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2024 Missouri Attorney General election

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The 2024 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the state of Missouri. It coincided with the concurrent presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of Missouri. Primary elections took place on August 6, 2024.[1] Incumbent Andrew Bailey won the Republican nomination, while Elad Gross won the Democratic nomination.

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2024 Missouri Attorney General election
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November 5, 2024
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Nominee Andrew Bailey Elad Gross
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,739,626 1,103,482
Percentage 59.78% 37.92%
Bailey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Gross:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes
Attorney General before election

Andrew Bailey
Republican

 Elected Attorney General

Andrew Bailey
Republican

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In the general election, Bailey won about 60 percent of the vote, defeating Gross.[2] This marked Bailey's first election to a full term in office, as he was previously appointed in 2022 by Missouri governor Mike Parson to succeed outgoing Attorney General Eric Schmitt upon Schmitt's election to the U.S. Senate.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Andrew Bailey

Executive Branch Officials

U.S. Senators

Statewide officials

Organizations

Will Scharf

Executive Branch Officials

Statewide officials

Individuals

Organizations

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Andrew
Bailey		 Will
Scharf		 Undecided
Battleground Connect (R)[14][A] July 30–31, 2024 896 (LV) ± 3.1% 41% 30% 29%
Remington Research Group (R)[15][A] July 22–24, 2024 864 (LV) ± 3.3% 36% 31% 33%
co/efficient (R)[16] July 21–22, 2024 981 (LV) ± 3.92% 27% 17% 56%
co/efficient (R)[17][B] July 10–11, 2024 909 (LV) ± 3.25% 34% 13% 53%
Public Opinion Strategies[18][C] June 20–24, 2024 500 (V) ± 4.38% 52% 19% 39%
Remington Research (R)[19][A] June 19–20, 2024 701 (LV) ± 3.6% 27% 23% 50%
WPA Intelligence[20][D] June 2–4, 2024 502 (LV) ± 4.4% 35% 17% 48%
Remington Research (R)[21][A] February 14–15, 2024 706 (LV) ± 3.6% 24% 18% 58%
Remington Research (R)[22][A] January 17–18, 2024 806 (LV) ± 3.3% 24% 17% 59%
Remington Research (R)[23][A] September 27–28, 2023 714 (LV) ± 3.4% 26% 15% 59%
Remington Research (R)[24][A] July 5–7, 2023 706 (LV) ± 3.4% 25% 14% 61%
Remington Research (R)[25][A] April 11–12, 2023 778 (LV) ± 3.4% 24% 14% 62%
Remington Research (R)[26][A] February 8–9, 2023 820 (LV) ± 3.2% 10% 10% 80%
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Results

Results by county:
Bailey
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
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Republican primary results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andrew Bailey (incumbent) 413,465 63.0
Republican Will Scharf 242,680 37.0
Total votes 656,145 100.0
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Elad Gross, civil rights attorney, former assistant attorney general, and candidate for attorney general in 2020[28]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Elad Gross

Newspapers

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Elad
Gross		 Sarah
Unsicker		 Undecided
Remington Research Group[32][A] July 12–13, 2023 661 (LV) ± 3.9% 13% 24% 63%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Democratic primary results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elad Gross 343,934 100.00%
Total votes 343,934 100.00%
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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Ryan Munro, attorney[33]

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Libertarian primary results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Ryan Munro 2,401 100.00%
Total votes 2,401 100.00%
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General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[34] Safe R July 25, 2024
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Andrew
Bailey (R)		 Elad
Gross (D)		 Other Undecided
ActiVote[35] October 8–27, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 57% 43% – –
ActiVote[36] September 6 – October 13, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 60% 40% – –
Remington Research Group[37][A] October 2–3, 2024 753 (LV) ± 3.2% 51% 42% 1%[b] 6%
YouGov/Saint Louis University[38] August 8–16, 2024 450 (LV) ± 5.40% 51% 38% 1% 9%
Remington Research Group[39][A] March 6–8, 2024 713 (LV) ± 3.9% 50% 35% – 15%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2024 Missouri Attorney General election[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Andrew Bailey (incumbent) 1,739,626 59.78% +0.40%
Democratic Elad Gross 1,103,482 37.92% +0.05%
Libertarian Ryan Munro 66,878 2.30% −0.45%
Total votes 2,909,986 100.00% N/A
Republican hold
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By county

More information County, Andrew Bailey Republican ...
County[41] Andrew Bailey
Republican		 Elad Gross
Democratic		 Ryan Munro
Libertarian		 Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Adair 6,798 68.40% 2,927 29.45% 213 2.14% 3,871 38.95% 9,938
Andrew 7,305 76.98% 2,000 21.07% 185 1.95% 5,305 55.90% 9,490
Atchison 2,079 81.66% 405 15.91% 62 2.44% 1,674 65.75% 2,546
Audrain 7,642 75.25% 2,264 22.29% 249 2.45% 5,378 52.96% 10,155
Barry 12,889 82.37% 2,452 15.67% 306 1.96% 10,437 66.70% 15,647
Barton 5,019 86.34% 690 11.87% 104 1.79% 4,329 74.47% 5,813
Bates 6,427 80.62% 1,378 17.29% 167 2.09% 5,049 63.33% 7,972
Benton 8,355 79.80% 1,886 18.01% 229 2.19% 6,469 61.79% 10,470
Bollinger 5,206 86.98% 675 11.28% 104 1.74% 4,531 75.71% 5,985
Boone 40,005 46.21% 44,361 51.24% 2,213 2.56% -4,356 -5.03% 86,579
Buchanan 22,416 64.77% 11,289 32.62% 906 2.62% 11,127 32.15% 34,611
Butler 14,334 82.18% 2,815 16.14% 293 1.68% 11,519 66.04% 17,442
Caldwell 3,687 80.71% 761 16.66% 120 2.63% 2,926 64.05% 4,568
Callaway 15,010 72.04% 5,228 25.09% 597 2.87% 9,782 46.95% 20,835
Camden 19,225 77.96% 4,876 19.77% 558 2.26% 14,349 58.19% 24,659
Cape Girardeau 29,030 74.42% 9,132 23.41% 848 2.17% 19,898 51.01% 39,010
Carroll 3,616 82.92% 652 14.95% 93 2.13% 2,964 67.97% 4,361
Carter 2,406 86.92% 329 11.89% 33 1.19% 2,077 75.04% 2,768
Cass 38,362 66.73% 17,535 30.50% 1,591 2.77% 20,827 36.23% 57,488
Cedar 5,818 84.06% 934 13.50% 169 2.44% 4,884 70.57% 6,921
Chariton 3,077 78.98% 738 18.94% 81 2.08% 2,339 60.04% 3,896
Christian 38,160 77.10% 10,189 20.59% 1,142 2.31% 27,971 56.52% 49,491
Clark 2,554 80.31% 550 17.30% 76 2.39% 2,004 63.02% 3,180
Clay 68,097 53.61% 55,686 43.84% 3,229 2.54% 12,411 9.77% 127,012
Clinton 8,038 74.13% 2,525 23.29% 280 2.58% 5,513 50.84% 10,843
Cole 26,922 68.83% 11,270 28.81% 924 2.36% 15,652 40.01% 39,116
Cooper 6,425 74.15% 2,042 23.57% 198 2.29% 4,383 50.58% 8,665
Crawford 8,487 80.54% 1,877 17.81% 174 1.65% 6,610 62.73% 10,538
Dade 3,449 84.64% 547 13.42% 79 1.94% 2,902 71.21% 4,075
Dallas 6,765 82.70% 1,234 15.09% 181 2.21% 5,531 67.62% 8,180
Daviess 3,067 80.60% 636 16.71% 102 2.68% 2,431 63.89% 3,805
DeKalb 3,753 80.87% 785 16.91% 103 2.22% 2,968 63.95% 4,641
Dent 5,831 84.93% 902 13.14% 133 1.94% 4,929 71.79% 6,866
Douglas 6,005 85.63% 869 12.39% 139 1.98% 5,136 73.24% 7,013
Dunklin 7,923 81.82% 1,584 16.36% 176 1.82% 6,339 65.47% 9,683
Franklin 39,322 73.32% 13,029 24.29% 1,281 2.39% 26,293 49.02% 53,632
Gasconade 6,254 80.48% 1,402 18.04% 115 1.48% 4,852 62.44% 7,771
Gentry 2,591 82.20% 518 16.43% 43 1.36% 2,073 65.77% 3,152
Greene 87,098 61.70% 50,821 36.00% 3,241 2.30% 36,277 25.70% 141,160
Grundy 3,562 82.91% 666 15.50% 68 1.58% 2,896 67.41% 4,296
Harrison 3,210 85.87% 488 13.06% 40 1.07% 2,722 72.82% 3,738
Henry 8,069 76.69% 2,199 20.90% 253 2.40% 5,870 55.79% 10,521
Hickory 4,017 81.02% 839 16.92% 102 2.06% 3,178 64.10% 4,958
Holt 1,921 85.15% 283 12.54% 52 2.30% 1,638 72.61% 2,256
Howard 3,491 72.61% 1,201 24.98% 116 2.41% 2,290 47.63% 4,808
Howell 15,346 83.52% 2,714 14.77% 313 1.70% 12,632 68.75% 18,373
Iron 3,429 79.43% 797 18.46% 91 2.11% 2,632 60.97% 4,317
Jackson 125,136 40.45% 175,568 56.75% 8,648 2.80% -50,432 -16.30% 309,352
Jasper 39,016 74.16% 12,325 23.43% 1,270 2.41% 26,691 50.73% 52,611
Jefferson 77,770 67.80% 34,020 29.66% 2,922 2.55% 43,750 38.14% 114,712
Johnson 16,089 69.97% 6,256 27.21% 648 2.82% 9,833 42.77% 22,993
Knox 1,373 83.16% 245 14.84% 33 2.00% 1,128 68.32% 1,651
Laclede 14,143 83.94% 2,392 14.20% 313 1.86% 11,751 69.75% 16,848
Lafayette 12,521 74.26% 3,976 23.58% 365 2.16% 8,545 50.68% 16,862
Lawrence 14,606 82.11% 2,799 15.74% 383 2.15% 11,807 66.38% 17,788
Lewis 3,469 80.51% 733 17.01% 107 2.48% 2,736 63.50% 4,309
Lincoln 23,776 76.61% 6,467 20.84% 794 2.56% 17,309 55.77% 31,037
Linn 4,312 78.43% 1,057 19.23% 129 2.35% 3,255 59.20% 5,498
Livingston 5,288 79.96% 1,213 18.34% 112 1.69% 4,075 61.62% 6,613
Macon 6,220 81.50% 1,289 16.89% 123 1.61% 4,931 64.61% 7,632
Madison 4,537 81.72% 898 16.17% 117 2.11% 3,639 65.54% 5,552
Maries 3,930 84.12% 667 14.28% 75 1.61% 3,263 69.84% 4,672
Marion 9,787 76.82% 2,662 20.89% 291 2.28% 7,125 55.93% 12,740
McDonald 7,656 83.81% 1,300 14.23% 179 1.96% 6,356 69.58% 9,135
Mercer 1,496 87.23% 197 11.49% 22 1.28% 1,299 75.74% 1,715
Miller 10,476 84.00% 1,726 13.84% 270 2.16% 8,750 70.16% 12,472
Mississippi 3,259 77.10% 883 20.89% 85 2.01% 2,376 56.21% 4,227
Moniteau 5,810 82.54% 1,083 15.39% 146 2.07% 4,727 67.15% 7,039
Monroe 3,365 80.52% 737 17.64% 77 1.84% 2,628 62.89% 4,179
Montgomery 4,722 80.80% 1,020 17.45% 102 1.75% 3,702 63.35% 5,844
Morgan 7,517 80.25% 1,638 17.49% 212 2.26% 5,879 62.76% 9,367
New Madrid 5,085 77.86% 1,325 20.29% 121 1.85% 3,760 57.57% 6,531
Newton 22,758 79.69% 5,248 18.38% 553 1.94% 17,510 61.31% 28,559
Nodaway 6,953 73.61% 2,322 24.58% 171 1.81% 4,631 49.03% 9,446
Oregon 3,686 83.70% 632 14.35% 86 1.95% 3,054 69.35% 4,404
Osage 6,553 87.04% 874 11.61% 102 1.35% 5,679 75.43% 7,529
Ozark 3,911 85.15% 599 13.04% 83 1.81% 3,312 72.11% 4,593
Pemiscot 3,750 74.93% 1,201 24.00% 54 1.08% 2,549 50.93% 5,005
Perry 7,650 82.77% 1,450 15.69% 143 1.55% 6,200 67.08% 9,243
Pettis 13,841 74.98% 4,185 22.67% 433 2.35% 9,656 52.31% 18,459
Phelps 13,484 71.53% 4,896 25.97% 471 2.50% 8,588 45.66% 18,851
Pike 6,016 79.10% 1,483 19.50% 107 1.41% 4,533 59.60% 7,606
Platte 30,095 53.03% 25,303 44.59% 1,348 2.38% 4,792 8.44% 56,746
Polk 12,722 81.78% 2,531 16.27% 303 1.95% 10,191 65.51% 15,556
Pulaski 11,278 75.09% 3,318 22.09% 423 2.82% 7,960 53.00% 15,019
Putnam 1,949 85.71% 286 12.58% 39 1.72% 1,663 73.13% 2,274
Ralls 4,455 79.80% 1,029 18.43% 99 1.77% 3,426 61.36% 5,583
Randolph 8,208 76.57% 2,262 21.10% 249 2.32% 5,946 55.47% 10,719
Ray 8,187 72.95% 2,681 23.89% 355 3.16% 5,506 49.06% 11,223
Reynolds 2,360 82.60% 437 15.30% 60 2.10% 1,923 67.31% 2,857
Ripley 4,742 85.49% 704 12.69% 101 1.82% 4,038 72.80% 5,547
Saline 6,456 71.23% 2,393 26.40% 214 2.36% 4,063 44.83% 9,063
Schuyler 1,503 82.04% 277 15.12% 52 2.84% 1,226 66.92% 1,832
Scotland 1,501 82.65% 280 15.42% 35 1.93% 1,221 67.24% 1,816
Scott 13,544 80.01% 3,106 18.35% 277 1.64% 10,438 61.66% 16,927
Shannon 3,170 82.88% 581 15.19% 74 1.93% 2,589 67.69% 3,825
Shelby 2,591 83.04% 471 15.10% 58 1.86% 2,120 67.95% 3,120
St. Charles 129,727 59.47% 83,203 38.14% 5,218 2.39% 46,524 21.33% 218,148
St. Clair 3,969 80.64% 864 17.55% 89 1.81% 3,105 63.08% 4,922
St. Francois 20,508 75.07% 6,242 22.85% 568 2.08% 14,266 52.22% 27,318
St. Louis City 20,234 17.84% 90,381 79.71% 2,774 2.45% -70,147 -61.86% 113,389
St. Louis County 195,717 39.74% 286,847 58.25% 9,900 2.01% -91,130 -18.50% 492,464
Ste. Genevieve 6,699 72.58% 2,350 25.46% 181 1.96% 4,349 47.12% 9,230
Stoddard 11,439 86.67% 1,542 11.68% 217 1.64% 9,897 74.99% 13,198
Stone 15,198 81.72% 3,066 16.49% 333 1.79% 12,132 65.24% 18,597
Sullivan 1,987 83.21% 362 15.16% 39 1.63% 1,625 68.05% 2,388
Taney 20,757 80.03% 4,605 17.75% 576 2.22% 16,152 62.27% 25,938
Texas 9,599 85.32% 1,415 12.58% 236 2.10% 8,184 72.75% 11,250
Vernon 6,972 79.99% 1,563 17.93% 181 2.08% 5,409 62.06% 8,716
Warren 14,553 74.88% 4,452 22.91% 430 2.21% 10,101 51.97% 19,435
Washington 7,969 81.42% 1,613 16.48% 206 2.10% 6,356 64.94% 9,788
Wayne 4,784 85.35% 721 12.86% 100 1.78% 4,063 72.49% 5,605
Webster 15,682 81.26% 3,173 16.44% 444 2.30% 12,509 64.82% 19,299
Worth 866 82.09% 166 15.73% 23 2.18% 700 66.35% 1,055
Wright 7,752 87.88% 912 10.34% 157 1.78% 6,840 77.54% 8,821
Totals1,739,62659.78%1,103,48237.92%66,8782.30%636,14421.86%2,909,986
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By congressional district

Bailey won six of eight congressional districts.[42]

More information District, Bailey ...
District Bailey Gross Representative
1st 22% 76% Cori Bush (118th Congress)
Wesley Bell (119th Congress)
2nd 55% 43% Ann Wagner
3rd 64% 33% Blaine Luetkemeyer (118th Congress)
Bob Onder (119th Congress)
4th 71% 26% Mark Alford
5th 38% 59% Emanuel Cleaver
6th 70% 28% Sam Graves
7th 72% 26% Eric Burlison
8th 77% 21% Jason Smith
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. [b]
    Munro (L) with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. [A]
    Poll sponsored by the Missouri Scout
  2. [B]
    Poll sponsored by Bailey's campaign
  3. [C]
    Poll sponsored by Liberty and Justice PAC, which supports Bailey
  4. [D]
    Poll sponsored by Club for Growth, which supports Scharf

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