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Republican Party primaries, 2026

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Primary Date
August 4, 2026

Federal elections
Republican primaries for U.S. House

State party
Republican Party of Missouri
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Republican 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 Republican 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

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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

    District 2

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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


    Did not make the ballot:
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    District 3

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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

    District 4

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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

    District 5

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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


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    District 6

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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


    Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

    District 7

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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


    Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

    District 8

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

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


    Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

    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 Republican 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 Republican 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

    Republican 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
    Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

    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

    Republican Party of Missouri

    See also: Republican 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 Republican 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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