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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:

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

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[A] July 19–21, 2022 344 (LV) ± 5.1% 36% 25% 39%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[B] June 26–29, 2022 250 (LV) ± 6.2% 36% 18% 46%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[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[A] July 22–25, 2022 314 (LV) ± 5.5% 28% 18% – 10% 8% 10% 25%
June 7, 2022 Pietzman withdraws from the race[6]
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[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[A] July 22–24, 2022 377 (LV) ± 5.1% 43% 24% 8% 25%
Remington Research (R)[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[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[A] July 23–26, 2022 303 (LV) ± 5.5% 29% 42% 29%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[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[A] July 25–28, 2022 303 (LV) ± 5.5% 23% 14% 22% 16% 25%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[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)[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[A] July 24–27, 2022 309 (LV) ± 5.5% 18% 1% 22% 4% 23% 32%
Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout[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.[7][8] Amendment 1 changes how the State Treasurer of Missouri is allowed to invest taxpayer money.[9] Amendment 3 legalizes cannabis and allows expungement of convictions while also allowing judges to deny the expungement for "good cause".[10] 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.[7][11] Amendment 5 makes the Missouri National Guard its own department and renames it to Missouri Department of the National Guard.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Including 6 vacancies.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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. ^ "SOS, Missouri - Elections: Candidates Withdrawn/Removed". s1.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "2022 Ballot Measures". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ Keller, Rudi (February 1, 2022). "Missourians will vote this November on whether to hold a state constitutional convention". Missouri Independent. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Missouri treasurer sues secretary of state over amendment". AP NEWS. July 20, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Kansas City sues state of Missouri over police funding". KMBC. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
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