2022 Missouri elections

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2022 Missouri elections
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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 [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Nick
Schroer		John
Wiemann		Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] July 19–21, 2022344 (LV)± 5.1%36%25%39%
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [upper-alpha 2] June 26–29, 2022250 (LV)± 6.2%36%18%46%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] May 18–19, 2022346 (LV)± 5.3%22%9%69%
Senate District 10
Republican primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Mike
Carter		Travis
Fitzwater		Randy
Pietzman		Jeff
Porter		Joshua
Price		Bryan
Spencer		Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] July 22–25, 2022314 (LV)± 5.5%28%18%–10%8%10%25%
June 7, 2022Pietzman withdraws from the race [6]
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Rusty
Black		J.
Eggleston		Delus
Johnson		Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] July 22–24, 2022377 (LV)± 5.1%43%24%8%25%
Remington Research (R) [upper-alpha 3] June 30 – July 5, 2022452 (LV)± 4.5%38%14%6%42%
Senate District 16
Republican primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Justin
Brown		Suzie
Pollock		Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] June 8–9, 2022326 (LV)± 5.3%40%23%37%
Senate District 20
Republican primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Brian
Gelner		Curtis
Trent		Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] July 23–26, 2022303 (LV)± 5.5%29%42%29%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] May 31 – June 2, 2022322 (LV)± 5.3%6%17%77%
Senate District 22
Republican primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Mary Elizabeth
Coleman		Shane
Roden		Jeff
Roorda		Dan
Shaul		Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] July 25–28, 2022303 (LV)± 5.5%23%14%22%16%25%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] March 30 – April 1, 2022326 (LV)± 5.3%15%10%16%12%47%
Senate District 24
General election
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		George
Hruza (R)		Tracy
McCreery (D)		Undecided
Show Me Victories (D) [upper-alpha 4] May 21–22, 2022638 (RV)± 3.5%35%49%16%
Senate District 26
Republican primary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Ben
Brown		Jason
Franklin		Bob
Jones		Merry-Noella
Skaggs		Nate
Tate		Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] July 24–27, 2022309 (LV)± 5.5%18%1%22%4%23%32%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout [upper-alpha 1] 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. [7] [8] Amendment 1 changes how the State Treasurer of Missouri is allowed to invest taxpayer money. [9] Amendment 3 legalizes cannabis and allows expungement of convictions while also allowing judges to deny the expungement for "good cause". [10] 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. [7] [11] Amendment 5 makes the Missouri National Guard its own department and renames it to Missouri Department of the National Guard. [7]

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

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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. ↑ "SOS, Missouri - Elections: Candidates Withdrawn/Removed". s1.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
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