Missouri 2014 Election Results

Ballot Measures, August 5, 2014

Missouri voters decided 5 statewide ballot measures on August 5, 2014.

Ballot measures

General Election, November 4, 2014

Missouri held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 180 legislative seats and the office of Auditor. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans padded the veto-proof majorities they already held against Gov. Jay Nixon (D), reaching 25-9 in the Senate, two more than needed to override his vetoes, and 117-46 in the House.
• The GOP's biggest gains came in Jefferson County, where it captured six of seven seats. Paul Wieland (R) beat Jeff Roorda (D) by about 8 points for the open Senate District 22, and Shane Roden (R) and Becky Ruth (R) unseated Democratic Reps. Michael Frame and T.J. McKenna, respectively. Elsewhere, Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R) beat Rep. Ed Schieffer (D) by about 35 points for the open Senate District 10.
• Democrats' brightest spot was Senate District 24, where Jill Schupp (D) narrowly won a hard-fought contest for a Republican-held seat. She beat Jay Ashcroft (R), son of former Gov. and U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, by about 3 points in one of the state's most expensive races.
• Auditor Tom Schweich (R) easily won a second term with no Democratic opponent.
• Republicans unseated three other House Democrats:
  • Chuck Basye (R) beat Rep. John Wright (D) by about 260 votes in House District 47.
  • Cloria Brown (R) beat Rep. Vicki Englund (D) in House District 94.
  • Bill Kidd (R) beat Rep. John Mayfield (D) in House District 20.
  Republicans picked up open Democratic seats in House Districts 41, 113, and 149. After the election, Democrats held no seats in northeast Missouri. Deb Lavender (D) won Democrats' only House pickup, the open House District 90, by about 440 votes. Rep. Bill Otto (D) held House District 70 by about 150 votes, and Nick King (R) held the open House District 17 by 72 votes, the closest legislative race.
• Voters approved 2 of 4 amendments. Amendment 10 limits the governor's ability to withhold money from the budget, and Amendment 2 allows propensity evidence in child sex-crime prosecutions. Voters rejected Amendment 6, a six-day early voting period, and, by roughly three to one, Amendment 3, a teacher-evaluation plan whose backers suspended their campaign in September.

Legislature

• House (163 seats): 52 D, 108 R, 3 other or vacant before the election, 45 D, 117 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (34 seats): 9 D, 24 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 9 D, 25 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures