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United States Senate election in Missouri, 2016

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November 8, 2016
  
2022 →

49.2%
  
46.4%

1,378,458
  
1,300,200

Date
  
8 November 2016

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Winner
  
Roy Blunt

The 2016 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 2.

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Incumbent Republican Senator Roy Blunt won re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Despite being considered an “establishment” Republican, Blunt is considered to be unlikely to face serious Tea Party opposition because of Blunt's efforts to cultivate relationships with activists in Missouri, his effectiveness at "thread[ing] the needle" by keeping conservative and establishment Republicans fairly satisfied, and the open gubernatorial election, which is attracting the most attention from Republicans.

Declared

  • Roy Blunt, incumbent Senator
  • Ryan Luethy
  • Bernie Mowinski, retired Army sergeant and perennial candidate
  • Kristi Nichols, sales manager, tea party activist and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
  • Withdrawn

  • Christopher Batsche, businessman (running for MO-07)
  • Declined

  • Todd Akin, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012
  • John Brunner, businessman and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012 (running for Governor)
  • John Lamping, former State Senator
  • Declared

  • Cori Bush, pastor and co-director of the Truth Telling Project
  • Jason Kander, Secretary of State of Missouri
  • Robert Mack
  • Chief Wana Dubie, marijuana activist
  • Declined

  • Jay Nixon, Governor of Missouri
  • Mike Sanders, Jackson County Executive, former Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney and former Chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party
  • Clint Zweifel, State Treasurer of Missouri
  • Candidates

    Declared
  • Jonathan Dine, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and 2012
  • Herschel Young
  • Candidates

    Declared
  • Fred Ryman
  • Candidates

    Declared
  • Johnathan McFarland
  • Write-in

  • Gina Bufe
  • Patrick Lee
  • References

    United States Senate election in Missouri, 2016 Wikipedia