2020 Missouri Attorney General election

The 2020 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of Missouri. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, along with elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to a full term. He was appointed by Governor Mike Parson after Josh Hawley was elected to the U.S Senate in 2018.[1]

2020 Missouri Attorney General election

November 3, 2020

Nominee Eric Schmitt Richard Finneran Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,745,353 1,108,944 Percentage 59.46% 37.78%

Attorney General before election Eric Schmitt Republican Elected Attorney General Eric Schmitt Republican

Republican primary

Declared

• Eric Schmitt, incumbent Missouri Attorney General[2][3]

Results

Republican primary results[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Schmitt (incumbent)	602,577	100.0
Total votes			602,577	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

• Richard Finneran, former federal prosecutor[5]
• Elad Gross, civil rights attorney and former Assistant Attorney General for former Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster[6]

Results

Democratic primary results[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Finneran	272,516	55.39%
	Democratic	Elad Gross	219,462	44.61%
Total votes			491,978	100.0%

Third parties

Declared

• Kevin Babcock[7]

Results

Libertarian primary results[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin Babcock	4,089	100.0%
Total votes			4,089	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[8]	Safe R	June 25, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Eric Schmitt (R)	Richard Finneran (D)	Other	Undecided
YouGov/SLU	September 24 – October 7, 2020	931 (LV)	± 3.9%	50%	40%	3%	8%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout	September 16–17, 2020	1,046 (LV)	± 3%	50%	36%	–	14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout	November 17–20, 2019	400 (RV)	± 5%	49%	32%	–	20%

Hypothetical polling

with Elad Gross Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Eric Schmitt (R) Elad Gross (D) Other Undecided Human Agency/Missouri Scout December 20–24, 2019 415 (RV) ± 5% 52% 34% 14% Human Agency/Missouri Scout October 18–20, 2019 550 (RV) ± 4% 47% 30% – 23% Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout October 9–10, 2019 1,451 (LV) ± 2.5% 53% 37% 10% Missouri Scout/Human Agency September 16–18, 2019 825 (RV) ± 4.0% 42% 31% 28%

Results

2020 Missouri Attorney General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eric Schmitt (incumbent)	1,745,353	59.46%
	Democratic	Richard Finneran	1,108,944	37.78%
	Libertarian	Kevin Babcock	80,715	2.75%
Total votes			2,935,012	100.0%

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

See also

• 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election

References

1. "Missouri Attorney General Schmitt seeks election". ABC17NEWS. Associated Press. February 19, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
2. Wheeler, Kayla (February 19, 2020). "Eric Schmitt announces campaign for Missouri Attorney General". St Louis Buissness Journal. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
3. "Schmitt announces run to keep state attorney general seat". KOMU.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
4. "State of Missouri - State of Missouri - Primary Election, August 04, 2020". Missouri Secretary of State.
5. Suntrup, Jack. "Former federal prosecutor is the second Democrat to enter race for Missouri attorney general". STLtoday.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
6. Shurr, Alisha (November 12, 2018). "Elad Gross to run for Missouri Attorney General in 2020". The Missouri Times. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
7. Orf, Abby (July 28, 2020). "Democrats represent sole contested primary race for attorney general". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
8. "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 13, 2019.