2024 Missouri Senate election
The 2024 Missouri Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the primary election held on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Missouri voters elected state senators in the 17 odd-numbered districts of the Senate to serve four-year terms. The last time that these seats were up for election was the 2020 Missouri Senate election, and the next time will be the 2028 Missouri State Senate election.
The election coincided with United States national elections and Missouri state elections, including U.S. President, [2024 United States Missouri Senate|Senate election in Missouri|U.S. Senate], U.S. House, Governor, and Missouri House.
Following the previous election in 2022, Republicans held a 24-to-10-seat supermajority over Democrats. Going into the 2024 elections, there are four vacancies after Senator Greg Razer of [|District 7] resigned on April 25, 2024, Senators Karla Eslinger of [|District 33] and John Rizzo of [|District 11] resigned in June 2024, and Lauren Arthur of [|District 17] resigned in July 2024. Therefore, there are 23 Republicans and seven Democrats at the time of the 2024 election. Democrats would have to net 11 seats to flip control of the chamber.
These will be the first elections in the odd-numbered Missouri Senate districts following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries.
Overview
Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:- District 11, 4.7%
- [|District 15], 4.83%
- '''District 17, 6%'''
Retiring incumbents
Members of the Missouri General Assembly are prohibited from serving more than eight years in the state senate, due to statutory term limits.Summary of results by Senate">Missouri Senate">Senate district
Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.Detailed Results by Senate District">Missouri Senate">Senate District
Sources for election results:[|District 1] • [|District 3] • [|District 5] • District 7 • [|District 9] • District 11 • [|District 13] • District 15 • District 17 • [|District 19] • [|District 21] • [|District 23] • [|District 25] • [|District 27] • [|District 29] • [|District 31] • District 33 |
District 1
The 1st district encompasses southeastern St. Louis County and includes Oakville, Mehlville, Webster Groves, Affton, Concord, Lemay, and Crestwood.Candidates
- Doug Beck, incumbent state senator
Candidates
- Robert J. Crump
District 3
The 3rd district is located in east-central Missouri, consisting of the southern half of Jefferson County and all of Crawford, St. Francois, St. Genevieve and Washington counties.Candidates
- Doug Halbert
Candidates
- Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway, state representative
- Mike Henderson, state representative
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway | Mike Henderson | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | April 1–4, 2024 | 301 | ± 5.6% | 19% | 31% | 50% |
District 5
The 5th district is made up entirely of the city of St. Louis, except for a one-third portion in the southwest.Candidates
- Steve Roberts, incumbent state senator
Candidates
- Robert Vroman
District 7
The 7th district is based mostly in Kansas City, including most of the city's downtown area and almost all of the city west of Troost Avenue, and includes the entire city of Grandview.Candidates
- Pat Contreras
- Patty Lewis, incumbent state representative from District 25
Withdrawn
- Greg Razer, incumbent state senator
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Pat Contreras | Patty Lewis | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | May 29–31, 2024 | 377 | ± 5.0% | 13% | 21% | 66% |
Candidates
- Joey LaSalle
District 9
The 9th district includes most of the part of Kansas City east of Troost Avenue and the entirety of the city of Raytown.Candidates
- Brandon Ellington, former Kansas City councilman and former state representative
- Barbara Anne Washington, incumbent state senator
Candidates
- Derron Black
District 11
The 11th district is located in northern Jackson County and includes a portion of Kansas City along with the cities of Independence, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, Sugar Creek and Buckner.Candidates
- Robert Sauls, state representative
Candidates
- David Martin
- Aaron McMullen, state representative
- Joe Nicola
Results
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Robert Sauls | Joe Nicola | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | October 15–18, 2024 | 329 | ± 5.2% | 45% | 46% | 9% |
| Remington Research Group | September 10–13, 2024 | 376 | ± 4.9% | 40% | 46% | 14% |
District 13
The 13th district is based in northeastern St. Louis County and includes Florissant, Old Jamestown, Spanish Lake, Jennings, Bellefontaine Neighbors and an eastern portion of Hazelwood.Candidates
- Angela Mosley, incumbent state senator
- Chantelle Nickson-Clark, state representative
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Angela Mosley | Chantelle Nickson-Clark | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | July 25–28, 2024 | 347 | ± 5.4% | 26% | 21% | 53% |
| Remington Research Group | April 30 – May 2, 2024 | 300 | ± 5.6% | 34% | 13% | 53% |
District 15
The 15th district encompasses most of the westernmost portion of St. Louis County and includes Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ballwin, Manchester and Town and County.Candidates
- Joe Pereles
Candidates
- Jim Bowlin
- David Gregory, former state representative
- Mark A. Harder
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jim Bowlin | David Gregory | Mark Harder | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | July 26–29, 2024 | 322 | ± 5.4% | 16% | 31% | 17% | 36% |
| Remington Research Group | April 8–12, 2024 | 304 | ± 5.6% | 9% | 14% | 14% | 63% |
| Remington Research Group | November 16–20, 2023 | 382 | ± 5.0% | 5% | 15% | 9% | 70% |
Results
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | David Gregory | Joe Pereles | Jeff Coleman | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | October 21–24, 2024 | 406 | ± 4.9% | 45% | 47% | – | 8% |
| Remington Research Group | September 17–19, 2024 | 418 | ± 4.9% | 46% | 42% | 1% | 11% |
District 17
The 17th district is located in southwestern Clay County and includes a portion of Kansas City along with Gladstone, Pleasant Valley and Claycomo.Candidates
- Maggie Nurrenbern, state representative
Candidates
- Jerry Nolte, current Clay County Commissioner and former state representative
Results
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Maggie Nurrenbern | Jerry Nolte | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | September 24–26, 2024 | 356 | ± 5.1% | 45% | 44% | 11% |
District 19
The 19th district encompasses all of Boone County, which includes Columbia.Declared
- Stephen Webber, former state representative
Candiates
- James Coyne
Withdrawn
- Chuck Basye, former state representative
District 21
The 21st district, based in the west-central part of the state, consists of most of Clay County and all of Lafayette, Saline, Ray, Cooper and Howard counties.Candidates
- Jim Bates
Candidates
- Kurtis Gregory, state representative
- Doug Richey, state representative
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kurtis Gregory | Doug Richey | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | July 27–30, 2024 | 317 | ± 5.4% | 35% | 25% | 40% |
| Remington Research Group | June 5–7, 2024 | 384 | ± 4.96% | 18% | 18% | 64% |
District 23
The 23rd district is made up of the northeastern half of St. Charles County, including the cities of St. Charles and St. Peters.Candidates
- Matt Williams
Candidates
- Rich Chrismer, former state representative
- Phil Christofanelli, state representative
- Dan O'Connell
- Adam Schnelting, state representative
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rich Chrismer | Phil Christofanelli | Dan O'Connell | Adam Schnelting | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | July 27–30, 2024 | 307 | ± 5.7% | 10% | 25% | 3% | 30% | 32% |
| Remington Research Group | April 15–18, 2024 | 300 | ± 5.6% | 14% | 9% | 5% | 14% | 58% |
District 25
The 25th district is located in southeast Missouri and includes the counties of Butler, Stoddard, Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Wayne, Mississippi, Ripley, Oregon and Carter.Candidates
- Chuck Banks
Candidates
- Jason Bean, incumbent state senator
District 27
The 27th district is based in southeast Missouri and includes the counties of Cape Girardeau, Scott, Perry, Madison, Bollinger, Iron and Reynolds.Candidates
- Jamie Burger, state representative
- Chris Dinkins, state representative
- Jacob Turner
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jamie Burger | Chris Dinkins | Jacob Turner | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | July 28 – August 1, 2024 | 296 | ± 5.7% | 31% | 21% | 20% | 28% |
| Remington Research Group | June 24–27, 2024 | 311 | ± 5.1% | 24% | 27% | 8% | 41% |
District 29
The 29th district is located in the southwestern corner of the state and consists of the counties of Christian, Lawrence, Barry and McDonald.Candidates
- Ron Monnig
Candidates
- Susan Haralson
- Mike Moon, incumbent state senator
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Susan Haralson | Mike Moon | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | April 22–25, 2024 | 300 | ± 5.6% | 13% | 37% | 50% |
District 31
The 31st district is located in the west-central part of the state and is made up of the counties of Cass, Johnson and Bates.Candidates
- Raymond L. James
Candidates
- Rick Brattin, incumbent state senator
- Mike Haffner, state representative
- Dan Houx, state representative
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rick Brattin | Mike Haffner | Dan Houx | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | October 18–20, 2023 | 304 | ± 5.6% | 57% | 16% | 12% | 15% |
District 33
The 33rd district is located in the southern part of the state and encompasses the counties of Taney, Howell, Stone, Texas, Douglas, Ozark and Shannon.Candidates
- Brad Hudson, state representative
- Travis Smith, state representative
Endorsements
;Polling| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Brad Hudson | Travis Smith | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group | July 15–18, 2024 | 289 | ± 5.7% | 29% | 29% | 42% |