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Last updated: Oct. 18, 2024
Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.
This page provides an overview of all elections happening in Missouri within our coverage scope on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include office for one U.S. Senator, eight U.S. Representatives, for governor, four state executives, 163 state Representatives, 17 state Senators, two supreme court justices and 10 intermediate appellate court justices. Additionally, there are six statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Missouri. On this page, you will also find information regarding:
- How to vote in Missouri
- The elected offices that Missouri voters can expect to see on their ballots
- The races in Missouri that Ballotpedia is covering as battlegrounds
- The ballot measures that voters in Missouri will decide on
- Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
- The partisan balance of Missouri's congressional delegation and state government
- Past presidential election results in Missouri
- The competitiveness of legislative elections in Missouri
- The candidates who are on the ballot in Missouri
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Missouri
What's on the ballot?
2024 elections
- See also: Missouri elections, 2024
Missouri voters will elect one U.S. Senator. Incumbent Josh Hawley (R) is running.
Missouri voters will elect eight U.S. Representatives. There is one open district because the incumbent did not run for re-election.
The governor of Missouri is up for election. Incumbent Mike Parson (R) is term-limited. Crystal Quade (D) Mike Kehoe (R), Paul Lehmann (G) and Bill Slantz (L) are running.
In addition to the governor, four statewide executive offices are up for election: Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, Missouri Treasurer, Missouri Attorney General, and Missouri Secretary of State. Incumbents are running for attorney general and treasurer, while the lieutenant governor and secretary of state races are open.
All 163 seats in the state House are up for election. 17 seats in the state Senate are up for a regularly scheduled election.
Two seats on the state supreme court and 10 seats on the state court of appeals are up for election. Missouri is one of 20 states that use retention elections at the state supreme court level and one of 19 states that use this method for at least one type of court below the supreme court level. Incumbents hold all the seats.
Missouri voters will decide on six ballot measures.
School board elections are being held in nine districts. These districts are among the 475 school districts included in Ballotpedia's coverage of school board elections. This includes all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment.
Municipal elections will be held in two cities and three counties. These include elections in St. Louis for the community college board and circuit court judges, and elections in Jefferson City for city council. There are county elections in Clay County, Jackson County and Platte County. These cities and counties are among 82 cities and 80 counties included in Ballotpedia's coverage of municipal elections.
Below is a list of Missouri elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:
| Missouri elections, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Elections? | More information |
| U.S. Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| U.S. House | ✓ | Click here |
| Congress special election | — | — |
| Governor | ✓ | Click here |
| Other state executive | ✓ | Click here |
| State Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| State House | ✓ | Click here |
| Special state legislative | — | — |
| State Supreme Court | ✓ | Click here |
| Intermediate appellate courts | ✓ | Click here |
| School boards | ✓ | Click here |
| Municipal government | ✓ | Click here |
| Recalls | ✓ | Click here |
| Ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
| Local ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Your ballot
- See also: Sample Ballot Lookup
Noteworthy elections
As of Oct 10, Ballotpedia has not identified any elections as noteworthy.
Ballot measures
- See also: Missouri 2024 ballot measures
There are six statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Missouri in November. Two amendments were on the ballot in November.
August 6, 2024
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Allow childcare establishments to be exempt from property tax |
|
491,161 (45%) |
593,465 (55%) |
|
| Amendment 4 | Allow the Legislature to pass a law requiring Kansas City to increase funding for the Kansas City Police Department |
|
549,919 (51%) |
525,657 (49%) |
November 5, 2024
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 2 | Legalize and regulate sports wagering in Missouri |
|
1,478,652 (50%) |
1,475,691 (50%) |
|
| Amendment 3 | Provide for a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, defined to include abortion |
|
1,538,659 (52%) |
1,443,022 (48%) |
|
| Amendment 5 | Allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam |
|
1,380,949 (48%) |
1,523,889 (52%) |
|
| Amendment 6 | Define the administration of justice to include the levying of costs and fees to support the salaries and benefits for law enforcement personnel |
|
1,112,081 (39%) |
1,711,527 (61%) |
|
| Amendment 7 | Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote and ranked-choice voting |
|
1,966,852 (68%) |
906,851 (32%) |
|
| Proposition A | Increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees |
|
1,693,064 (58%) |
1,247,658 (42%) |
From 1996 to 2022, 89 ballot measures were on the ballot in Missouri. Voters approved 57 measures and defeated 32.
State analysis
Partisan balance
Republicans represent six districts and Democrats represent two in Missouri's U.S. House delegation. In the U.S. House, Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.
Both of Missouri's U.S. Senators—Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt—are Republicans. Democrats have a majority in the U.S. Senate. There are 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and four independents. Three independents caucus with the Democratic Party, and one other counts towards the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
Republicans have a 23-7 majority in the state Senate with four vacancies and a 111-51 majority in the state House with one vacancy. Republicans have held a majority in the state Senate since 2001 and in the state House since 2003.
Because the governor is a Republican, Missouri is one of 23 states with a Republican trifecta. It has held this status since 2017, when Eric Greitens (R) took office as governor. Missouri's attorney general and secretary of state are Republicans. This makes Missouri one of 25 states with Republican triplexes. It has held this status since 2017.
Past presidential election results in Missouri
- See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2024
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 64.2% of Missourians lived in one of the state's 111 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 35.8% lived in one of four Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Missouri was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Missouri following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.[1]
| Missouri county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Republican | 111 | 64.2% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 4 | 35.8% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 4 | 35.8% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 111 | 64.2% | |||||
State legislative competitiveness
According to Ballotpedia's annual state legislative competitiveness report, Missouri had a Competitiveness Index of 40.7, ranking it 13th of the 44 states that held elections.
- 57 of the 180 seats up for election were open (32%).
- 26 of the 123 incumbents who ran for re-election faced contested primaries (21%).
- 125 of the 180 seats up for election were contested by both major parties (69%).
2010-2024
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| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Missouri, 2010-2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 41.7% | 14.3% | 56.7% | 37.6 | 13 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 33.9% | 27.8% | 49.4% | 37.0 | 21 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 18.3% | 15.0% | 49.4% | 27.6 | 24 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 21.1% | 14.8% | 41.7% | 25.9 | 33 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 35.0% | 16.2% | 73.9% | 41.7 | 12 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 31.7% | 13.8% | 50.0% | 31.8 | 25 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 27.2% | 26.5% | 43.3% | 32.3 | 29 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 31.7% | 21.1% | 69.4% | 40.7 | 13 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
In 2024
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| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Missouri, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | ||||||||||||||||||||
| House | 28.8% | 19.0% | 68.1% | 38.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senate | 58.8% | 57.1% | 82.4% | 66.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 31.7% | 21.1% | 69.4% | 40.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
List of candidates
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ This analysis includes Missouri's 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis.
