2020 Missouri Attorney General election

2020 Missouri Attorney General election

November 3, 2020

Nominee Eric Schmitt Richard Finneran Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,752,792 1,117,713 Percentage 59.38% 37.87%

Schmitt:40–50%50–60%60–70%70–80%80–90%>90% Finneran:40–50%50–60%60–70%70–80%80–90%>90% Tie:40–50%50%No data

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

The2020 Missouri Attorney General electionwas held on November 3, 2020, to elect theAttorney General of Missouri.It was held concurrently with thepresidential election,along withelectionsto theUnited States SenateandUnited States House of Representatives,as well as variousstate and local elections.IncumbentRepublicanAttorney GeneralEric Schmittwas elected to a full term after he was appointed by GovernorMike ParsonwhenJosh Hawleywaselected to the U.S. Senate in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Eric Schmitt,incumbentMissouri Attorney General

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Schmitt(incumbent)	602,577	100.00
Total votes			602,577	100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Richard Finneran, former federal prosecutor
• Elad Gross, civil rights attorney and former Assistant Attorney General

Endorsements

Elad Gross

State legislators

• Rasheen Aldridge Jr.,state representative
• Doug Clemens,state representative
• Sarah Unsicker,state representative
• Kevin Windham Jr.,state representative

Local officials

• Reggie Jones, mayor ofDellwood

Organizations

• American Federation of Teachers
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
• Our Revolution
• Planned Parenthood

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Finneran	272,516	55.39
	Democratic	Elad Gross	219,462	44.61
Total votes			491,978	100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Kevin Babcock

Results

Libertarian primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin C. Babcock	4,089	100.00
Total votes			4,089	100.00

General election

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	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[1]	November 17–20, 2019	400 (RV)	± 5%	49%	32%	–	20%

Hypothetical polling

with Elad Gross Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size 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

Missouri Attorney General election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Eric Schmitt(incumbent)	1,752,792	59.38%	+0.88%
	Democratic	Rich Finneran	1,117,713	37.87%	–3.63%
	Libertarian	Kevin C. Babock	81,100	2.75%	N/A
Total votes			2,951,605	100.00%
	Republicanhold

See also

• 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election