2022 Missouri elections

2022 Missouri elections

November 8, 2022

Missouri state elections were held on November 8, 2022, and the primary election were held on August 2, 2022.^[1]

Missouri voters elected their Class 3 US Senator, State Auditor, all of the seats for the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Missouri House of Representatives, and 17 of 34 seats in the Missouri State Senate. The two statewide officer holders, Roy Blunt and Nicole Galloway, did not run for re-election leaving both statewide seats with no incumbents.^[2][3] Two of the seats for the House of Representatives were open as incumbent Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long both ran unsuccessfully for the open Senate seat.^[4][5]

Federal offices

US Senate

Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Missouri

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

All eight U.S. representatives in Missouri who were up for election.

Auditor

Main article: 2022 Missouri State Auditor election

State legislature

All 163 seats of the Missouri House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats of the Missouri State Senate were up for election. Before the election, the composition of the Missouri State Legislature was:

State senate Party # of seats Republican 24 Democratic 10 Total 34

House of Representatives Party # of seats Republican 108 Democratic 49 Total 163[a]

After the election, the composition of the Missouri State Legislature was:

State senate Party # of seats Republican 24 Democratic 10 Total 34

House of Representatives Party # of seats Republican 112 Democratic 51 Total 163

Polling

Senate District 2
Republican primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Nick Schroer	John Wiemann	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[6][A]	July 19–21, 2022	344 (LV)	± 5.1%	36%	25%	39%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[7][B]	June 26–29, 2022	250 (LV)	± 6.2%	36%	18%	46%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[8][A]	May 18–19, 2022	346 (LV)	± 5.3%	22%	9%	69%

Senate District 10
Republican primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Mike Carter	Travis Fitzwater	Randy Pietzman	Jeff Porter	Joshua Price	Bryan Spencer	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[9][A]	July 22–25, 2022	314 (LV)	± 5.5%	28%	18%	–	10%	8%	10%	25%
	June 7, 2022	Pietzman withdraws from the race[10]
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[11][A]	April 9–11, 2022	301 (LV)	± 5.3%	10%	17%	15%	8%	3%	7%	40%

Senate District 12
Republican primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Rusty Black	J. Eggleston	Delus Johnson	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[12][A]	July 22–24, 2022	377 (LV)	± 5.1%	43%	24%	8%	25%
Remington Research (R)[13][C]	June 30 – July 5, 2022	452 (LV)	± 4.5%	38%	14%	6%	42%

Senate District 16
Republican primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Justin Brown	Suzie Pollock	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[14][A]	June 8–9, 2022	326 (LV)	± 5.3%	40%	23%	37%

Senate District 20
Republican primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Brian Gelner	Curtis Trent	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[15][A]	July 23–26, 2022	303 (LV)	± 5.5%	29%	42%	29%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[16][A]	May 31 – June 2, 2022	322 (LV)	± 5.3%	6%	17%	77%

Senate District 22
Republican primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Mary Elizabeth Coleman	Shane Roden	Jeff Roorda	Dan Shaul	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[17][A]	July 25–28, 2022	303 (LV)	± 5.5%	23%	14%	22%	16%	25%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[18][A]	March 30 – April 1, 2022	326 (LV)	± 5.3%	15%	10%	16%	12%	47%

Senate District 24
General election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	George Hruza (R)	Tracy McCreery (D)	Undecided
Show Me Victories (D)[19][D]	May 21–22, 2022	638 (RV)	± 3.5%	35%	49%	16%

Senate District 26
Republican primary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Ben Brown	Jason Franklin	Bob Jones	Merry-Noella Skaggs	Nate Tate	Undecided
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[20][A]	July 24–27, 2022	309 (LV)	± 5.5%	18%	1%	22%	4%	23%	32%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[21][A]	April 9–11, 2022	297 (LV)	± 5.3%	4%	1%	5%	5%	20%	65%

Ballot measures

There was four amendments as well as a question to rewrite the state constitution on the ballot in November.^[22][23] Amendment 1 changes how the State Treasurer of Missouri is allowed to invest taxpayer money.^[24] Amendment 3 legalizes cannabis and allows expungement of convictions while also allowing judges to deny the expungement for "good cause".^[25] Amendment 4 makes an exception to the Hancock Amendment to allow the increase of required spending for the Kansas City Police put in place by SB 678.^[22][26] Amendment 5 makes the Missouri National Guard its own department and renames it to Missouri Department of the National Guard.^[22]

Notes

1. Including 6 vacancies.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

Partisan clients

1. Non-partisan poll conducted for the local non-partisan tipsheet Missouri Scout
2. This poll was sponsored by an unknown client
3. This poll was sponsored by Great Northwest PAC, which supports Black
4. This poll was sponsored by McCreery's campaign

References

1. "2022 Calendar". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
2. "Sen. Roy Blunt Announces He Won't Seek Reelection In 2022". NPR.org. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
3. Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (June 4, 2021). "Nicole Galloway will not seek re-election, other political office in 2022". The Missouri Times. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
4. "Missouri GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler launches Senate run". Roll Call. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
5. Isenstadt, Alex. "Rep. Billy Long launches Missouri Senate campaign after meeting with Trump". POLITICO. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
6. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
7. Public Opinion Strategies (R)
8. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
9. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
10. "SOS, Missouri - Elections: Candidates Withdrawn/Removed". s1.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
11. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
12. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
13. Remington Research (R)
14. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
15. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
16. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
17. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
18. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
19. Show Me Victories (D)
20. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
21. Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout
22. "2022 Ballot Measures". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
23. Keller, Rudi (February 1, 2022). "Missourians will vote this November on whether to hold a state constitutional convention". Missouri Independent. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
24. "Missouri treasurer sues secretary of state over amendment". AP NEWS. July 20, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
25. "Recreational marijuana is on Missouri's ballot in November. Critics say to read the fine print". KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
26. "Kansas City sues state of Missouri over police funding". KMBC. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.