2018 United States Senate election in Missouri

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2018 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Turnout 52%[1]
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Nominee Josh Hawley Claire McCaskill
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,254,927 1,112,935
Percentage 51.4% 45.6%

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County results
Hawley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McCaskill:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Claire McCaskill
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Josh Hawley
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2018 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Missouri, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections, including Missouri's quadrennial State Auditor election.

Incumbent senator Claire McCaskill ran for re-election in a primary field of eight Democrats. Eleven Republicans vied for their party's nomination which went to State Attorney General Josh Hawley, who filed notification in August, 2017, that he had formed an exploratory campaign committee for the seat.[2][3]

The candidate filing deadline was March 27, 2018, and the primary election was held on August 7, 2018.[4] On November 6, 2018, Hawley was elected with 51.5% of the vote, to McCaskill's 45.4%, resulting in Republicans holding both Senate seats in Missouri for the first time since McCaskill took office in 2007.[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

  • Angelica Earl, former insurance verification specialist[8]
  • David Faust[9]
  • Travis Gonzalez, perennial candidate[9]
  • John Hogan, perennial candidate[9]
  • Leonard Steinman, perennial candidate[9]
  • Carla (Coffee) Wright

Endorsements

Results

File:2018 MO US Senate Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
McCaskill
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claire McCaskill (incumbent) 501,872 82.60%
Democratic Carla Wright 41,126 6.77%
Democratic John Hogan 15,984 2.63%
Democratic David Faust 15,958 2.63%
Democratic Angelica Earl 15,500 2.55%
Democratic Travis Gonzalez 9,480 1.56%
Democratic Leonard Steinman 7,657 1.26%
Total votes 607,577 100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Debates

Host
network
Date Link(s) Participants
Josh
Hawley
Austin
Petersen
Courtland
Sykes
Tony
Monetti
Peter
Pfeifer
Kirsti
Nichols
America First Missouri May 11, 2018 [144] Absent Present Present Present Present Present

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Josh
Hawley
Austin
Petersen
Courtland
Sykes
Other Undecided
Emerson College[permanent dead link] April 26–29, 2018 283 ± 6.0% 37% 8% 6% 5% 45%

Results

File:2018 MO US Senate Republican primary.svg
Results by county:
Hawley
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
Monetti
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Hawley 389,878 58.64%
Republican Tony Monetti 64,834 9.75%
Republican Austin Petersen 54,916 8.26%
Republican Kristi Nichols 49,640 7.47%
Republican Christina Smith 35,024 5.27%
Republican Ken Patterson 19,579 2.95%
Republican Peter Pfeifer 16,594 2.50%
Republican Courtland Sykes 13,870 2.09%
Republican Fred Ryman 8,781 1.32%
Republican Brian Hagg 6,871 1.03%
Republican Bradley Krembs 4,902 0.74%
Total votes 664,889 100%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominated

  • Japheth Campbell, entrepreneur[145]

Withdrew

Declined

Results

File:2018 MO US Senate Libertarian primary.svg
Results by county:
Campbell
  •   100%
No votes
  •   No votes
Libertarian primary results[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Japheth Campbell 5,380 100%
Total votes 5,380 100%

Green primary

Candidates

Nominated

  • Jo Crain

Eliminated in primary

  • Jerome Bauer

Results

File:2018 MO US Senate Green primary.svg
Results by county:
Crain
  •   100%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Crain/Bauer tie
  •   50%
Bauer
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   100%
No votes
  •   No votes
Green primary results[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Jo Crain 906 57.67%
Green Jerome Bauer 665 42.33%
Total votes 1,571 100%

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Craig O'Dear, attorney[149]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[150] Tossup October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[151] Tilt R November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[152] Lean R November 5, 2018
CNN[153] Tossup November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[154] Tossup November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[155] Tossup November 5, 2018
Fox News[156] Tossup November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[157] Tossup November 5, 2018

Debates

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 17, 2018
Candidate Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand
Claire McCaskill (D) $35,361,401 $33,594,412 $1,789,381
Josh Hawley (R) $10,221,143 $7,376,209 $2,844,933
Source: Federal Election Commission[158]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Claire
McCaskill
(D)
Josh
Hawley
(R)
Japheth
Campbell
(L)
Craig
O'Dear
(I)
Jo
Crain
(G)
Other Undecided
HarrisX November 3–5, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 45% 46%
HarrisX November 2–4, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 44% 47%
The Trafalgar Group (R) October 29 – November 4, 2018 1,791 ± 2.3% 44% 48% 4% 3%
Emerson College November 1–3, 2018 732 ± 3.8% 46% 49% 3% 3%
HarrisX November 1–3, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 46% 46%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) November 1–2, 2018 1,424 ± 2.6% 47% 47% 1% 1% 1% 3%
HarrisX October 31 – November 2, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 45% 46%
Marist College October 30 – November 1, 2018 600 LV ± 5.2% 47% 44% 3% 2% <1% 4%
50% 47% <1% 3%
920 RV ± 4.1% 46% 43% 3% 2% 1% 6%
50% 46% 1% 4%
HarrisX October 30 – November 1, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 46% 43%
HarrisX October 29–31, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 45% 43%
HarrisX October 24–30, 2018 1,400 ± 2.6% 46% 44%
Fox News October 27–30, 2018 741 LV ± 3.5% 43% 43% 0% 3% 1% 0% 9%
45% 45% 2% 8%
851 RV ± 3.0% 41% 42% 1% 3% 2% 1% 10%
43% 44% 3% 9%
Cygnal (R) October 26–27, 2018 501 ± 4.4% 46% 49% 1% 3%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) October 24–25, 2018 1,376 ± 2.6% 45% 49% 1% 1% 1% 3%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) October 17–18, 2018 1,215 ± 2.7% 46% 47% 2% 1% 1% 2%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Hawley) October 16–18, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 42% 49% 4% 5%
The Polling Company (R-Citizens United) October 11–13, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 47% 50% 0% 3%
Ipsos September 27 – October 7, 2018 1,111 ± 3.0% 44% 45% 1% 2% 0% 2% 6%
1st Tuesday Campaigns October 5–6, 2018 1,052 ± 3.0% 42% 44% 1% 1% 1% 11%
Fox News September 29 – October 2, 2018 683 LV ± 3.5% 43% 43% 2% 4% 1% 1% 6%
46% 46% 3% 5%
805 RV ± 3.5% 41% 41% 2% 4% 2% 1% 9%
44% 44% 3% 8%
McLaughlin (R-Missouri Rising Action) September 29 – October 2, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 44% 52%
Vox Populi Polling September 29 – October 1, 2018 869 ± 3.3% 49% 51%
CNN/SSRS September 25–29, 2018 756 LV ± 4.3% 47% 44% 3% 1% 0% 4%
906 RV ± 3.9% 43% 42% 4% 2% 0% 6%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) September 26–27, 2018 1,555 ± 2.5% 46% 48% 6%
YouGov September 10–14, 2018 917 45% 45% 4% 6%
The Trafalgar Group (R) September 11–13, 2018 1,724 ± 2.4% 44% 47% 8%
Fox News September 8–11, 2018 675 LV ± 3.5% 44% 41% 1% 3% 1% 1% 8%
45% 45% 3% 7%
808 RV ± 3.5% 41% 39% 1% 4% 1% 1% 11%
42% 43% 3% 10%
Marist College August 25–28, 2018 568 LV ± 4.8% 44% 40% 5% 3% <1% 8%
47% 47% 1% 5%
774 RV ± 4.2% 43% 39% 6% 3% <1% 8%
46% 47% 1% 5%
WPA Intelligence (R-Club For Growth) August 12–14, 2018 501 ± 4.4% 41% 48% 3% 8%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) August 8–9, 2018 1,785 ± 2.3% 47% 47% 6%
WPA Intelligence (R-Club For Growth) July 10–12, 2018 602 ± 4.0% 42% 43% 4% 11%
The Missouri Times/Remington (R) July 7–8, 2018 1,034 ± 3.2% 46% 48% 6%
SurveyMonkey/Axios June 11 – July 2, 2018 1,038 ± 5.0% 49% 47% 4%
McLaughlin (R-Missouri Rising Action) June 2018 46% 42%
Global Strategy Group (D-SMP) June 11–13, 2018 804 ± 3.5% 47% 41%
Gravis Marketing (R-Petersen) May 16, 2018 822 ± 3.4% 43% 50% 7%
Missouri Scout/TJP Strategies (D) May 9–10, 2018 898 ± 3.3% 48% 44% 8%
Emerson College[permanent dead link] April 26–29, 2018 600 ± 4.2% 45% 45% 11%
Missouri Scout/TJP Strategies (D) April 19–20, 2018 1,542 ± 2.5% 48% 44% 8%
OnMessage Inc. (R-Hawley) April 16–18, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 46% 47% 7%
Global Strategy Group (D-SMP) April 9–12, 2018 46% 44%
Mason-Dixon April 4–6, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 45% 44% 11%
Gravis Marketing March 5–7, 2018 931 ± 3.2% 42% 40% 18%
SurveyMonkey/Axios February 12 – March 5, 2018 1,938 ± 3.6% 44% 52% 4%
Public Policy Polling (D-TMI) January 8–9, 2018 965 ± 3.2% 45% 44% 11%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) January 3–4, 2018 1,122 ± 2.9% 45% 49% 6%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) October 11–12, 2017 965 ± 3.1% 45% 48% 7%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) August 16–18, 2017 922 ± 3.0% 45% 50% 5%
Fabrizio Lee (R) July 10–11, 2017 500 ± 4.4% 42% 46% 12%
Missouri Scout/Remington (R) July 7–8, 2017 928 ± 3.2% 44% 50% 6%

Results

Sen. McCaskill conceded a few hours after the polls closed on Election day. She ran well behind her 2012 vote in Southeast Missouri, especially in the Lead Belt and the Missouri Bootheel. She also ran poorly in the northern part of the state and in the St. Louis suburbs.[159] Despite McCaskill's loss, Missouri Democrats held the other statewide office that went up for election in this cycle, the office of Missouri State Auditor. Democratic incumbent state auditor Nicole Galloway, who had been appointed to the post in 2015 by then-Gov. Jay Nixon following a vacancy, won a full term in the 2018 State Auditor election.[160]

United States Senate election in Missouri, 2018[161]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Josh Hawley 1,254,927 51.38% +12.27%
Democratic Claire McCaskill (incumbent) 1,112,935 45.57% -9.24%
Independent Craig O'Dear 34,398 1.41% N/A
Libertarian Japheth Campbell 27,316 1.12% -4.95%
Green Jo Crain 12,706 0.52% N/A
Write-in 7 <0.01% N/A
Total votes 2,442,289 100% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic

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External links

Official campaign websites