Ballot Measures, August 6, 2024
Missouri voters decided 2 statewide ballot measures on August 6, 2024.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| Amendment 1 | Allow childcare establishments to be exempt from property tax. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 45.0% voting yes. | Failed (45% yes) |
| Amendment 4 | Allow the Legislature to pass a law requiring Kansas City to increase funding for the Kansas City Police Department. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 51.0% voting yes. | Passed (51% yes) |
General Election, November 5, 2024
Missouri held its general election on November 5, 2024, deciding 180 legislative seats and 5 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Republicans swept all five statewide offices and kept their two-thirds supermajorities in a status quo legislative election. But voters also wrote abortion rights into the constitution, which St. Louis Public Radio called one of its biggest policy failures in two decades for the party.
- Amendment 3, the abortion-rights measure, passed with about 52 percent in a state Donald Trump carried by 18 points, and Planned Parenthood sued the next day to lift the state's restrictions. Amendment 2, legalizing sports betting, led by about 4,400 votes on election night and by only a few hundred after Christian County's late returns were added; opponents declined to seek a recount. Two more measures passed: Proposition A raised the minimum wage to $15 and added paid sick leave, and Amendment 7 banned noncitizen voting and ranked-choice voting. Voters rejected Amendment 5, an Osage River casino, and Amendment 6, court fees for law enforcement pensions.
- Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) cruised past House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D) for the open governorship by about 20 points, and the rest of the ticket ran within a few points of him. Dave Wasinger (R) won lieutenant governor and Denny Hoskins (R) secretary of state, and the appointed incumbents, Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) and Treasurer Vivek Malek (R), each won a full term.
- Each party took exactly one seat from the other in each chamber, leaving the Senate 24-10 and the House 111-52:
- Beyond those four flips, the closest race was Rep. Philip Oehlerking (R)'s hold in St. Louis County's House District 100 by fewer than 150 votes; 2 of the 180 legislative races finished inside two points, and 51 seats drew a single candidate.
Legislature
- House (163 seats): 52 D, 111 R before the election, 52 D, 106 R, 5 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (34 seats): 10 D, 24 R before the election, 10 D, 23 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
Statewide races
Legislative races
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
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| Amendment 2 | Legalize and regulate sports wagering in Missouri. This citizen-initiated measure was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 50.0% voting yes. | Passed (50% yes) |
| Amendment 3 | Provide for a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, defined to include abortion. This citizen-initiated measure was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 52.0% voting yes. | Passed (52% yes) |
| Amendment 5 | Allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam. This citizen-initiated measure was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 48.0% voting yes. | Failed (48% yes) |
| Amendment 6 | Define the administration of justice to include the levying of costs and fees to support the salaries and benefits for law enforcement personnel. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 39.0% voting yes. | Failed (39% yes) |
| Amendment 7 | Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote and ranked-choice voting. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 68.0% voting yes. | Passed (68% yes) |
| Proposition A | Increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide earned paid sick leave for employees. This citizen-initiated measure was placed on the Missouri 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 58.0% voting yes. | Passed (58% yes) |