83 100.00%
Total votes83 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tracy McCreery 43,081 53.37%
Republican George J. Hruza 36,16444.80%
Libertarian LaDonna Higgins1,4811.83%
Total votes80,726 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 26

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Ben Brown 10,811 39.00%
Republican Bob Jones7,73527.90%
Republican Nate Tate 7,39426.67%
Republican Merry-Noella Skaggs1,0413.76%
Republican Jason Franklin7422.68%
Total votes27,723 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic John Kiehne 5,720 100.00%
Total votes5,720 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Brown 48,469 73.90%
Democratic John Kiehne17,11526.10%
Total votes65,584 100.00%
Republican hold

District 28

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Sandy Crawford (incumbent) 18,995 63.66%
Republican Janet Arnold5,72219.18%
Republican Bill Yarberry5,11917.16%
Total votes29,836 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sandy Crawford (incumbent) 55,062 100.00%
Total votes55,062 100.00%
Republican hold

District 30

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Lincoln Hough (incumbent) 8,771 56.62%
Republican Angela Romine6,72143.38%
Total votes15,492 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Raymond Lampert 8,300 100.00%
Total votes8,300 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lincoln Hough (incumbent) 30,483 57.57%
Democratic Raymond Lampert22,46442.43%
Total votes52,947 100.00%
Republican hold

District 32

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Jill Carter 13,440 52.24%
Republican William (Bill) White (incumbent)12,28647.76%
Total votes25,726 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jill Carter 46,763 100.00%
Total votes46,763 100.00%
Republican hold

District 34

Primary Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Tony Luetkemeyer (incumbent) 14,881 100.00%
Total votes14,881 100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Sarah Shorter 10,642 100.00%
Total votes10,642 100.00%
General Election Results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tony Luetkemeyer (incumbent) 37,236 59.10%
Democratic Sarah Shorter25,76740.90%
Total votes63,003 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. The candidate ran a write-in campaign in this election.

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