The Green Papers: Missouri 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:6,160,281 (1.99% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:10(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
Capital:Jefferson City
 

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Missouri State and Local Government

Missouri Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


The primary is for the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Constitution parties.

Special case for filing-- Per §115.361. "if a candidate withdraws within 2 working days prior to the close of filing, that position will reopen for filing on the first Tuesday after the established close" and close on the next Friday.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Joshua David "Josh" Hawley
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (7)
  Candidate Democratic     December L. Harmon
FEC S4MO00268; 30 Sep 23; Tot $9,294; Dsb $7,994
  Candidate Democratic     Lucas Kunce
FEC S2MO00528; 30 Sep 23; Tot $3,879,768; Dsb $2,167,677
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Karla May
FEC S4MO00276; 30 Sep 23; Tot $15,006; Dsb $778
  Candidate Republican     Senator Joshua David "Josh" Hawley
FEC S8MO00160; 30 Sep 23; Tot $3,630,120; Dsb $2,866,691
  Candidate Socialist Equality     Doris Ann Canaday
FEC S4MO00227
  Candidate Independent     Jared Young
FEC S4MO00284; 30 Sep 23; Tot $170,753; Dsb $111,557
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Zack Exley
FEC S4MO00219

Class 3 Republican Senator Eric S. Schmitt
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

  Republican Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson
Ascended to the Governor's chair: 1 June 2018 [re: resignation of Governor Eric Greitens (Republican)]. First elected: 2020.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (8)
  Candidate Democratic     Mike Hamra
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Crystal Quade
  Candidate Republican     Secretary of State John R. "Jay" Ashcroft
6 April 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     state Senator William C. "Bill" Eigel
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe
  Candidate Republican     Darrell McClanahan, III
  Candidate Republican     Deshon Porter
  Candidate Republican     Chris Wright

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe
Appointed 18 June 2018 [re: resignation of Lieutenant Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican)]. First elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 22 March 2021: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Richard D. Brown
  Candidate Republican     Franklin County Clerk Tim Baker
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Bob Onder
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Dean Plocher
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Holly Thompson Rehder

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (2 Undetermined);
6 Republican (6 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Member of Congress Cori Bush
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell
7 June 2023: Filed with the FEC S4MO00250 to run for US Senate Class 1.
30 October 2023: Filed with the FEC H4MO01134 and announced he was running for CD 1.

FEC H4MO01134; 30 Sep 23; Tot $281,239; Dsb $193,228
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Cori Bush
FEC H8MO01143; 30 Sep 23; Tot $428,644; Dsb $419,985

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress Ann L. Wagner
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     John Kiehne
FEC H4MO02074
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Ann L. Wagner
FEC H2MO02102; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,780,842; Dsb $783,926
  Candidate Independent     Wesley Smith
FEC H4MO02066

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress W. Blaine Luetkemeyer
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jonathan Karlen
FEC H2MO03159; 30 Jun 23; Tot $165; Dsb $0
  Candidate Democratic     Bethany Mann
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress W. Blaine Luetkemeyer
FEC H8MO09153; 30 Sep 23; Tot $815,256; Dsb $423,417

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress Mark Alford
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jeanette Cass
  Candidate Democratic     Jack Truman
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Mark Alford
FEC H2MO04207; 30 Sep 23; Tot $613,855; Dsb $399,803
  Candidate Independent     Alexander JS Heidenreich
FEC H4MO04153

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Member of Congress Emanuel Cleaver, II
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Emanuel Cleaver, II
FEC H4MO05234; 30 Sep 23; Tot $400,636; Dsb $437,749
  Candidate Republican     Jackson County Legislator Sean Smith
FEC H4MO05366
  Candidate Independent     John Bowman
Candidate for House CD 5 or Senate ?

FEC H4MO05358

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 6 Republican Member of Congress Samuel B. "Sam" Graves, Jr.
First elected: 2000
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Erik Richardson
FEC H4MO06109
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Samuel B. "Sam" Graves, Jr.
FEC H0MO06073; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,377,184; Dsb $719,200
  Candidate Republican     Dakota Shultz

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7 Republican Member of Congress Eric Burlison
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Forsyth Mayor Missi Smith Hesketh
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Eric Burlison
FEC H2MO07143; 30 Sep 23; Tot $282,425; Dsb $170,448

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8 Republican Member of Congress Jason T. Smith
First elected in a Special election: 4 June 2013 (re: resignation of Member of Congress Jo Ann Emerson)
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Randi McCallian
FEC H2MO08091; 30 Sep 23; Tot $11,257; Dsb $13,195
  Candidate Democratic     Franklin Delano Roth, II
FEC H4MO08238
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Jason T. Smith
FEC H4MO08162; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,854,497; Dsb $1,226,216
  Candidate Republican     James David Snider, III
FEC H4MO08246

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Secretary of State John R. "Jay" Ashcroft
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 6 April 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Denny Hoskins
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Caleb Rowden
  Candidate Republican     Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Adam Schwadron

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey
Appointed: 23 November 2022 and sworn 3 January 2023 [re: Attorney General Eric S. Schmitt (Republican) (Republican) winning the Class 3 Senate Seat in November 2022]. Previously served as Assistant Attorney General.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Elad Gross
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Andrew Bailey
  Candidate Republican     Will Scharf
 

Attorney General Eric S. Schmitt (Republican) was appointed Attorney General on 13 November 2018 [re: Attorney General Joshua David "Josh" Hawley (Republican) winning the Class 1 Senate Seat in November 2018] and first elected in 2020. He previously served as state Treasurer (2017-2019).

Attorney General Eric S. Schmitt (Republican) ran for and won the Class 3 Senate Seat in 2022.

23 November 2022: Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) appointed Andrew Bailey as the replacement Attorney General effective upon Attorney General Eric S. Schmitt (Republican) taking office in the U.S. Senate on 3 January 2023.


Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 terms

  Republican Treasurer Vivek Malek
Appointed: 20 December 2022 [re: 8 November 2022 election of Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick (Republican) to the office state Auditor].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Andrew Koenig
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer Vivek Malek
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Cody Smith
 Scott Fitzpatrick (Republican) was appointed Treasurer on 19 December 2018 [re: Treasurer Eric S. Schmitt (Republican) appointment to Attorney General] and was first elected in 2020. He previously served in the state House.
Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick (Republican) ran for and won the contest for state Auditor on 8 November 2022.
20 December 2022: Governor Michael L. "Mike" Parson (Republican) announced the appointment of Vivek Malek (Republican) as state Treasurer to fill the vacancy created by the election of Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick (Republican) to the office state Auditor.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 19 candidates
  Republican: 14 incumbents, 29 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Socialist Equality: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 4 candidates
  No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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