| Election Name: | 2022 Missouri elections |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Next Election: | 2024 Missouri elections |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Missouri elections |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
Missouri state elections were held on November 8, 2022, and the primary election were held on August 2, 2022.[1]
Missouri voters elected their Class 3 US Senator, State Auditor, all of the seats for the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Missouri House of Representatives, and 17 of 34 seats in the Missouri State Senate. The two statewide officer holders, Roy Blunt and Nicole Galloway, did not run for re-election leaving both statewide seats with no incumbents.[2] [3] Two of the seats for the House of Representatives were open as incumbent Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long both ran unsuccessfully for the open Senate seat.[4] [5]
See main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Missouri.
See main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri. All eight U.S. representatives in Missouri who were up for election.
See main article: 2022 Missouri State Auditor election.
All 163 seats of the Missouri House of Representatives and 17 of 34 seats of the Missouri State Senate were up for election. Before the election, the composition of the Missouri State Legislature was:
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 24 | |
| Democratic | 10 | |
| Total | 34 | |
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 108 | |
| Democratic | 49 | |
| Total | 163 | |
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 24 | |
| Democratic | 10 | |
| Total | 34 | |
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 112 | |
| Democratic | 51 | |
| Total | 163 | |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Nick Schroer | John Wiemann | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | July 19–21, 2022 | 344 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 36% | 25% | 39% | |||
| Public Opinion Strategies (R) | June 26–29, 2022 | 250 (LV) | ± 6.2% | 36% | 18% | 46% | |||
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | May 18–19, 2022 | 346 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 22% | 9% | 69% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Mike Carter | Travis Fitzwater | Randy Pietzman | Jeff Porter | Joshua Price | Bryan Spencer | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | July 22–25, 2022 | 314 (LV) | ± 5.5% | 28% | 18% | – | 10% | 8% | 10% | 25% | |||
| Pietzman withdraws from the race[6] | |||||||||||||
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | April 9–11, 2022 | 301 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 10% | 17% | 15% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 40% | |||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rusty Black | J. Eggleston | Delus Johnson | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | July 22–24, 2022 | 377 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 43% | 24% | 8% | 25% | |||
| Remington Research (R) | June 30 – July 5, 2022 | 452 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 38% | 14% | 6% | 42% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Brian Gelner | Curtis Trent | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | July 23–26, 2022 | 303 (LV) | ± 5.5% | 29% | 42% | 29% | |||
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | May 31 – June 2, 2022 | 322 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 6% | 17% | 77% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Coleman | Shane Roden | Jeff Roorda | Dan Shaul | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | July 25–28, 2022 | 303 (LV) | ± 5.5% | 23% | 14% | 22% | 16% | 25% | |||
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | March 30 – April 1, 2022 | 326 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 15% | 10% | 16% | 12% | 47% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ben Brown | Jason Franklin | Bob Jones | Skaggs | Nate Tate | Undecided | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | July 24–27, 2022 | 309 (LV) | ± 5.5% | 18% | 1% | 22% | 4% | 23% | 32% | |||
| Remington Research (R)/Missouri Scout | April 9–11, 2022 | 297 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 20% | 65% |
There was four amendments as well as a question to rewrite the state constitution on the ballot in November.[7] [8] Amendment 1 changes how the State Treasurer of Missouri is allowed to invest taxpayer money.[9] Amendment 3 legalizes cannabis and allows expungement of convictions while also allowing judges to deny the expungement for "good cause".[10] Amendment 4 makes an exception to the Hancock Amendment to allow the increase of required spending for the Kansas City Police put in place by SB 678.[11] Amendment 5 makes the Missouri National Guard its own department and renames it to Missouri Department of the National Guard.