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2020 Missouri Secretary of State election
	Ashcroft: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Faleti: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50% No data
Secretary of State before election; Jay Ashcroft; Republican	Elected Secretary of State ; Jay Ashcroft; Republican

The 2020 Missouri Secretary of State General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Secretary of State of Missouri. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, along with elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft won re-election to a second term. Ashcroft won with more votes than any candidate in Missouri history.^[1]^[2]

Republican primary

Dale Manzo, student at Harvard University and COO of Manchester Electrical Contractors^[4]

Republican primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Ashcroft (incumbent)	620,822	100.0%
Total votes			620,822	100.0%

Democratic primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yinka Faleti	470,955	100.0%
Total votes			470,955	100.0%

Constitution primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Constitution	Paul Venable	573	100.0%
Total votes			573	100.0%

Green primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Paul Lehmann	860	100.0%
Total votes			860	100.0%

Libertarian primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Carl Herman Freese	4,074	100.0%
Total votes			4,074	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[8]	Safe R	June 25, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	John Jay Ashcroft (R)	Yinka Faleti (D)	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout^[9]	August 12–13, 2020	1112 (LV)	± 3.0%	55%	38%	7%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout^[10]	December 20–24, 2019	415 (RV)	± 5%	55%	31%	14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout^[11]	October 18–20, 2019	550 (RV)	± 4%	51%	30%	19%

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jay Ashcroft (incumbent)	1,790,873	60.59%	+2.97%
	Democratic	Yinka Faleti	1,072,415	36.28%	−2.17%
	Libertarian	Carl Herman Freese	55,320	1.87%	−2.06%
	Green	Paul Lehmann	23,981	0.81%	N/A
	Constitution	Paul Venable	13,066	0.44%	N/A
Total votes			2,955,655	100.0%
	Republican hold

Ashcroft won 6 of 8 congressional districts.^[12]

District	Ashcroft	Faleti	Representative
1st	21%	76%	Lacy Clay (116th Congress)
1st	21%	76%	Cori Bush (117th Congress)
2nd	56%	42%	Ann Wagner
3rd	70%	27%	Blaine Luetkemeyer
4th	69%	27%	Vicky Hartzler
5th	43%	53%	Emanuel Cleaver
6th	68%	29%	Sam Graves
7th	73%	24%	Billy Long
8th	79%	18%	Jason Smith