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 election coincided with United States national elections and Missouri state elections, including U.S. President, 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 (D) of District 7 resigned on April 25, 2024, Senators Karla Eslinger (R) of District 33 and John Rizzo (D) of District 11 resigned in June 2024, and Lauren Arthur (D) of District 17 resigned in July 2024. Therefore, there are 23 Republicans and seven Democrats at the time of the 2024 election (plus the three vacancies). 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.

Predictions

Overview

Statewide

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 11, 4.7% (gain)
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.

Democrats

District 7: Greg Razer resigned due to appointment to State Tax Commission.

District 11: John Rizzo resigned to take a position as executive director of the Jackson County Sports Authority.

District 17: Lauren Arthur resigned after being appointed to the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission.

Republicans

District 3: Elaine Gannon retired.

District 15: Andrew Koenig was term-limited (ran for State Treasurer).

District 19: Caleb Rowden was term-limited.

District 21: Denny Hoskins was term-limited (ran for Secretary of State).

District 23: Bill Eigel was term-limited (ran for Governor).

District 27: Holly Thompson Rehder retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.

District 33: Karla Eslinger resigned due to appointment as Commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

Summary of results by 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

Sources for election results:

District 1

The 1st district encompasses southeastern St. Louis County and includes Oakville, Mehlville, Webster Groves, Affton, Concord, Lemay, and Crestwood.

General Election

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.

District 5

The 5th district is made up entirely of the city of St. Louis, except for a one-third portion in the southwest.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

District 19

The 19th district encompasses all of Boone County, which includes Columbia.

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.

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.

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.

District 27

The 27th district is based in southeast Missouri and includes the counties of Cape Girardeau, Scott, Perry, Madison, Bollinger, Iron and Reynolds.

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.

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.

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.

Notes

References

External links

State Senate
Election at Ballotpedia
Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Missouri", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"Missouri: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
"League of Women Voters of Missouri". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

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