2024 Missouri Secretary of State election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2024 Missouri Secretary of State election

| country = Missouri

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2020 Missouri Secretary of State election

| previous_year = 2020

| next_election = 2028 Missouri Secretary of State election

| next_year = 2028

| election_date = November 5, 2024

| image1 =

| nominee1 = Denny Hoskins

| party1 = Missouri Republican Party

| popular_vote1 = 1,677,902

| percentage1 = 57.7%

| image2 =

| nominee2 = Barbara Phifer

| party2 = Missouri Democratic Party

| popular_vote2 = 1,154,090

| percentage2 = 39.7%

| map_image = {{switcher |275px |County results |275px |Congressional district results |default=1}}

| map_caption = Hoskins: {{legend0|#E27F7F|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#D72F30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#C21B18|80–90%}}
Phifer: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}}

| title = Secretary of State

| before_election = Jay Ashcroft

| before_party = Republican

| after_election = Denny Hoskins

| after_party = Republican

| votes_counted =

}}{{ElectionsMO}}

The 2024 Missouri Secretary of State election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the secretary of state of the state of Missouri. It coincided with the concurrent presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of Missouri. The primaries took place on August 6, 2024.{{Cite web |title=Missouri Secretary of State election, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Missouri_Secretary_of_State_election,_2024 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=ballotpedia.org}}

Republican nominee, Denny Hoskins won the election and will become the secretary of state in 2025.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-04 |title=Missouri Secretary of State Election 2024 Live Results |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/missouri-secretary-of-state-results |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=www.nbcnews.com |language=en}}

Republican primary

= Candidates =

== Nominee ==

Denny Hoskins, state senator from the 21st district (2017–present){{cite web| url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/with-focus-on-voter-fraud-senator-from-warrensburg-launches-run-for-top-state-election-post/article_1bbb4046-048b-11ee-9fff-f787fef59b81.html|title=With focus on voter fraud, senator from Warrensburg launches run for top state election post|date=6 June 2023|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|author=Erickson, Kurt}}

== Eliminated in primary ==

Mike Carter, attorney and former municipal judge{{Cite web |title=SOS, Missouri - Elections: Offices Filed in Candidate Filing |url=https://s1.sos.mo.gov/candidatesonweb/DisplayCandidatesPlacement.aspx?ElectionCode=750006341 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=s1.sos.mo.gov}}
Mary Elizabeth Coleman, state senator from the 22nd district (2023–present){{cite news |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=March 26, 2024 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/dean-plocher-and-mary-elizabeth-coleman-pivot-to-missouri-secretary-of-state-s-race/article_eab8e97e-eb7c-11ee-94fc-37a785cd7bf0.html |author=Suntrup, Jack |title=Dean Plocher and Mary Elizabeth Coleman pivot to Missouri secretary of state's race |date=March 26, 2024}}
Jamie Corley, communications professional and former press secretary for U.S. Senator Bob Corker
Valentina Gomez, financial strategist{{cite news |access-date=January 27, 2024 |url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/29/candidates-field-grows-2024-missouri-secretary-of-state-race/71304938007/ |date=October 29, 2023 |author=Dereuck, Kelly |work=Springfield News-Leader |title=Greene County's Schoeller among crowded field of GOP candidates for MO Secretary of State}}
Dean Plocher, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
Shane Schoeller, Greene County Clerk (2015–present), former state representative from the 139th district (2007–2013), and nominee for secretary of state in 2012{{cite web |last1=Skalicky |first1=Michele |title=Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller announces run for Missouri secretary of state |url=https://www.ksmu.org/news/2023-02-11/greene-county-clerk-shane-schoeller-announces-run-for-missouri-secretary-of-state |publisher=KSMU |date=11 February 2023}}
Adam Schwadron, state representative from the 106th district (2021–present){{Cite web|date=2023-10-13 |title=St. Charles representative announces bid for Missouri Secretary of State |url=https://www.komu.com/news/elections/st-charles-representative-announces-bid-for-missouri-secretary-of-state/article_22b517ce-69e8-11ee-b535-c72f57240527.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=KOMU-TV |language=en}}

== Withdrawn ==

Caleb Rowden, President pro tempore of the Missouri Senate (2023–present) from the 19th district (2017–present){{Cite web |last=Keller |first=Rudi |date=2024-03-18 |title=Caleb Rowden drops out of GOP race for Missouri Secretary of State |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2024/03/18/caleb-rowden-drops-out-of-gop-race-for-missouri-secretary-of-state/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}}

== Declined ==

Jay Ashcroft, incumbent secretary of state (2017–present) (ran for governor){{cite news |last=Hancock |first=Jason |url= https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/06/jay-ashcroft-makes-it-official-hes-running-for-missouri-governor-in-2024/|title=Jay Ashcroft makes it official: He's running for Missouri governor in 2024|date=6 April 2023}}

== Endorsements ==

{{Endorsements box

| title = Mary Elizabeth Coleman

| width = 50em

| list =

Organizations

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America{{Cite web|date=June 18, 2024|title=SBA Pro-Life America Candidate Fund Endorses Coleman for MO Sec. of State|url=https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/sba-pro-life-america-candidate-fund-endorses-coleman-for-mo-sec-of-state|access-date=July 3, 2024|website=sbaprolife.org|language=en-US}}

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Denny Hoskins

| width = 50em

| list =

Organizations

Missouri Right to Life PAC{{Cite web|date=June 25, 2024|title=MRL PAC Releases August 6, 2024 Primary Election Endorsements|url=https://missourilifepac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MRL-PAC-Releases-August-6-2024-Primary-Election-Endorsements-6-25-24.pdf|access-date=July 3, 2024|website=missourilifepac.org|language=en-US}}

}}

{{Endorsements box|title=Shane Schoeller|width=50em|list=; Newspapers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (primary only){{cite news |url=https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-our-endorsements-in-the-missouri-secretary-of-state-and-attorney-general-primaries/article_f958c3a0-4450-11ef-b44b-4fed4e8ff146.html |date=July 18, 2024 |title=Editorial: Our endorsements in the Missouri secretary of state and attorney general primaries}}}}

= Fundraising =

class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" \|Campaign finance reports as of July 16, 2024
style="text-align:center;" !Candidate !Raised
{{party shading/Republican}} \|Jamie Corley (R) \|$286,000
{{party shading/Republican}} \|Valentina Gomez (R) \|$24,000
{{party shading/Republican}} \|Denny Hoskins (R) \|$225,000
{{party shading/Republican}} \|Dean Plocher (R) \|$508,000
{{party shading/Republican}} \|Shane Schoeller (R) \|$210,000
{{party shading/Republican}} \|Adam Schwadron (R) \|$119,000
colspan="2" \|Source: Missouri Independent{{cite web \|last=Hanshaw \|first=Annelise \|date=July 16, 2024 \|title=Incumbent Missouri Treasurer faces four-way Republican primary \|url=https://missouriindependent.com/2024/07/16/fundraising-in-missouri-governors-race-tops-21-million-with-most-going-to-kehoe/ \|access-date= \|website=missouriindependent.com \|publisher=}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="2" |Campaign finance reports as of July 16, 2024

style="text-align:center;"

!Candidate

!Raised

{{party shading/Republican}} |Jamie Corley (R)

|$286,000

{{party shading/Republican}} |Valentina Gomez (R)

|$24,000

{{party shading/Republican}} |Denny Hoskins (R)

|$225,000

{{party shading/Republican}} |Dean Plocher (R)

|$508,000

{{party shading/Republican}} |Shane Schoeller (R)

|$210,000

{{party shading/Republican}} |Adam Schwadron (R)

|$119,000

colspan="2" |Source: Missouri Independent{{cite web |last=Hanshaw |first=Annelise |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Incumbent Missouri Treasurer faces four-way Republican primary |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2024/07/16/fundraising-in-missouri-governors-race-tops-21-million-with-most-going-to-kehoe/ |access-date= |website=missouriindependent.com |publisher=}}

=Polling=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

valign=bottom

! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Sample
size{{efn|name=key|Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear}}

! Margin
of error

! style="width:70px;"| Mike
Carter

! style="width:70px;"| Mary
Elizabeth
Coleman

! style="width:70px;"| Jamie
Corley

! style="width:70px;"| Valentina
Gomez

! style="width:70px;"| Denny
Hoskins

! style="width:70px;"| Dean
Plocher

! style="width:70px;"| Caleb
Rowden

! style="width:70px;"| Shane
Schoeller

! style="width:70px;"| Adam
Schwadron

! Undecided

style="text-align:left;"|Battleground Connect[https://moscout.com/daily-updates-1/2024/8/3/moscout-weekender-final-gop-statewide-poll-has-ashcroft-and-kehoe-tied-sos-race-still-wide-open-3-way-scrum-for-lg-malek-and-bailey-ahead Battleground Connect]{{efn-ua|name=scout}}

|July 30–31, 2024

|896 (LV)

|± 3.1%

|7%

|9%

|5%

|9%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|13%

|6%

|–

|11%

|3%

|{{party shading/Undecided}}|37%

style="background:lightyellow;"

| style="border-right-style:hidden; background:lightyellow;" |

| style="border-right-style:hidden; " | March 18, 2024

| colspan="17"| Caleb Rowden withdraws from the race

style="text-align:left;"|Remington Research (R)[https://web.archive.org/web/20240217150728/https://moscout.com/daily-updates-1/2024/2/17/moscout-weekender-lincoln-days-talk-new-statewide-republican-poll-hallway-on-2024-and-more Remington Research (R)]{{efn-ua|name=scout|Poll commissioned by the Missouri Scout}}

|February 14–15, 2024

|706 (LV)

|± 3.6%

|–

|10%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|12%

|–

|11%

|6%

|5%

|{{party shading/Undecided}}|56%

style="text-align:left;"|Remington Research (R)[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59015f4b37c581b2ce01e5b3/t/65ad13b80faab23595153b94/1705841592779/MOScout+Deck+011924.pdf Remington Research (R)]{{efn-ua|name=scout}}

|January 17–18, 2024

|806 (LV)

|± 3.3%

|–

|7%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|12%

|–

|11%

|6%

|5%

|{{party shading/Undecided}}|59%

= Results =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Republican primary results{{Cite web|url=https://enr.sos.mo.gov/PickaRace.aspx|title=State of Missouri - State of Missouri - Primary Election, August 06, 2024|author=Missouri Secretary of State|website=enr.sos.mo.gov/|date=August 6, 2024|access-date=August 7, 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Denny Hoskins|votes=157,116|percentage=24.42}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Shane Schoeller|votes=108,289|percentage=16.83}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Mike Carter|votes=91,866|percentage=14.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Dean Plocher|votes=86,659|percentage=13.47}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Mary Elizabeth Coleman|votes=72,938|percentage=11.34}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Valentina Gomez|votes=47,931|percentage=7.45}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Jamie Corley|votes=46,314|percentage=7.20}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Adam Schwadron|votes=32,335|percentage=5.03}}

Democratic primary

= Candidates =

== Nominee ==

Barbara Phifer, state representative from the 90th district (2021–present){{cite web |last1=Suntrup |first1=Jack |title=US Rep. Cori Bush defends record as Democrats file to oust her in August primary |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/us-rep-cori-bush-defends-record-as-democrats-file-to-oust-her-in-august-primary/article_7476bd9a-d59c-11ee-8446-07a2d36e66d9.html |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240228113650/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/us-rep-cori-bush-defends-record-as-democrats-file-to-oust-her-in-august-primary/article_7476bd9a-d59c-11ee-8446-07a2d36e66d9.html |archive-date=28 February 2024 |date=27 February 2024 |quote=Democratic state Rep. Barbara Phifer of Kirkwood, along with Monique Williams and Gavin Bena of St. Louis, also filed to run for secretary of state as Democrats. |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}

== Eliminated in primary ==

Haley Jacobson, grant writer
Monique Williams, certified public accountant

== Withdrawn ==

Gavin Bena, president of Saint Louis University College Democrats{{cite news |work=Spectrum News |access-date=March 3, 2024 |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2024/03/01/missouri-politcal-notebook |date=March 1, 2024 |author=Palermo, Gregg |title=Questions remain about key Missouri races as August primary filing opens}}

= Results =

[[File:Missouri_Secretary_of_State_Democratic_Primary,_2024.svg|thumb|250px|Results by county

{{collapsible list

| title = {{legend|#7996E2|Phifer}}

|{{legend|#BDD3FF|30–40%}}

|{{legend|#A5B0FF|40–50%}}}}

{{collapsible list

| title = {{legend|#51C2C2|Williams}}

|{{legend|#ACF2F2|30–40%}}

|{{legend|#7DDDDD|40–50%}}}}

{{collapsible list

| title = {{legend|#CD3700|Jacobsen}}

|{{legend|#FF7644|30–40%}}

|{{legend|#F8581E|40–50%}}

|{{legend|#CD3700|50–60%}}}}

{{collapsible list

| title = {{legend|#AE8BB1|Tie}}

|{{legend|#DECDE6|30–40%}}}}

]]

{{Election box begin no change|title=Democratic primary results}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Barbara Phifer|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=146,284|percentage=40.86}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Monique Williams|votes=123,270|percentage=34.43}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Haley Jacobsen|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=88,491|percentage=24.72}}

Third-party and independent candidates

= Candidates =

Jerome Bauer (Green), university lecturer, perennial candidate, and nominee for governor in 2020
Carl Freese (Libertarian), retired security guard and nominee for secretary of state in 2020

General election

= Predictions =

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align="left" |Sabato's Crystal Ball{{cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=January 31, 2024 |title=This Year’s Key Attorney General and Secretary of State Races |url=https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/this-years-key-attorney-general-and-secretary-of-state-races/ |work=University of Virginia Center for Politics}}

| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

|January 31, 2024

=Polling=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"

style="vertical-align:bottom"

! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Sample
size

! Margin
of error

! style="width:100px;"| Denny
Hoskins (R)

! style="width:100px;"| Barbara
Phifer (D)

! Other

! Undecided

style="text-align:left;"|ActiVote[https://www.activote.net/republicans-lead-comfortably-in-state-level-missouri-races/ ActiVote]

|October 8–27, 2024

|400 (LV)

|± 4.9%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|55%

|45%

|–

style="text-align:left;"|ActiVote[https://www.activote.net/republicans-lead-in-state-level-missouri-races/ ActiVote]

|September 6 – October 13, 2024

|400 (LV)

|± 4.9%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|56.5%

|43.5%

|–

style="text-align:left;"|YouGov/Saint Louis University[https://www.slu.edu/research/research-institute/big-ideas/slu-poll/-pdf/slu-poll-august-2024-topline-results.pdf YouGov/Saint Louis University]

|August 8–16, 2024

|450 (LV)

|± 5.4%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|54%

|36%

|1%

|9%

= Results =

{{Election box begin|title=2024 Missouri Secretary of State election[https://enr.sos.mo.gov/default.aspx General Election, November 05, 2024, Official Results], Missouri Secretary of State, December 23, 2024.}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Denny Hoskins|votes=1,677,902|percentage=57.66%|change=-2.93%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Barbara Phifer|votes=1,154,090|percentage=39.66%|change=+3.38%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Carl Freese|votes=49,113|percentage=1.69%|change=-0.18%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of the United States|candidate=Jerome Bauer|votes=29,012|percentage=1.00%|change=+0.19%}}

{{Election box total|votes=2,910,117|percentage=100.00%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

==By congressional district==

Hoskins won six of eight congressional districts.https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1864817440984609087https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1866159219474350471https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1867265205626892535https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1870266060672512072https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1867266162326663235https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1867310017407340777https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1870249971859038376https://x.com/Missouri_Mapper/status/1867265050127605909

class=wikitable

! District

! Hoskins

! Phifer

! Representative

align=center

! rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Missouri|1|1st}}

| rowspan=2|20%

| rowspan=2|77%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Cori Bush (118th Congress)

align=center

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Wesley Bell (119th Congress)

align=center

! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Missouri|2|2nd}}

| 54%

| 44%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Ann Wagner

align=center

! rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Missouri|3|3rd}}

| rowspan=2|62%

| rowspan=2|36%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Blaine Luetkemeyer (118th Congress)

align=center

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Bob Onder (119th Congress)

align=center

! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Missouri|4|4th}}

| 69%

| 28%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Mark Alford

align=center

! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Missouri|5|5th}}

| 37%

| 60%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Emanuel Cleaver

align=center

! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Missouri|6|6th}}

| 67%

| 30%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Sam Graves

align=center

! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Missouri|7|7th}}

| 70%

| 27%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Eric Burlison

align=center

! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Missouri|8|8th}}

| 74%

| 23%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Jason Smith

align=center

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

Official campaign websites

[https://votephifer.com/ Barbara Phifer (D) for Secretary of State]
[https://dennyhoskins.com/ Denny Hoskins (R) for Secretary of State]

Secretary of State

Missouri

Category:Missouri Secretary of State elections