2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
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The 2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
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The primaries were held on August 2. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder did not seek re-election to a fourth term in office, instead unsuccessfully running for governor of Missouri.[1][2][3] State Senator Mike Parson and former U.S. representative Russ Carnahan won the Republican and Democratic primaries, respectively.[4]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Winston Apple, musician, author, retired teacher and 2014 State House candidate[5]
- Russ Carnahan, former U.S. representative[6]
- Tommie Pierson, state representative[7]
Withdrawn
Declined
- Barry Aycock, businessman[13][8][14][15]
- Jason Holsman, state senator[13][16][17][15]
- Mike Sanders, Jackson County executive, former Jackson County prosecuting attorney and former chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party[18][19]
- John Wright, state representative[13][20]
- Clint Zweifel, State Treasurer of Missouri[21][22]
Endorsements
Russ Carnahan
Polling
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Russ Carnahan | 243,157 | 75.9 | |
| Democratic | Tommie Pierson Sr. | 38,700 | 12.1 | |
| Democratic | Winston Apple | 38,372 | 12.0 | |
| Total votes | 320,229 | 100.0 | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Arnie C. – AC Dienoff
- Mike Parson, state senator[8][28][29]
- Bev Randles, attorney and chairwoman of Missouri Club for Growth[30][31][32]
Withdrawn
- Peter Kinder, incumbent lieutenant governor (running for governor)[2][33]
Declined
- Tom Dempsey, president pro tem of the Missouri Senate[15][34]
- Caleb Jones, state representative[15]
- Tim Jones, speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives[35][36][37][38]
- Mike Kehoe, state senator[13][8][39][40][15][34]
- Doug Libla, state senator[15][34]
- Eric Schmitt, state senator (running for state treasurer)[41][42]
Endorsements
Mike Parson
Individuals
- Dan W. Brown, state senator[34]
- Tom Dempsey, president pro tem of the Missouri Senate[34]
- Mike Kehoe, state senator[34]
- Doug Libla, state senator[34]
- Brian Munzlinger, state senator[34]
- David Pearce, state senator[34]
- Ron Richard, Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate[34]
- Gary Romine, state senator[34]
- David Sater, state senator[34]
- Dave Schatz, state senator[34]
- Wayne Wallingford, state senator[34]
- Jay Wasson, state senator[34]
- Paul Wieland, state senator[34]
Newspapers
Bev Randles
Individuals
- Sonya Anderson, state representative[43]
- Kurt Bahr, state representative[43]
- Chuck Basye, state representative[43]
- Rick Brattin, state representative[43]
- Cloria Brown, state representative[43]
- Eric Burlison, state representative[43]
- Jason Chipman, state representative[43]
- Kevin Corlew, state representative[43]
- Paul Curtman, state representative[43]
- Shamed Dogan, state representative[43]
- Dean Dohrman, state representative[43]
- Ed Emery, state representative[43]
- Shelley Keeney, state representative[43]
- Mike Kelley, state representative[43]
- Andrew Koenig, state representative[43]
- Kirk Mathews, state representative[43]
- Mike Moon, state representative[43]
- Mark Parkinson, state representative[43]
- Holly Rehder, state representative[43]
- Tim Remole, state representative[43]
- Rebecca Roeber, state representative[43]
- Rob Vescovo, state representative[43]
- Bill White, state representative[43]
- John Wiemann, state representative[43]
- Ken Wilson, state representative[43]
Polling
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Parson | 331,367 | 51.5 | |
| Republican | Bev Randles | 282,134 | 43.9 | |
| Republican | Arnie Dienoff | 29,872 | 4.6 | |
| Total votes | 643,373 | 100.0 | ||
Green Party
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Russ Carnahan (D) |
Mike Parson (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFM Research[47] | October 27 – November 1, 2016 | 508 | ± 4.4% | 39% | 36% | 6% | 19% |
| Remington Research Group[48] | October 9–11, 2016 | 2,171 | ± 2.1% | 44% | 43% | — | 8% |
| Gravis Marketing[49] | September 11–13, 2016 | 604 | ± 4.0% | 44% | 40% | — | 16% |
| Remington Research Group[50] | September 1–2, 2016 | 1,275 | ± 3.0% | 41% | 44% | — | 9% |
| Remington Research Group[51] | August 5–6, 2016 | 1,280 | ± 3% | 44% | 42% | — | 9% |
| Public Policy Polling[52] | September 22–23, 2015 | 731 | ± 3.6% | 39% | 44% | — | 17% |
Hypothetical polling
with Brad Bradshaw
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Brad Bradshaw (D) |
Mike Parson (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling[52] | September 22–23, 2015 | 731 | ± 3.6% | 37% | 39% | — | 24% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Brad Bradshaw (D) |
Bev Randles (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling[52] | September 22–23, 2015 | 731 | ± 3.6% | 39% | 28% | — | 33% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Parson | 1,459,392 | 52.80% | +3.64% | |
| Democratic | Russ Carnahan | 1,168,947 | 42.29% | −2.94% | |
| Libertarian | Steven R. Hedrick | 69,253 | 2.50% | −0.31% | |
| Green | Jennifer Leach | 66,490 | 2.41% | N/A | |
| Write-in | Jake Wilburn | 87 | 0.00% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 2,764,169 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
By congressional district
Parson won six of eight congressional districts.[54]
| District | Parson | Carnahan | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 18% | 77% | Lacy Clay |
| 2nd | 52% | 44% | Ann Wagner |
| 3rd | 59% | 37% | Blaine Luetkemeyer |
| 4th | 61% | 34% | Vicky Hartzler |
| 5th | 37% | 57% | Emanuel Cleaver |
| 6th | 58% | 37% | Sam Graves |
| 7th | 69% | 26% | Billy Long |
| 8th | 66% | 30% | Jason Smith |