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2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

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The 2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Mike Parson Russ Carnahan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,459,392 1,168,947
Percentage 52.8% 42.3%
Parson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Carnahan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes
Lieutenant Governor before election

Peter Kinder
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Mike Parson
Republican

The primaries were held on August 2. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder did not seek re-election to a fourth term in office, instead unsuccessfully running for Governor of Missouri.[1][2][3] State Senator Mike Parson and former U.S. representative Russ Carnahan won the Republican and Democratic primaries, respectively.[4]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Withdrawn

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Russ Carnahan

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Brad
Bradshaw 		Russ
Carnahan 		Tommie
Pierson 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[25] July 20–24, 2016 500 ± 4.4% — 57% 11% 26%
Remington Research[26] September 18–19, 2015 1,589 ± 2.4% 11% 48% 7% 37%

Results

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Democratic primary results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Russ Carnahan 243,157 75.9
Democratic Tommie Pierson Sr. 38,700 12.1
Democratic Winston Apple 38,372 12.0
Total votes 320,229 100.0

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Withdrawn

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Mike Parson
Bev Randles
  • Sonya Anderson, state representative[43]
  • Kurt Bahr, state representative[43]
  • Chuck Basye, state representative[43]
  • Rick Brattin, state representative[43]
  • Cloria Brown, state representative[43]
  • Eric Burlison, state representative[43]
  • Jason Chipman, state representative[43]
  • Kevin Corlew, state representative[43]
  • Paul Curtman, state representative[43]
  • Shamed Dogan, state representative[43]
  • Dean Dohrman, state representative[43]
  • Ed Emery, state representative[43]
  • Shelley Keeney, state representative[43]
  • Mike Kelley, state representative[43]
  • Andrew Koenig, state representative[43]
  • Kirk Mathews, state representative[43]
  • Mike Moon, state representative[43]
  • Mark Parkinson, state representative[43]
  • Holly Rehder, state representative[43]
  • Tim Remole, state representative[43]
  • Rebecca Roeber, state representative[43]
  • Rob Vescovo, state representative[43]
  • Bill White, state representative[43]
  • John Wiemann, state representative[43]
  • Ken Wilson, state representative[43]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mike
Parson 		Bev
Randles 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[25] July 20–24, 2016 773 ± 3.6% 37% 26% 34%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[44] July 7–8, 2016 1,022 ± 3.0% 23% 24% 46%

Results

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Republican primary results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Parson 331,367 51.5
Republican Bev Randles 282,134 43.9
Republican Arnie Dienoff 29,872 4.6
Total votes 643,373 100.0

Green Party

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • Jennifer Leach, labor union activist[45][46]

General election

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Russ
Carnahan (D) 		Mike
Parson (R) 		Other Undecided
DFM Research[47] October 27 – November 1, 2016 508 ± 4.4% 39% 36% 6% 19%
Remington Research Group[48] October 9–11, 2016 2,171 ± 2.1% 44% 43% — 8%
Gravis Marketing[49] September 11–13, 2016 604 ± 4.0% 44% 40% — 16%
Remington Research Group[50] September 1–2, 2016 1,275 ± 3.0% 41% 44% — 9%
Remington Research Group[51] August 5–6, 2016 1,280 ± 3% 44% 42% — 9%
Public Policy Polling[52] September 22–23, 2015 731 ± 3.6% 39% 44% — 17%
Hypothetical polling

with Brad Bradshaw

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Brad
Bradshaw (D) 		Mike
Parson (R) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[52] September 22–23, 2015 731 ± 3.6% 37% 39% — 24%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Brad
Bradshaw (D) 		Bev
Randles (R) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[52] September 22–23, 2015 731 ± 3.6% 39% 28% — 33%

Results

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2016 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Parson 1,459,392 52.80% +3.64%
Democratic Russ Carnahan 1,168,947 42.29% −2.94%
Libertarian Steven R. Hedrick 69,253 2.50% −0.31%
Green Jennifer Leach 66,490 2.41% N/A
Write-in Jake Wilburn 87 0.00% N/A
Total votes 2,764,169 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

By congressional district

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Parson won 6 of 8 congressional districts.[54]

District Parson Carnahan Representative
1st 18% 77% Lacy Clay
2nd 52% 44% Ann Wagner
3rd 59% 37% Blaine Luetkemeyer
4th 61% 34% Vicky Hartzler
5th 37% 57% Emanuel Cleaver
6th 58% 37% Sam Graves
7th 69% 26% Billy Long
8th 66% 30% Jason Smith

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "TheChat: Peter Kinder gears up for 2016". The Kansas City Star. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
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  45. ^ "Jennifer Leach- Candidate for Lieutenant Governor". Missouri Green Party. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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  51. ^ Remington Research Group
  52. ^ a b c Public Policy Polling
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Official campaign websites

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