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Elections in Missouri |
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The 2016 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Attorney General of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Josh Hawley defeated the Democratic nominee Teresa Hensley.
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster did not run for re-election to a third term in office, but was instead the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor. [1] [2] [3]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Teresa Hensley |
Jake Zimmerman |
Undecided |
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SurveyUSA Archived July 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | July 20–24, 2016 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 41% | 39% | 20% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | July 15–16, 2016 | 1,119 | ± 3.0% | 26% | 41% | 33% |
Remington Research Group (R) | September 18–19, 2015 | 1,589 | ± 2.4% | 27% | 23% | 51% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Teresa Hensley | 167,626 | 52.7 | |
Democratic | Jake Zimmerman | 150,322 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 317,948 | 100.0 |
Allegations of abuse of office by Missouri attorney general candidate Kurt Schaefer have surfaced: Schaefer allegedly pressured the former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe to interfere with Josh Hawley's ability to run for attorney general. Hawley was a professor at the University of Missouri. Wolfe wrote in a January 19 email: "Schaefer had several meetings with me pressuring me to take away Josh Hawley's right to run for Attorney General by taking away an employee's right to ask for an unpaid leave of absence when running for public office." The email went on to say he was worried that Schaefer might influence cuts in the university's budget due to political fallout if he did not do as Schaefer asked. [31]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Josh Hawley |
Kurt Schaefer |
Undecided |
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SurveyUSA Archived July 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | July 20–24, 2016 | 773 | ± 3.6% | 34% | 39% | 28% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | July 7–8, 2016 | 1,022 | ± 3.0% | 30% | 28% | 42% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | June 17–18, 2016 | 963 | ± 3.2% | 21% | 28% | 51% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | May 13–14, 2016 | 1,421 | ± 2.7% | 18% | 23% | 58% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | March 10–12, 2016 | 1,704 | ± 2.5% | 12% | 24% | 64% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | October 23–24, 2015 | 1,033 | ± 3.0% | 12% | 19% | 69% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | June 18–19, 2015 | 1,130 | ± 3.0% | 9% | 16% | 75% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | April 3–4, 2015 | 621 | ± 3.9% | 10% | 15% | 75% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Josh Hawley | 415,702 | 64.2 | |
Republican | Kurt Schaefer | 231,657 | 35.8 | |
Total votes | 647,359 | 100.0 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Teresa Hensley (D) |
Josh Hawley (R) |
Undecided |
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The Missouri Times/Remington Research Group (R) | September 19–20, 2016 | 1,076 | ± 3.2% | 38% | 47% | 15% |
Remington Research Group (R) | September 1–2, 2016 | 1,275 | ± 3.0% | 41% | 47% | 12% |
Remington Research Group (R) | August 5–6, 2016 | 1,280 | ± 3% | 44% | 48% | 8% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | April 15–16, 2016 | 1,281 | ± 3.0% | 38% | 38% | 24% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Josh Hawley | 1,607,550 | 58.50% | +17.71% | |
Democratic | Teresa Hensley | 1,140,252 | 41.50% | -14.31% | |
Total votes | 2,747,802 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
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Hawley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Hensley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 50% No votes | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Missouri |
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The 2016 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Attorney General of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Josh Hawley defeated the Democratic nominee Teresa Hensley.
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster did not run for re-election to a third term in office, but was instead the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor. [1] [2] [3]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Teresa Hensley |
Jake Zimmerman |
Undecided |
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SurveyUSA Archived July 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | July 20–24, 2016 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 41% | 39% | 20% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | July 15–16, 2016 | 1,119 | ± 3.0% | 26% | 41% | 33% |
Remington Research Group (R) | September 18–19, 2015 | 1,589 | ± 2.4% | 27% | 23% | 51% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Teresa Hensley | 167,626 | 52.7 | |
Democratic | Jake Zimmerman | 150,322 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 317,948 | 100.0 |
Allegations of abuse of office by Missouri attorney general candidate Kurt Schaefer have surfaced: Schaefer allegedly pressured the former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe to interfere with Josh Hawley's ability to run for attorney general. Hawley was a professor at the University of Missouri. Wolfe wrote in a January 19 email: "Schaefer had several meetings with me pressuring me to take away Josh Hawley's right to run for Attorney General by taking away an employee's right to ask for an unpaid leave of absence when running for public office." The email went on to say he was worried that Schaefer might influence cuts in the university's budget due to political fallout if he did not do as Schaefer asked. [31]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Josh Hawley |
Kurt Schaefer |
Undecided |
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SurveyUSA Archived July 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | July 20–24, 2016 | 773 | ± 3.6% | 34% | 39% | 28% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | July 7–8, 2016 | 1,022 | ± 3.0% | 30% | 28% | 42% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | June 17–18, 2016 | 963 | ± 3.2% | 21% | 28% | 51% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | May 13–14, 2016 | 1,421 | ± 2.7% | 18% | 23% | 58% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | March 10–12, 2016 | 1,704 | ± 2.5% | 12% | 24% | 64% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | October 23–24, 2015 | 1,033 | ± 3.0% | 12% | 19% | 69% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | June 18–19, 2015 | 1,130 | ± 3.0% | 9% | 16% | 75% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | April 3–4, 2015 | 621 | ± 3.9% | 10% | 15% | 75% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Josh Hawley | 415,702 | 64.2 | |
Republican | Kurt Schaefer | 231,657 | 35.8 | |
Total votes | 647,359 | 100.0 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Teresa Hensley (D) |
Josh Hawley (R) |
Undecided |
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The Missouri Times/Remington Research Group (R) | September 19–20, 2016 | 1,076 | ± 3.2% | 38% | 47% | 15% |
Remington Research Group (R) | September 1–2, 2016 | 1,275 | ± 3.0% | 41% | 47% | 12% |
Remington Research Group (R) | August 5–6, 2016 | 1,280 | ± 3% | 44% | 48% | 8% |
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout[ permanent dead link] | April 15–16, 2016 | 1,281 | ± 3.0% | 38% | 38% | 24% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Josh Hawley | 1,607,550 | 58.50% | +17.71% | |
Democratic | Teresa Hensley | 1,140,252 | 41.50% | -14.31% | |
Total votes | 2,747,802 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |