2022 Missouri Senate election

2022 Missouri Senate election
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17 even-numbered districts in the Missouri Senate; 18 seats needed for a majority
	; Democratic hold Republican hold; No election ; Republican: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Democratic: 50–60% 70–80% >90%
President pro tempore before election; Dave Schatz; Republican	Elected President pro tempore ; Caleb Rowden; Republican

The 2022 Missouri Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election held on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.^[1]^[2] Missouri voters selected state senators in the 17 even-numbered districts of the Senate to serve four-year terms.^[3] The last time that these seats were up for election was the 2018 Missouri Senate election, and the next time that these seats will be up for election will be the 2026 Missouri State Senate election.

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The election coincided with United States national elections and Missouri state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Auditor, and Missouri House.^[4]^[5]

Following the previous election in 2020, Republicans held a 24-to-10-seat supermajority over Democrats.^[6] The balance of power remained unchanged with Republicans keeping their supermajority of 24-to-10 over Democrats.^[7]

These were the first elections in Missouri following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries.^[8]^[9]

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Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candi- dates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	16	682,007	67.54%	14		82.35%
	Democratic Party	12	313,588	31.05%	3		17.65%
	Libertarian Party	2	14,209	1.41%	0		0.00%
	Write-Ins		24	0.00%	0		0.00%
Total		30	1,009,828	100.00%	17		100.00%

Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
2	Bob Onder	Rep	Nick Schroer	Rep
4	Karla May	Dem	Karla May	Dem
6	Mike Bernskoetter	Rep	Mike Bernskoetter	Rep
8	Mike Cierpiot	Rep	Mike Cierpiot	Rep
10	Jeanie Riddle	Rep	Travis Fitzwater	Rep
12	Dan Hegeman	Rep	Rusty Black	Rep
14	Brian Williams	Dem	Brian Williams	Dem
16	Justin Brown	Rep	Justin Brown	Rep
18	Cindy O'Laughlin	Rep	Cindy O'Laughlin	Rep
20	Eric Burlison	Rep	Curtis Trent	Rep
22	Paul Wieland	Rep	Mary Elizabeth Coleman	Rep
24	Jill Schupp	Dem	Tracy McCreery	Dem
26	Dave Schatz	Rep	Benjamin "Ben" Brown	Rep
28	Sandy Crawford	Rep	Sandy Crawford	Rep
30	Lincoln Hough	Rep	Lincoln Hough	Rep
32	Bill White	Rep	Jill Carter	Rep
34	Tony Luetkemeyer	Rep	Tony Luetkemeyer	Rep

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Nick Shroer	John D. Wiemann	Other	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)^[11]^[A]	July 19–21, 2022	344 (LV)	± 5.1%	36%	25%	–	39%
Public Opinion Strategies^[12]	June 26–29, 2022	250 (LV)	± 6.2%	36%	18%	2%^[b]	44%
Remington Research Group (R)^[13]^[A]	May 18–19, 2022	346 (LV)	± 5.3%	22%	9%	–	69%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Mike Carter	Travis Fitzwater	Randy Pietzman	Jeff Porter	Joshua Price	Bryan Spencer	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)^[14]^[A]	July 22–25, 2022	314 (LV)	± 5.5%	28%	18%	–	10%	8%	10%	25%
The Tarrance Group (R)^[15]^[B]	June 14–16, 2022	303 (LV)	± 5.8%	42%	13%	–	10%	3%	12%	25%
Remington Research Group (R)^[16]^[A]	April 9–11, 2022	301 (LV)	± 5.3%	10%	17%	15%	8%	3%	7%	40%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Brian Gelner	Curtis Trent	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)^[18]^[A]	July 23–26, 2022	303 (LV)	± 5.5%	29%	42%	29%
Remington Research Group (R)^[19]^[A]	May 31 – June 2, 2022	322 (LV)	± 5.3%	6%	17%	77%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Mary Elizabeth Coleman	Shane Roden	Jeff Roorda	Dan Shaul	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)^[20]^[A]	July 25–28, 2022	303 (LV)	± 5.5%	23%	14%	22%	16%	25%
Remington Research Group (R)^[21]^[A]	March 30 – April 1, 2022	326 (LV)	± 5.3%	15%	10%	16%	12%	47%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Ben Brown	Jason Franklin	Bob Jones	Merry-Noella Skaggs	Nate Tate	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)^[22]^[A]	July 24–27, 2022	309 (LV)	± 5.5%	18%	1%	22%	4%	23%	32%
Remington Research Group (R)^[23]^[A]	July 24–27, 2022	309 (LV)	± 5.5%	4%	1%	5%	5%	20%	65%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Tracy McCreery (D)	Georga Hruza (R)	LaDonna Higgins (L)	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)^[24]^[A]	October 18–20, 2022	406 (LV)	± 4.9%	49%	44%	1%	7%
Remington Research Group (R)^[25]^[A]	September 13–16, 2022	441 (LV)	± 4.8%	50%	42%	1%	7%
Show Me Victories (D)^[26]^[C]	May 21–22, 2022	638 (RV)	± 3.5%	49%	35%	–	16%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Nick Schroer	12,047	57.60%
	Republican	John D. Wiemann	8,868	42.40%
Total votes			20,915	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Michael Sinclair	8,561	100.00%
Total votes			8,561	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nick Schroer	42,568	63.00%
	Democratic	Michael Sinclair	24,998	37.00%
Total votes			67,566	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Karla May (incumbent)	24,644	100.00%
Total votes			24,644	100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Mary Theresa McLean	5,506	100.00%
Total votes			5,506	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karla May (incumbent)	51,419	74.17%
	Republican	Mary Theresa McLean	17,906	25.83%
Total votes			69,325	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Mike Bernskoetter (incumbent)	17,441	55.49%
	Republican	Scott Riedel	13,991	44.51%
Total votes			31,432	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bernskoetter (incumbent)	56,424	100.00%
Total votes			56,424	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Mike Cierpiot (incumbent)	9,085	49.96%
	Republican	Joe Nicola	5,600	30.79%
	Republican	Rachl Aguirre	3,500	19.25%
Total votes			18,185	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Antoine D. Jennings	12,713	100.00%
Total votes			12,713	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Cierpiot (incumbent)	38,018	55.81%
	Democratic	Antoine D. Jennings	30,100	44.19%
Total votes			68,118	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Travis Fitzwater	7,625	31.46%
	Republican	Mike (Michael) Carter	6,948	28.67%
	Republican	Bryan Spencer	5,493	22.66%
	Republican	Jeff Porter	3,343	13.79%
	Republican	Joshua Price	827	3.41%
Total votes			24,236	100.00%
Libertarian Party Primary Results
	Libertarian	Catherine Dreher	105	100.00%
Total votes			105	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Travis Fitzwater	44,169	77.63%
	Libertarian	Catherine Dreher	12,728	22.37%
Total votes			56,897	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Rusty Black	20,385	64.82%
	Republican	J. Eggleston	8,153	25.92%
	Republican	Delus Johnson	2,912	9.26%
Total votes			31,450	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Michael J. Baumli	4,324	100.00%
Total votes			4,324	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rusty Black	51,470	80.77%
	Democratic	Michael J. Baumli	12,254	19.23%
Total votes			63,724	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Brian Williams (incumbent)	18,063	100.00%
Total votes			18,063	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Williams (incumbent)	41,832	99.94%
	Independent	John Winkler^[c]	24	0.06%
Total votes			41,856	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Justin Dan Brown (incumbent)	10,986	50.91%
	Republican	Suzie Pollock	10,595	49.09%
Total votes			21,581	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Tara Anura	2,805	100.00%
Total votes			2,805	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Dan Brown (incumbent)	39,087	80.67%
	Democratic	Tara Anura	9,363	19.33%
Total votes			48,450	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Cindy O'Laughlin (incumbent)	19,720	100.00%
Total votes			19,720	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Ayanna Shivers	3,850	100.00%
Total votes			3,850	100.00%

Defeated in primary election

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District 26

General election polling

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy O'Laughlin (incumbent)	42,989	75.78%
	Democratic	Ayanna Shivers	13,739	24.22%
Total votes			56,728	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Curtis Trent	16,106	58.44%
	Republican	Brian Gelner	11,452	41.56%
Total votes			27,558	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curtis Trent	54,504	100.00%
Total votes			54,504	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Mary Elizabeth Coleman	7,615	34.86%
	Republican	Jeff Roorda	5,246	24.02%
	Republican	Dan Shaul	5,095	23.33%
	Republican	Shane Roden	3,886	17.79%
Total votes			21,842	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Benjamin Hagin	7,680	100.00%
Total votes			7,680	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Elizabeth Coleman	40,695	65.48%
	Democratic	Benjamin Hagin	21,456	34.52%
Total votes			62,151	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Tracy McCreery	18,367	100.00%
Total votes			18,367	100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	George J. Hruza	8,325	59.25%
	Republican	Brett A. Schenck	5,725	40.75%
Total votes			14,050	100.00%
Libertarian Party Primary Results
	Libertarian	LaDonna Higgins	83	100.00%
Total votes			83	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tracy McCreery	43,081	53.37%
	Republican	George J. Hruza	36,164	44.80%
	Libertarian	LaDonna Higgins	1,481	1.83%
Total votes			80,726	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Ben Brown	10,811	39.00%
	Republican	Bob Jones	7,735	27.90%
	Republican	Nate Tate	7,394	26.67%
	Republican	Merry-Noella Skaggs	1,041	3.76%
	Republican	Jason Franklin	742	2.68%
Total votes			27,723	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	John Kiehne	5,720	100.00%
Total votes			5,720	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Brown	48,469	73.90%
	Democratic	John Kiehne	17,115	26.10%
Total votes			65,584	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Sandy Crawford (incumbent)	18,995	63.66%
	Republican	Janet Arnold	5,722	19.18%
	Republican	Bill Yarberry	5,119	17.16%
Total votes			29,836	100.00%