1950 Missouri State Auditor election

The 1950 Missouri State Auditor election was held on November 7, 1950, in order to elect the state auditor of Missouri. Democratic nominee and incumbent state auditor W. H. Holmes defeated Republican nominee William Barton, Progressive nominee Howard R. Edsell, Christian Nationalist nominee O. M. Tanner, Prohibition nominee Bertha M. Boutell, Socialist nominee Elizabeth Erbe and Socialist Labor nominee Theodore Baeff.

General election

On election day, November 7, 1950, Democratic nominee W. H. Holmes won re-election by a margin of 89,525 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee William Barton, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state auditor. Holmes was sworn in for his second term on January 8, 1951.