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2020 Missouri gubernatorial election

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2020 Missouri gubernatorial election
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The 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Missouri, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Mike Parson ran for and was elected to a full term in office.[1] Parson was elected as lieutenant governor in 2016 but became governor on June 1, 2018, after incumbent Eric Greitens resigned under threat of impeachment by the state legislature. Parson declared his bid for a full term on September 8, 2019.[2] State Auditor Nicole Galloway, Missouri's only Democratic statewide officer and only female statewide officer, was the Democratic nominee and if elected, would have become Missouri's first female governor.

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In October 2020, The Washington Post identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-census redistricting.[3]

Despite most news agencies characterizing the race as only leaning Republican, Mike Parson went on to win the election by a landslide of 16.4%, widely outperforming all election polling as well as justifying the former swing state's trend towards the GOP. He even exceeded Donald Trump's statewide victory margin in the concurrent presidential election, which was actually greater than that in neighboring Kansas for the first time in 104 years. Galloway suffered the largest margin of defeat for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Missouri since Betty Hearnes' 29-point loss in 1988. The 1988 election was also the last election until this one in which Missouri elected a Republican for governor by double digits.

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Republican primary

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Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Jim Neely

State officials

Polling

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Results by county:
  Parson
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Eric Morrison, community leader and pastor[17]
  • Antoin Johnson[18]
  • Jimmie Matthews[18]
  • Robin Quaethem[18]

Declined

Endorsements

Nicole Galloway

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Results by county:
  Galloway
  •   >90%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
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Libertarian Party

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Rik Combs, the Libertarian nominee

Nominee

  • Rik Combs, U.S. Air Force veteran[18]

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Green Party

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General election

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Eric Greitens vs Nicole Galloway

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Mike Parson vs Jason Kander

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Mike Parson vs. Scott Sifton

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Endorsements

Nicole Galloway (D)

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Local officials

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By congressional district

Parson won six of eight congressional districts.[73]

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Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Combs (L) with 2%; Bauer (G) with 1%; Undecided with 2%
  3. Combs (L) with 2%; Bauer (G) with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  4. Combs (L) with 2%; Bauer (G) with 1%; Undecided with 3%
  5. "Other" with 3%; Undecided with 4%
  6. Undecided with 5%
  7. Undecided with 5%
  8. Undecided with 5%
  9. Combs (L) with 3%; Bauer (G) with 2%; Undecided with 8%
  10. Undecided with 7%
  11. Undecided with 17%; "Other" with 3%
  12. Undecided with 15%

Partisan clients

  1. Uniting Missouri is a PAC supporting Governor Mike Parson (R) in the 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election.
  2. Poll sponsored by Galloway's campaign.
  3. Poll sponsored by the Democratic Governors Association
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