2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee David Wasinger Richard Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,671,7711,121,608
Percentage57.4%38.5%
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Wasinger:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Brown:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No votes
Lieutenant Governor before election

Mike Kehoe
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

David Wasinger
Republican

The 2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe did not run for reelection for a second full term, and instead ran successfully for Governor of Missouri. The filing deadline was March 26, 2024, with primaries being held on August 6. [1] Republican attorney David Wasinger and Democratic state Representative Richard Brown won their parties' respective primaries, and faced each other in the general election. [2] Wasinger defeated Brown by nearly 19 percentage points.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Lincoln Hough

U.S. senators

  • Kit Bond, former U.S. Senator from Missouri (1987–2011) and former Governor of Missouri (1973–1977, 1981–1985) [10]

Organizations

David Wasinger

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Tim
Baker		Paul
Berry		Lincoln
Hough		Bob
Onder		Dean
Plocher		Matthew
Porter		Holly Thompson
Rehder		David
Wasinger		Undecided
Battleground Connect (R) [13] [A] July 30–31, 2024896 (LV)± 3.1%3%3%22%––3%19%18%32%
Remington Research Group (R) [14] [A] July 22–24, 2024864 (LV)± 3.3%4%2%17%––3%13%18%42%
Remington Research (R) [15] [A] June 11–13, 2024578 (LV)± 4.0%3%2%11%––1%14%5%65%
Victory Enterprises [16] [B] May 28–31, 2024500 (LV)± 4.38%––8%––5%5%4%76%
Remington Research (R) [17] [A] March 27–29, 2024527 (LV)± 4.0%3%3%8%––2%13%4%67%
Remington Research (R) [18] [A] February 14–15, 2024706 (LV)± 3.6%10%6%––6%–20%5%53%
Remington Research (R) [19] [A] September 27–28, 2023714 (LV)± 3.4%11%6%––5%–20%–58%
Remington Research (R) [20] [A] July 5–7, 2023706 (LV)± 3.4%––––14%–18%–68%
Remington Research (R) [21] [A] April 11–12, 2023778 (LV)± 3.4%–––13%11%–16%–60%

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Wasinger 206,875 31.39
Republican Lincoln Hough 199,42330.26
Republican Holly Thompson Rehder 142,80121.67
Republican Tim Baker64,1989.74
Republican Matthew Porter (withdrawn)28,2634.28
Republican Paul Berry III17,5402.66
Total votes659,100 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Anastasia Syes [22]

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Brown 231,970 64.93
Democratic Anastasia Syes125,28335.07
Total votes357,253 100.00

Third-party and independent candidates

Candidates

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [24] Safe RJuly 25, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		David
Wasinger (R)		Richard
Brown (D)		OtherUndecided
ActiVote [25] October 8–27, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%57%43%––
ActiVote [26] September 6 – October 13, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%60%40%––
YouGov/Saint Louis University [27] August 8–16, 2024450 (LV)± 5.4%51%37%1%11%

Results

2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Wasinger 1,671,771 57.38
Democratic Richard Brown 1,121,60838.50
Libertarian Ken Iverson61,7312.12
Green Dani Elliott58,2602.00
Total votes2,913,370 100.00
Republican hold

By congressional district

Wasinger won six of eight congressional districts. [29]

DistrictWasingerBrownRepresentative
1st 20%75% Cori Bush (118th Congress)
Wesley Bell (119th Congress)
2nd 54%42% Ann Wagner
3rd 62%34% Blaine Luetkemeyer (118th Congress)
Bob Onder (119th Congress)
4th 68%27% Mark Alford
5th 36%59% Emanuel Cleaver
6th 67%29% Sam Graves
7th 70%26% Eric Burlison
8th 74%22% Jason Smith

Notes

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

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Poll commissioned by the Missouri Scout
  2. ↑ Poll commissioned by Fighting for Missouri Families PAC, which supports Porter

References

  1. ↑ "Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Missouri Primary Election Results". The New York Times. August 6, 2024. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ Erickson, Kurt (February 17, 2024). "Springfield senator poised to run for lieutenant governor of Missouri". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Archived from the original on February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rosenbaum, Jason (December 12, 2023). "Why has the Republican race to become Missouri's lieutenant governor gotten so crowded?". KCUR-FM . Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ Keller, Rudi (February 22, 2024). "Springfield Sen. Lincoln Hough joins race for Missouri lieutenant governor". Missouri Independent . Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  6. ↑ Hancock, Jason (July 11, 2023). "Republican state senator launches bid for Missouri lieutenant governor". Missouri Independent . Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  7. ↑ Hancock, Jason (February 2, 2024). "Former Republican legislator Bob Onder jumps into congressional race". Missouri Independent . Retrieved February 2, 2024. Former state Sen. Bob Onder announced Friday that he's no longer running for lieutenant governor and will instead seek the GOP nomination in the 3rd Congressional District.
  8. ↑ Suntrup, Jack (March 26, 2024). "Dean Plocher and Mary Elizabeth Coleman pivot to Missouri secretary of state's race". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ "MOScout Daily Update: Trump Endorses Onder - Porter Drops Out - Ashcroft Ad - Scharf Exaggerates ? - RightPath Sits Out Primary? and more…" . Missouri Scout. July 9, 2024. Archived from the original on September 14, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Former Governor Kit Bond endorses State Senator Lincoln Hough". themissouritimes.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Missouri Farm Bureau PAC Endorses Lincoln Hough for Lieutenant Governor". mofb.org/. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  12. ↑ "MRL PAC RELEASES AUGUST 6, 2024 PRIMARY ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS" (PDF). missourilifepac.org. June 25, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  13. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Final GOP Statewide Poll Has Ashcroft and Kehoe TIED! - SOS Race Still Wide Open - 3-Way Scrum for LG - Malek and Bailey Ahead…" . Missouri Scout. August 3, 2024. Archived from the original on September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  14. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Kehoe-Ashcroft Tied - Many Voters Still Undecided Across All Races - Hallway Predicts Next Gov and more…" . Missouri Scout. July 27, 2025. Archived from the original on September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  15. ↑ "MOScout Daily Update: Schmitt Preps Trump - Down Ballot GOP Poll - Hallway on SOS Race - WWTW and more…" . Missouri Scout. June 15, 2025. Archived from the original on September 14, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  16. ↑ "MOScout Daily Update: Labor in Senate Primaries - LG Polling Memo - $500K More to Malek - Floor Leader 2027? - $$$ for Chiefs? and more…" . Missouri Scott. June 6, 2024. Archived from the original on September 14, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  17. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Meet Matthew Porter - New Statewide Poll - Big Rex Chex - Hallway on SOS Race - WWTW and more…" . Missouri Scout. March 30, 2024. Archived from the original on September 14, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  18. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Lincoln Days Talk - New Statewide Republican Poll - Hallway on 2024 and more..." . Missouri Scout. Archived from the original on September 14, 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  19. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Wood Retiring - NEW GOP Statewide Poll - Hallway on Parson Legacy - WWTW and more..." . Missouri Scout. September 30, 2023. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Missouri Scout July 2023 - Missouri Statewide" (PDF). Squarespace . Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  21. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Wagner $$ - Hewkin in Senate 3 - Malek $$ - GOP Primary Poll - Hallway and WWTW and more..." . Missouri Scout. April 15, 2023. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2025.
  22. 1 2 3 "SOS, Missouri - Elections: Offices Filed in Candidate Filing". s1.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  23. ↑ Palermo, Gregg (August 17, 2023). "Political Notebook: Politicians converge on the Missouri State Fair". Spectrum News . Retrieved December 18, 2023. John Kiehne, a Eureka business owner and a Democrat, planned to run for Lt. Gov., but...has now opted to get into the second congressional district race hoping to challenge U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner in 2024.
  24. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (July 25, 2024). "2024's Races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Lieutenant Governor: An Update". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  25. ↑ Allis, Victor. "Republicans Lead Comfortably in State-Level Missouri Races – ActiVote" . Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  26. ↑ Allis, Victor. "Republicans Lead in State-Level Missouri Races – ActiVote" . Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  27. ↑ "YouGov/Saint Louis University" (PDF). Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  28. ↑ Ashcroft, Jay (December 5, 2024). "Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of Missouri . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  29. ↑ "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved September 20, 2025.

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