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%
2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election by congressional district.svg
Wasinger:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Brown:     50–60%     70–80%
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Withdrawn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		Dean
Plocher		Holly Thompson
Rehder		David
Wasinger		Undecided
Remington Research (R) [13] [A] July 27, 2024706 (LV)± 3.6%4%2%17%–13%18%42%
Remington Research (R) [13] [A] February 14–15, 2024706 (LV)± 3.6%10%6%–6%20%5%53%

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 Porter28,2634.28
Republican Paul Berry III17,5402.66
Total votes659,100 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Anastasia Syes [6]

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

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		David
Wasinger (R)		Richard
Brown (D)		OtherUndecided
ActiVote [15] October 8–27, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%57%43%––
ActiVote [16] September 6 – October 13, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%60%40%––
YouGov/Saint Louis University [17] August 8–16, 2024450 (LV)± 5.4%51%37%1%11%

Results

2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election [18]
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. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

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 69%27% Mark Alford
5th 37%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 Poll commissioned by the Missouri Scout

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  16. ↑ ActiVote
  17. ↑ YouGov/Saint Louis University
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