2022 Missouri Senate election

2022 Missouri Senate election
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 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]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[10]	Safe R	May 19, 2022

Overview

Statewide

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%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 24, 8.569%

Summary of results by Senate district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.^[1]^[4]^[5]

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

Detailed Results by Senate District

Sources for election results:^[1]^[4]^[5]

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34

District 2

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 4

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 6

Primary Election Results
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%

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

District 8

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 10

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 12

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 14

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

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

District 16

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 18

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 20

Primary Election Results
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%

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

District 22

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 24

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 26

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
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

District 28

Primary Election Results
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%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandy Crawford (incumbent)	55,062	100.00%
Total votes			55,062	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 30

Primary Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Lincoln Hough (incumbent)	8,771	56.62%
	Republican	Angela Romine	6,721	43.38%
Total votes			15,492	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Raymond Lampert	8,300	100.00%
Total votes			8,300	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Hough (incumbent)	30,483	57.57%
	Democratic	Raymond Lampert	22,464	42.43%
Total votes			52,947	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 32

Primary Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Jill Carter	13,440	52.24%
	Republican	William (Bill) White (incumbent)	12,286	47.76%
Total votes			25,726	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jill Carter	46,763	100.00%
Total votes			46,763	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 34

Primary Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Tony Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	14,881	100.00%
Total votes			14,881	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Sarah Shorter	10,642	100.00%
Total votes			10,642	100.00%

General Election Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	37,236	59.10%
	Democratic	Sarah Shorter	25,767	40.90%
Total votes			63,003	100.00%
	Republican hold

Notes

^ The candidate ran a write-in campaign in this election.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Missouri State Senate elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
^ "Missouri Senate". Missouri General Assembly. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri - 08/02/2022 - 2022 Primary Election, Tuesday, August 02, 2022" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri - General Election, November 08, 2022, Tuesday, November 8, 2022" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ "Missouri State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ Pivoney, Ryan (November 10, 2022). "Republicans maintain supermajority in Missouri Legislature following midterms". Jefferson City News Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
^ "Final Redistricting Maps". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ "Statewide Senate Map" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.

External links

State Senate
Election at Ballotpedia
Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Missouri", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"Missouri: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
"League of Women Voters of Missouri". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

[WI-11] The candidate ran a write-in campaign in this election.

[22MOSBP-1] "Missouri State Senate elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[22NCSL-2] "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

[MOS-3] "Missouri Senate". Missouri General Assembly. Retrieved June 19, 2024.

[22MOPrim-4] "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri - 08/02/2022 - 2022 Primary Election, Tuesday, August 02, 2022" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[22MOGen-5] "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri - General Election, November 08, 2022, Tuesday, November 8, 2022" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[20MOSBP-6] "Missouri State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

[Outcome-7] Pivoney, Ryan (November 10, 2022). "Republicans maintain supermajority in Missouri Legislature following midterms". Jefferson City News Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2024.

[21Redistricting1-8] "Final Redistricting Maps". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

[21Redistricting2-9] "Statewide Senate Map" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 19, 2024.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-10] Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.

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