2016 Missouri Senate election

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2016 Missouri Senate election
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17 out of 34 seats in the Missouri Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ron Richard Gina Walsh
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since September 15, 2015 July 7, 2016
Leader's seat 32nd District 13th District
Last election 25 9
Seats after 25 9
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 686,183 527,527
Percentage 56.41% 43.37%
President pro tempore before election

Ron Richard
Republican

 Elected President pro tempore

Ron Richard
Republican

The 2016 Missouri Senate election was held on November 8, 2016, to determine which party would control the Missouri Senate for the following two years in the 99th Missouri General Assembly. All odd-numbered seats were up for election, which consisted of half of the 34 senate seats, as well as a special election for the 4th District following incumbent's Joseph Keaveny resignation after having been appointed administrative law judge at the Department of Labor on July 7, 2016. The primary was held on August 2, 2016. Prior to the election 25 seats were held by Republicans and 9 were held by Democrats. The general election saw both parties holding on to the same amount of seats as the previous election, meaning that Republicans retained control of the Missouri Senate.[1]

Source Ranking As of
Governing[2] Likely R October 12, 2016

Retirements

  1. 15th District: Eric Schmitt (R) was term-limited.
  2. 19th District: Kurt Schaefer (R) was term-limited.
  3. 21st District: David Pearce (R) was term-limited.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 19, 2.44%
  2. District 11, 4.34%
  3. District 1, 6.18%

4th District Special election

Results

References

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