2022 Missouri elections

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2022 Missouri elections
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  2020 November 8, 20222024 

Missouri state elections were held on November 8, 2022, and the primary election were held on August 2, 2022. [1]

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Missouri voters elected their Class 3 US Senator, State Auditor, all of the seats for the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Missouri House of Representatives, and 17 of 34 seats in the Missouri State Senate. The two statewide officer holders, Roy Blunt and Nicole Galloway, did not run for re-election leaving both statewide seats with no incumbents. [2] [3] Two of the seats for the House of Representatives were open as incumbent Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long both ran unsuccessfully for the open Senate seat. [4] [5]

Federal offices

US Senate

United States House of Representatives

All eight U.S. representatives in Missouri who were up for election.

Auditor

State legislature

All 163 seats of the Missouri House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats of the Missouri State Senate were up for election. Before the election, the composition of the Missouri State Legislature was:

After the election, the composition of the Missouri State Legislature was:

Polling

Senate District 2
Republican primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Nick
Schroer
John
Wiemann
Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [6] [A] July 19–21, 2022344 (LV)± 5.1%36%25%39%
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [7] [B] June 26–29, 2022250 (LV)± 6.2%36%18%46%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [8] [A] May 18–19, 2022346 (LV)± 5.3%22%9%69%

Senate District 10
Republican primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Mike
Carter
Travis
Fitzwater
Randy
Pietzman
Jeff
Porter
Joshua
Price
Bryan
Spencer
Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [9] [A] July 22–25, 2022314 (LV)± 5.5%28%18%10%8%10%25%
June 7, 2022Pietzman withdraws from the race [10]
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [11] [A] April 9–11, 2022301 (LV)± 5.3%10%17%15%8%3%7%40%

Senate District 12
Republican primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Rusty
Black
J.
Eggleston
Delus
Johnson
Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [12] [A] July 22–24, 2022377 (LV)± 5.1%43%24%8%25%
Remington Research (R) [13] [C] June 30 – July 5, 2022452 (LV)± 4.5%38%14%6%42%

Senate District 16
Republican primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Justin
Brown
Suzie
Pollock
Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [14] [A] June 8–9, 2022326 (LV)± 5.3%40%23%37%

Senate District 20
Republican primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Brian
Gelner
Curtis
Trent
Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [15] [A] July 23–26, 2022303 (LV)± 5.5%29%42%29%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [16] [A] May 31 – June 2, 2022322 (LV)± 5.3%6%17%77%

Senate District 22
Republican primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Mary Elizabeth
Coleman
Shane
Roden
Jeff
Roorda
Dan
Shaul
Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [17] [A] July 25–28, 2022303 (LV)± 5.5%23%14%22%16%25%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [18] [A] March 30 – April 1, 2022326 (LV)± 5.3%15%10%16%12%47%

Senate District 24
General election

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
George
Hruza (R)
Tracy
McCreery (D)
Undecided
Show Me Victories (D) [19] [D] May 21–22, 2022638 (RV)± 3.5%35%49%16%

Senate District 26
Republican primary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Ben
Brown
Jason
Franklin
Bob
Jones
Merry-Noella
Skaggs
Nate
Tate
Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [20] [A] July 24–27, 2022309 (LV)± 5.5%18%1%22%4%23%32%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [21] [A] April 9–11, 2022297 (LV)± 5.3%4%1%5%5%20%65%

Ballot measures

There was four amendments as well as a question to rewrite the state constitution on the ballot in November. [22] [23] Amendment 1 changes how the State Treasurer of Missouri is allowed to invest taxpayer money. [24] Amendment 3 legalizes cannabis and allows expungement of convictions while also allowing judges to deny the expungement for "good cause". [25] Amendment 4 makes an exception to the Hancock Amendment to allow the increase of required spending for the Kansas City Police put in place by SB 678. [22] [26] Amendment 5 makes the Missouri National Guard its own department and renames it to Missouri Department of the National Guard. [22]

Amendment 1 results by county
No:
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70-80%
60-70%
50-60%
Yes:
50-60% 2022 Missouri Amendment 1 results map by county.svg
Amendment 1 results by county
No:
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Yes:
  •   50–60%
Amendment 3 results by county
Yes:
70-80%
60-70%
50-60%
No:
70-80%
60-70%
50-60% 2022 Missouri Amendment 3 results map by county.svg
Amendment 3 results by county
Yes:
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
No:
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Amendment 4 results by county
Yes:
70-80%
60-70%
50-60%
No:
50-60% 2022 Missouri Amendment 4 results map by county.svg
Amendment 4 results by county
Yes:
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
No:
  •   50–60%
Amendment 5 results by county
Yes:
70-80%
60-70%
50-60%
No:
50-60% 2022 Missouri Amendment 5 results map by county.svg
Amendment 5 results by county
Yes:
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
No:
  •   50–60%
Constitutional Convention results by county
No:
70-80%
60-70% 2022 Missouri Constitutional Convention results map by county.svg
Constitutional Convention results by county
No:
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%

Notes

  1. Including 6 vacancies.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Non-partisan poll conducted for the local non-partisan tipsheet Missouri Scout
  2. This poll was sponsored by an unknown client
  3. This poll was sponsored by Great Northwest PAC, which supports Black
  4. This poll was sponsored by McCreery's campaign

References

  1. "2022 Calendar". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. "Sen. Roy Blunt Announces He Won't Seek Reelection In 2022". NPR.org. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (June 4, 2021). "Nicole Galloway will not seek re-election, other political office in 2022". The Missouri Times. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. "Missouri GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler launches Senate run". Roll Call. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  5. Isenstadt, Alex. "Rep. Billy Long launches Missouri Senate campaign after meeting with Trump". POLITICO. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  7. Public Opinion Strategies (R)
  8. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  9. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  10. "SOS, Missouri - Elections: Candidates Withdrawn/Removed". s1.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  11. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  12. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  13. Remington Research (R)
  14. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  15. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  16. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  17. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  18. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  19. Show Me Victories (D)
  20. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  21. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
  22. 1 2 3 "2022 Ballot Measures". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  23. Keller, Rudi (February 1, 2022). "Missourians will vote this November on whether to hold a state constitutional convention". Missouri Independent. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  24. "Missouri treasurer sues secretary of state over amendment". AP NEWS. July 20, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  25. "Recreational marijuana is on Missouri's ballot in November. Critics say to read the fine print". KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  26. "Kansas City sues state of Missouri over police funding". KMBC. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.