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Democratic Party primaries, 2026

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Primary Date
August 4, 2026

Federal elections
Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party
Democratic Party of Missouri
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that will take place in Missouri on August 4, 2026.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Missouri utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Missouri, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primaries)
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Missouri are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's eight U.S. House districts. The primary is August 4, 2026. The filing deadline is March 31, 2026. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 2

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 3

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 4

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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Did not make the ballot:
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District 5

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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Did not make the ballot:
Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 6

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 7

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

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District 8

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.


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State elections

State Senate

See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2026
Elections for the Missouri State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is August 4, 2026. The filing deadline is March 31, 2026. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Missouri State Senate elections, 2026

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
  • Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 2

Susan Shumway

Nick Schroer (i)

District 4

Steve Butz
Chris Clark
Michele Kratky
Peter Merideth
Gina Mitten

Did not make the ballot:
Blaine Folsom 


District 6


Chuck Gatschenberger
Becky Ruth
Derrick Spicer
Rudy Veit
Jake Vogel

District 8

Keri Ingle

Jon Patterson
Dan Stacy

District 10


Travis Fitzwater (i)

District 12


Rusty Black (i)
Freddie Griffin Jr.

District 14

John Bowman
Shante Duncan
Joseph Palm
Raychel Proudie


District 16


Bill Hardwick
Hannah Kelly
Jeff Knight
Don Mayhew
Joseph Steelman

Did not make the ballot:
Jane Cunningham 

District 18


Dustin Blue
Sarah Graff
Louis Riggs
Greg Sharpe

District 20


Curtis Trent (i)
Ann Kelley
Lori Rook

District 22


Jim Avery
David Casteel
Renee Reuter

Did not make the ballot:
David Robertson 
Mary Coleman (i)
Ken Waller 

District 24

Tracy McCreery (i)


District 26

Victoria Wors

Ben Brown (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Aaron Griesheimer 

District 28


Sam Alexander
Bradley Pollitt

District 30

Betsy Fogle

Melanie Stinnett

Did not make the ballot:
Angela Romine 

District 32
District 34


Sean Pouche
Nathan Willett

Did not make the ballot:
Brenda Shields 


House of Representatives

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2026
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is August 4, 2026. The filing deadline is March 31, 2026. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2026

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
  • The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
  • Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1


Jeff Farnan (i)

District 2


Mazzie Christensen (i)

District 3

Corey Luebbering  Candidate Connection

Jason Soseman

District 4


Keith Gudehus

District 5


Justin Barnhart
Rose Ghattas
Roth McElvain

District 6


Ed Lewis (i)

District 7


Jeremy Clevenger
Josh Muck

District 8


Josh Hurlbert (i)

District 9


Dean VanSchoiack (i)

District 10

LaTonya Williams

Paul Gatewood
Skylar Smith  Candidate Connection

District 11


Taylor Crouse
Tina Goodrick

District 12

Tracey Steele

Mike Jones (i)

District 13


John Elliott

Did not make the ballot:
Sean Pouche (i)

District 14
District 15

Kenneth Jamison (i)


District 16
District 17


Bill Allen (i)

District 18

Eric Woods (i)


District 19

Wick Thomas (i)


District 20

Jeff Spicer

Mike Steinmeyer (i)

District 21

Will Jobe (i)

Chris Barrett
Michael Young

District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25

Patricia Mansur (i)


District 26

Tiffany Price (i)


District 27

Melissa Douglas (i)


District 28
District 29

Aaron Crossley (i)


District 30

Kevin Grover

Phyllis Edson
Jeff Martin

District 31


Ron Fowler (i)

District 32

Jennifer Cassidy

Michael Todd  Candidate Connection

District 33

Troy Latterell

Carolyn Caton (i)

District 34
District 35

Michael Scott


District 36
District 37


Teresa Murphy

District 38

Martin Jacobs (i)


District 39


Mark Meirath (i)

District 40
District 41


Doyle Justus (i)

District 42


Jeff Myers (i)

District 43


Brendan Webber

District 44

Rebecca Brewer

John Martin (i)

District 45

Kathy Steinhoff (i)


District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49

Jessica Slisz


District 50

Gregg Bush (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Doug Mann 


District 51


Stephanie Gooden

Did not make the ballot:
Mark Nolte (i)
Melissa Chevalier 

District 52


Israel Baeza
Philip Sherman

District 53
District 54

Taigan Plummer

Brandon Phelps (i)

District 55
District 56


Michael Davis (i)
Steve Baker  Candidate Connection
Todd Berck

District 57


Matthew Sergent

District 58


Willard Haley (i)

District 59


Jacob Munson
Victor Rackers
Carrie Tergin

District 60

Suzanne Luther

Steve Houser
Kyerra Johnson-Massey
Scott Spencer

District 61


Bruce Sassmann (i)

District 62
District 63

Donald Looney


District 64


Deanna Self (i)
Tony Lovasco

District 65


Wendy Hausman (i)

District 66
District 67

Tonya Rush (i)


District 68

Kem Smith (i)


District 69

Chris Chapman

Scott Miller (i)

District 70

Stephanie Boykin (i)


District 71

Nicole Greer


District 72

Patrick Wroblewski  Candidate Connection

Jeffrey Jacks

District 73

Henry Iwenofu
Kennedy Moore  Candidate Connection


District 74

Marla Smith (i)


District 75
District 76

Marlon Anderson (i)


District 77
District 78

Marty Joe Murray (i)


District 79

Rachel D'Souza


District 80
District 81

Aaron Clite
James P. Lappe


District 82

Nick Kimble (i)
Fred Kratky


District 83

Raymond Reed (i)


District 84
District 85
District 86
District 87
District 88
District 89


Did not make the ballot:
Luke Barber 

George Hruza (i)

District 90

Mark Boyko (i)


District 91

Jo Doll (i)


District 92


Kenneth Abram
Mirhad Hasanovic

District 93
District 94


Maryellen Murphy

District 95

Meredith Sumenek  Candidate Connection

Bob Mahacek

District 96


Brad Christ (i)

District 97

Dan Schaefer

David Robertson  Candidate Connection

District 98
District 99

Boris Abadzhyan
Sidney Clark
Tori Schafer


District 100

Colin Lovett

Philip Oehlerking (i)

District 101
District 102


Richard West (i)

District 103

Lizz Callahan

Dave Hinman (i)

District 104

Tara Murray

Terri Violet (i)

District 105

Caterina Clayton


District 106

Jewel Kelly, Jr.  Candidate Connection

Travis Wilson (i)
Chris Sander

District 107


Mark Matthiesen (i)

District 108


Max Calfo

District 109

Trent Leslie


District 110

Claire Heinrich  Candidate Connection
Josh Thackston

Niles Stephens
Gary Wiegert

District 111
District 112


Ed Callahan

District 113


Phil Amato (i)

District 114

Jessie Shepherd

David Broach
John Lee

District 115


Bill Lucas (i)

District 116


Jason Green

District 117

Justin Flowers

Becky Laubinger (i)

District 118


Amy DeClue

District 119


Brad Banderman (i)

District 120
District 121


Ben Rudy

District 122


Tara Peters (i)

District 123

Cody Hutcheson  Candidate Connection

Jeff Vernetti (i)

District 124


Tony Laszacs
Kevin Onstott

District 125

Lynda Jones

Dane Diehl (i)

District 126
District 127


Ryan Hagedorn
Brenden Kelley

District 128


Christopher Warwick (i)

District 129

John Gray

Levi Lansdown
William Worsham

District 130

Leslie Jones


District 131



Did not make the ballot:
Iliya Matveyuk 

District 132

Jeremy Dean (i)


District 133

Katelyn Zach


District 134

Samantha Deaton
Emily Florence

Alex Riley (i)

District 135

John Chiles

Michael Hasty

District 136

Stephanie Hein (i)

Jacey Buckles

District 137
District 138


Burt Whaley (i)
Tom Franiak

District 139


Sandy Karnes

District 140

Julia Curran


District 141
District 142


Landon Keen
Royce Tuck  Candidate Connection
Scott Wolf

District 143


Bennie Cook (i)

District 144

Andrew Eye

Tony Harbison (i)

District 145


Bryant Wolfin (i)

District 146


Lucas Green

Did not make the ballot:
Jacob Turner 

District 147


John Voss (i)

District 148


David A. Dolan (i)

District 149


Scott Crumpecker

Did not make the ballot:
Donnie Brown (i)

District 150
District 151

Chenoa Burns


District 152
District 153


Keith Elliott (i)

District 154


Lisa Durnell (i)
David Paul Evans

District 155

Joshua Berzins  Candidate Connection

Matthew Overcast (i)

District 156


Did not make the ballot:
Willard Harris 


District 157


Mitch Boggs (i)

District 158
District 159


Bo Johnson
David Mace

District 160


Jonathan Russell
Chris Wright

District 161


Thomas Ross
Louise Secker

District 162


Walter Hayes  Candidate Connection

District 163


State executive offices

See also: Missouri state executive official elections, 2026

One state executive office is up for election in Missouri in 2026:

Auditor


Missouri State Auditor

Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Missouri

Election information in Missouri: Aug. 4, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: July 8, 2026
  • By mail: Postmarked by July 8, 2026
  • Online: July 8, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 3, 2026
  • By mail: Received by July 22, 2026
  • Online: July 22, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 4, 2026
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 4, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

July 21, 2026 to Aug. 3, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CT)


Context of the 2026 elections

Missouri Party Control: 1992-2026
Eight years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
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Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Governor R D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

State party overview

Democratic Party of Missouri

See also: Democratic Party of Missouri

Missouri has a Republican state government trifecta. A trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and majorities in both state legislative chambers. As of February 27, 2026, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.

In the 2020 election, Republicans had a net gain of two trifectas and two states under divided government became trifectas. Prior to that election, Missouri had a Republican trifecta. There were 21 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 14 divided governments.



State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Missouri. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Missouri with 56.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 38.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1820 and 2016, Missouri voted Democratic 60 percent of the time and Republican 36 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Missouri voted Republican all five times.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Missouri. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 43 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 42.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 43 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 42.3 points. Clinton won two districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 120 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 120 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 39.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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