2018 Missouri Senate election explained

Election Name:Missouri Senate elections, 2018
Country:Missouri
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Missouri Senate elections, 2016
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2020 Missouri Senate election
Next Year:2020
Seats For Election:17 of Missouri's 34 Senate seats in the Missouri Senate.
Image1:File:Ron Richard.jpg
Leader1:Ron Richard
(retired)
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Leader Since1:September 15, 2015
Leaders Seat1:32nd district
Last Election1:24
Seats1:24
Popular Vote1:710,940
Percentage1:58.59%
Leader2:Gina Walsh
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Leader Since2:July 7, 2016
Leaders Seat2:13th district
Last Election2:10
Seats2:10
Popular Vote2:494,965
Percentage2:40.79%
Map Size:300px
President pro tempore
Before Election:Ron Richard
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Dave Schatz
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 2018 Missouri Senate elections were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the seventeen Missouri Senators to the Missouri Senate. Half of the Senate's thirty-four seats are up for election every two years, with each Senator serving four-year terms. The next time that these seats were up was in the 2022 Missouri Senate election.

Results summary

Statewide

Party Candi-
dates
Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– !%
16 710,940 58.59% 14 82.35%
17 494,965 40.79% 3 17.65%
3 5,279 0.44% 0 0.00%
1 2,114 0.17% 0 0.00%
1 28 0.00% 0 0.00%
Total 38 1,213,326 100.00% 17 100.00%

District

Results of the 2018 Missouri State Senate elections by district:

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District 2 52,145 59.69% 35,219 40.31% - - 87,364 100.00% Republican Hold
District 4 16,773 22.96% 56,289 77.04% - - 73,062 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 6 52,861 73.22% 17,783 24.63% 1,548 2.15% 72,192 100.00% Republican Hold
District 8 41,094 54.69% 34,052 45.31% - - 75,146 100.00% Republican Hold
District 10 48,277 70.31% 20,384 29.69% - - 68,661 100.00% Republican Hold
District 12 49,947 72.50% 18,950 27.50% - - 68,897 100.00% Republican Hold
District 14 - - 51,815 100.00% - - 51,815 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 16 41,985 70.18% 17,839 29.82% - - 59,824 100.00% Republican Hold
District 18 46,225 70.30% 19,528 29.70% - - 65,753 100.00% Republican Hold
District 20 62,247 73.88% 22,006 26.12% - - 84,253 100.00% Republican Hold
District 22 40,553 58.33% 26,896 38.68% 2,077 2.99% 69,526 100.00% Republican Hold
District 24 30,494 37.15% 49,910 60.80% 1,682 2.05% 82,086 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 26 53,143 64.02% 29,866 35.98% - - 83,009 100.00% Republican Hold
District 28 53,659 79.18% 14,113 20.82% - - 67,772 100.00% Republican Hold
District 30 34,506 53.35% 30,175 46.65% - - 64,681 100.00% Republican Hold
District 32 48,38373.73% 15,125 23.05% 2,114 3.22% 65,622 100.00% Republican Hold
District 34 38,648 52.47% 35,015 47.53% - - 73,663 100.00% Republican Hold
Total 710,940 58.59% 494,965 40.79% 7,4210.61% 1,213,326 100.00%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 8, 9.38%
District 30, 6.7%
District 34, 4.94%

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