2022 Missouri Senate election

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2022 Missouri Senate election
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17 even-numbered districts in the Missouri Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Dave Schatz
(retired)		 John Rizzo
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 9, 2019 January 5, 2018
Leader's seat 26th - Sullivan 11th - Independence
Seats before 24 10
Seats after 24 10
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 682,007 313,588
Percentage 67.54% 31.05%
     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 last time that these seats were up for election was the 2018 Missouri Senate election, and the next time that these seats will be up for election will be the 2026 Missouri State Senate election.

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

Retirements

Incumbents defeated

Defeated in primary election

Overview

Statewide

PartyCandi-
dates		VotesSeats
No.%No.+/–%
Republican Party16682,00767.54%14Steady82.35%
Democratic Party12313,58831.05%3Steady17.65%
Libertarian Party214,2091.41%0Steady0.00%
Write-Ins240.00%0Steady0.00%
Total301,009,828100.00%17Steady100.00%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. 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 Party Elected Senator Party
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

Polling

Primary election polling

District 2

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Nick
Shroer		 John D.
Wiemann		 Other Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[11][A] July 19–21, 2022 344 (LV) ± 5.1% 36% 25% – 39%
Public Opinion Strategies[12] June 26–29, 2022 250 (LV) ± 6.2% 36% 18% 2%[b] 44%
Remington Research Group (R)[13][A] May 18–19, 2022 346 (LV) ± 5.3% 22% 9% – 69%

District 10

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Mike
Carter		 Travis
Fitzwater		 Randy
Pietzman		 Jeff
Porter		 Joshua
Price		 Bryan
Spencer		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[14][A] July 22–25, 2022 314 (LV) ± 5.5% 28% 18% – 10% 8% 10% 25%
The Tarrance Group (R)[15][B] June 14–16, 2022 303 (LV) ± 5.8% 42% 13% – 10% 3% 12% 25%
Remington Research Group (R)[16][A] April 9–11, 2022 301 (LV) ± 5.3% 10% 17% 15% 8% 3% 7% 40%

District 12

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Rusty
Black		 J.
Eggleston		 Delus
Johnson		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[14][A] July 22–24, 2022 377 (LV) ± 5.1% 42% 24% 8% 25%

District 16

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Justin
Brown		 Suzie
Pollock		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[17][A] June 8–9, 2022 326 (LV) ± 5.3% 40% 23% 37%

District 20

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Brian
Gelner		 Curtis
Trent		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[18][A] July 23–26, 2022 303 (LV) ± 5.5% 29% 42% 29%
Remington Research Group (R)[19][A] May 31 – June 2, 2022 322 (LV) ± 5.3% 6% 17% 77%

District 22

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Mary
Elizabeth Coleman		 Shane
Roden		 Jeff
Roorda		 Dan
Shaul		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[20][A] July 25–28, 2022 303 (LV) ± 5.5% 23% 14% 22% 16% 25%
Remington Research Group (R)[21][A] March 30 – April 1, 2022 326 (LV) ± 5.3% 15% 10% 16% 12% 47%

District 26

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Ben
Brown		 Jason
Franklin		 Bob
Jones		 Merry-Noella
Skaggs		 Nate
Tate		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[22][A] July 24–27, 2022 309 (LV) ± 5.5% 18% 1% 22% 4% 23% 32%
Remington Research Group (R)[23][A] July 24–27, 2022 309 (LV) ± 5.5% 4% 1% 5% 5% 20% 65%

General election polling

District 24

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Tracy
McCreery (D)		 Georga
Hruza (R)		 LaDonna
Higgins (L)		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[24][A] October 18–20, 2022 406 (LV) ± 4.9% 49% 44% 1% 7%
Remington Research Group (R)[25][A] September 13–16, 2022 441 (LV) ± 4.8% 50% 42% 1% 7%
Show Me Victories (D)[26][C] May 21–22, 2022 638 (RV) ± 3.5% 49% 35% – 16%

District 30

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Lincoln
Hough (R)		 Raymond
Lampert (D)		 Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[27][A] September 21–22, 2022 406 (LV) ± 4.9% 52% 40% 8%

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[c] 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

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Refused" with 2%
  3. ↑ The candidate ran a write-in campaign in this election.
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Poll sponsored by the Missouri Scout
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Carter's campaign
  3. ↑ Poll sponsord by McCreery's campaign

References

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  2. ↑ "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Missouri Senate". Missouri General Assembly. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
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  6. ↑ "Missouri State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  7. ↑ Pivoney, Ryan (November 10, 2022). "Republicans maintain supermajority in Missouri Legislature following midterms". Jefferson City News Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Final Redistricting Maps". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Statewide Senate Map" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  10. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  11. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Senate 2 Poll - New Valentine Ads - Hallway Picks Fitzpatrick - Who Won The Week and more...". The Missouri Scout. July 23, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  12. ↑ "MISSOURI SD-02 POLL" (PDF). Public Opinion Strategies. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  13. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Senate 2 Poll - Hallway Like Gregory, Riley - MOIndy on Post-Roe MO - WWTW and more...". The Missouri Scout. May 21, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "MOScout Daily Update: Carter Leads Senate 10 - Black Ahead in 12 - Long Predicts Schmitt to Win - New Pro-Hartzler Ad - RightPath $$$ Hit Brown and more...". The Missouri Scout. July 26, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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  17. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: MRL Endorsements? - Senate 16 Poll - $$$ to PACs - Hallway on STL Corruption - WWTW and more...". The Missouri Scout. June 11, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  18. ↑ "MOScout Daily Update: Trent Leads in Senate 20 - KCStar on Greitens' Dark Days - Tracking IE $$$ - Marijuana IP Short Signatures and more...". The Missouri Scout. July 27, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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  20. ↑ "MOScout Daily Update: JeffCo Senate Poll - SurveyUSA Poll - Vanilla Ice Vs McCloskey - Latest Ads and more...". The Missouri Scout. July 29, 2022. Archived from the original on September 27, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  21. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Ashcroft PAC Lands Another $400K+ - Poll Shows Wide Open Senate 22 Primary - Hallway on Session - WWTW and more...". The Missouri Scout. April 2, 2022. Archived from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  22. ↑ "MOScout Daily Update: TIGHT Senate 26 Race - Mail Chaos Hits Campaigns - Following the $$$ - Jones Endorses Valentine (and Clarifies) and more...". The Missouri Scout. July 28, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  23. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Kidd Goes Off - Senate 26 Wide Open - Hallway Likes Schatz - WWTW and more...". The Missouri Scout. April 23, 2022. Archived from the original on September 28, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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  27. ↑ "MOScout Weekender: Hinkle Passes - Senate 30 Poll - Hallway on Higher Office - Who Won the Week and more...". The Missouri Scout. September 24, 2022. Archived from the original on September 25, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025.