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Missouri U.S. Senate election history

Every Missouri U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Wins by party

  • Republican 14
  • Democratic 4
D+40R+40D+20R+201976: R+14.419761980: D+4.31982: R+1.719821986: R+5.31988: R+36.019881992: R+7.01994: R+24.019941998: R+8.92000: D+2.120002004: R+13.32006: D+2.320062010: R+13.62012: D+15.720122016: R+2.82018: R+5.820182022: R+13.32024: R+13.72024
Missouri Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
YearSeatWinnerPartyRunner-upMarginVotes
2024 Class I Josh Hawley Republican Lucas Kunce 13.7 2,972,559
2022 Class III Eric Schmitt Republican Trudy Busch Valentine 13.3 2,069,130
2018 flip Class I Josh Hawley Republican Claire McCaskill 5.8 2,442,289
2016 Class III Roy Blunt Republican Jason Kander 2.8 2,802,641
2012 Class I Claire McCaskill Democratic Todd Akin 15.7 2,725,793
2010 Class III Roy Blunt Republican Robin Carnahan 13.6 1,943,899
2006 flip Class I Claire McCaskill Democratic Jim Talent 2.3 2,128,459
2004 Class III Christopher S. Bond Republican Nancy Farmer 13.3 2,706,402
2002 special flip Class I Jim Talent Republican Jean Carnahan 1.1 1,877,620
2000 flip Class I Mel Carnahan Democratic John Ashcroft 2.1 2,361,586
1998 Class III Christopher S. Bond Republican Jay Nixon 8.9 1,576,857
1994 Class I John Ashcroft Republican Alan Wheat 24.0 1,775,116
1992 Class III Christopher S. Bond Republican Geri Rothman-Serot 7.0 2,354,916
1988 Class I John Claggett Danforth Republican Jay Nixon 36.0 2,078,875
1986 flip Class III Christopher S. Bond Republican Harriett Woods 5.3 1,477,327
1982 Class I John Claggett Danforth Republican Harriett Woods 1.7 1,543,521
1980 Class III Thomas F. Eagleton Democratic Gene McNary 4.3 2,066,965
1976 flip Class I John Claggett Danforth Republican Warren E. Hearnes 14.4 1,914,460

Missouri governor history · House districts · Presidential results

Questions and answers

Who won the most recent Missouri Senate election?

Josh Hawley won in 2024 by 13.7 points.

Who are Missouri's U.S. senators?

Josh Hawley (Republican, term ends 2031) and Eric Schmitt (Republican, term ends 2029).

When did a Democrat last win a Missouri Senate race?

In 2012, when Claire McCaskill won.

When did a Republican last win a Missouri Senate race?

In 2024, when Josh Hawley won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.