Politics & Elections in Missouri

Election results, representatives and voting trends.

Democratic presidential vote share
40.1%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Governor
Mike Kehoe (R)
National Governors Association
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
41.8%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
U.S. House seats apportioned to Missouri
8
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
Total votes cast for president
2,995,327
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Party registration
Not recorded in Missouri

Election Results

Recent presidential voting.

Democratic presidential vote share
40.1%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican presidential vote share
58.5%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
2024 Republican margin
+18.4
Winner
Republican
Last Democratic win
1996

Democratic presidential vote share

1976–2024
40.1%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

Republican presidential vote share

1976–2024
58.5%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

Governors

The executive branch.

Governor
Mike Kehoe (R)
National Governors Association
In office since
2025
National Governors Association
Governors listed
51
1820–present · National Governors Association
Legislature
Republican supermajority
Governors of Missouri
GovernorPartyIn office
Mike KehoeRepublican2025–present
Eric GreitensRepublican2017–2018
Jeremiah W. (Jay) NixonDemocratic2009–2017
Matt BluntRepublican2005–2009
Robert L. HoldenDemocratic2001–2005
Roger B. WilsonDemocratic2000–2001
Mel Eugene CarnahanDemocratic1993–2000
John AshcroftRepublican1985–1993
Joseph P. TeasdaleDemocratic1977–1981
Warren E. HearnesDemocratic1965–1973
John Montgomery DaltonDemocratic1961–1965
James Thomas BlairDemocratic1957–1961
Forrest SmithDemocratic1949–1953
Forrest C. DonnellRepublican1941–1945
Lloyd Crow StarkDemocratic1937–1941
Guy Brasfield ParkDemocratic1933–1937
Henry Stewart CaulfieldRepublican1929–1933
Samuel Aaron BakerRepublican1925–1929
Arthur Mastick HydeRepublican1921–1925
Frederick Dozier GardnerDemocratic1917–1921
Elliot Woolfolk MajorDemocratic1913–1917
Herbert Spencer HadleyRepublican1909–1913
Joseph Wingate FolkDemocratic1905–1909
Alexander Monroe DockeryDemocratic1901–1905
Lawrence Vest StephensDemocratic1897–1901
William Joel StoneDemocratic1893–1897
David Rowland FrancisDemocratic1889–1893
Albert Pickett MorehouseDemocratic1887–1889
John Sappington MarmadukeDemocratic1885–1887
Thomas Theodore CrittendenDemocratic1881–1885
John Smith PhelpsDemocratic1877–1881
Charles Henry HardinDemocratic1875–1877
Silas WoodsonDemocratic1873–1875
Benjamin Gratz BrownLiberal Republican1871–1873
Joseph Washington McClurgRepublican1869–1871
Thomas Clement FletcherRepublican1865–1869
Willard Preble HallUnion1864–1865
Hamilton Rowan GambleUnion1861–1864
Claiborne Fox JacksonDemocratic1861–1861
Robert Marcellus StewartDemocratic1857–1861
Hancock Lee JacksonDemocratic1857–1857
Trusten PolkDemocratic1857–1857
Sterling PriceDemocratic1853–1857
Austin Augustus KingDemocratic1848–1853
Meredith Miles MarmadukeDemocratic1844–1844
Thomas ReynoldsDemocratic1840–1844
Lilburn W. BoggsDemocratic1836–1840
Daniel DunklinDemocratic1832–1836
John MillerDemocratic1826–1832
Frederick BatesDemocratic1824–1825
Alexander McNairDemocratic1820–1824

Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.

Senators

U.S. Senate delegation.

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
41.8%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
55.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Senior senator
Josh Hawley (R)
Junior senator
Eric Schmitt (R)
Both seats
Republican

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1976–2024
41.8%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.

Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1976–2024
55.6%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

Representatives

U.S. House delegation.

U.S. House seats apportioned to Missouri
8
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. House seats
8
Party split
6 Republicans / 2 Democrats
Electoral votes
10

U.S. House seats apportioned to Missouri

1910–2020
8▼ 50%

U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.

Party Distribution

Party strength.

Party registration
Not recorded in Missouri
State legislature
Republican supermajority
Statewide offices
All Republican