Missouri US Presidential Election 2024: Voting, Result info, Candidates and all you need to know

Missouri, United States

Missouri US Presidential Election 2024: The United States voted for the presidential elections on November 5.

The voting was held across the 50 states in the country and the Republican Party emerged victorious as President-elect Donald Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

All about the state of Missouri

Missouri is situated in the Midwestern US and has two important rivers of the country - the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. Because of this, the state becomes important from the point of view of trade and transportation.

In the last few years, Missouri has seen a shift toward the Republican Party and has become its stronghold, hence losing the status of swing state which it once had in the late 20th century.

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The state has more than six million residents which makes it the 18th-most populous state in the country. The total number of registered voters in the state as of October 1, 2024, is 4,456,673.

How many Senate seats went for election in the state? Who were the candidates?

In Missouri, people elected one member to the US Senate in the November 5 general elections. The candidates who frayed in the election were:

• Josh Hawley (incumbent) (Republican)

• Lucas Kunce (Democratic)
• Jared Young (Better Party) 
• Nathan Kline (Green Party) 
• W.C. Young (Libertarian Party)

How many House of Representatives seats went for election in the state? Who were the candidates?

On November 5, in the US House of Representatives elections, Missouri votde for eight candidates for the house from the eight districts each.

District 1

• Wesley Bell (Democratic Party)
• Andrew Jones Jr. (Republican Party)
• Blake Ashby (Better Party) 
• Don Fitz (Green Party)
• Rochelle Riggins (Libertarian Party)

District 2

• Ann Wagner (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
• Ray Hartmann (Democratic Party)
• Shelby Davis (Green Party)
• Brandon Daugherty (Libertarian Party) 

District 3

• Bethany Mann (Democratic Party) 
• Bob Onder (Republican Party)
• William Hastings (Green Party)
• Jordan Rowden (Libertarian Party) 

District 4

• Mark Alford (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
• Jeanette Cass (Democratic Party) 
• Thomas Holbrook (Libertarian Party) 

District 5

• Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
• Sean Smith (Republican Party) 
• Michael Day (Green Party)
• Bill Wayne (Libertarian Party)

District 6

• Sam Graves (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
• Pam May (Democratic Party)
• Mike Diel (Green Party)
• Andy Maidment (Libertarian Party) 

District 7

• Eric Burlison (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
• Missi Hesketh (Democratic Party) 
• Kevin Craig (Libertarian Party)

District 8

• Jason Smith (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
• Randi McCallian (Democratic Party) 
• Jake Dawson (Libertarian Party)

Who won the presidential election in the state in 2020?

In the 2020 presidential elections, Trump emerged as the winner in Missouri with 1,718,736 votes.

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Results of 2024 election

In the presidential elections, Trump clinched victory in Missouri against Harris which appeared to be a repeat of 2020 election results. 

In the Senate elections, Republican Josh Hawley came back to power after defeating Lucas Kunce (Democratic) by garnering 16,39,359 votes.

Here are the winners of the House of Representatives elections. 

(With inputs from agencies)