2020 Missouri Secretary of State election

See also: 2020 United States secretary of state elections

The 2020 Missouri Secretary of State General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Secretary of State of Missouri. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, along with elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft won re-election to a second term. Ashcroft won with more votes than any candidate in Missouri history.^[1][2]

2020 Missouri Secretary of State election

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Nominee Jay Ashcroft Yinka Faleti Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,790,873 1,072,415 Percentage 60.59% 36.28%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Ashcroft:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Faleti:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data

Secretary of State before election Jay Ashcroft Republican Elected Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Jay Ashcroft, incumbent Secretary of State of Missouri^[3]

Withdrawn before primary

• Dale Manzo, student at Harvard University and COO of Manchester Electrical Contractors^[4]

Results

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Ashcroft (incumbent)	620,822	100.0%
Total votes			620,822	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Yinka Faleti, nonprofit executive and U.S. Army veteran^[6]

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yinka Faleti	470,955	100.0%
Total votes			470,955	100.0%

Third parties

Constitution Party

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Venable, information technology consultant^[7]

Results

Constitution primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Constitution	Paul Venable	573	100.0%
Total votes			573	100.0%

Green Party

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Lehmann, farmer^[7]

Results

Green primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Paul Lehmann	860	100.0%
Total votes			860	100.0%

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared

• Carl Herman Freese, security officer^[7]

Results

Libertarian primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Carl Herman Freese	4,074	100.0%
Total votes			4,074	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[8]	Safe R	June 25, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	John Jay Ashcroft (R)	Yinka Faleti (D)	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout[9]	August 12–13, 2020	1112 (LV)	± 3.0%	55%	38%	7%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout[10]	December 20–24, 2019	415 (RV)	± 5%	55%	31%	14%
Human Agency/Missouri Scout[11]	October 18–20, 2019	550 (RV)	± 4%	51%	30%	19%

Results

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jay Ashcroft (incumbent)	1,790,873	60.59%	+2.97%
	Democratic	Yinka Faleti	1,072,415	36.28%	−2.17%
	Libertarian	Carl Herman Freese	55,320	1.87%	−2.06%
	Green	Paul Lehmann	23,981	0.81%	N/A
	Constitution	Paul Venable	13,066	0.44%	N/A
Total votes			2,955,655	100.0%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Ashcroft won 6 of 8 congressional districts.^[12]

District	Ashcroft	Faleti	Representative
1st	21%	76%	Lacy Clay (116th Congress)
			Cori Bush (117th Congress)
2nd	56%	42%	Ann Wagner
3rd	70%	27%	Blaine Luetkemeyer
4th	69%	27%	Vicky Hartzler
5th	43%	53%	Emanuel Cleaver
6th	68%	29%	Sam Graves
7th	73%	24%	Billy Long
8th	79%	18%	Jason Smith

See also

• 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. "Our Campaigns – United States – Missouri". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
2. "Our Campaigns – Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
3. Huguelet, Austin (February 22, 2020). "With promise to revive voter ID, Ashcroft announces 2020 re-election bid". Springfield News Leader. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
4. Adams, Jasmine (January 8, 2019). "Dale Manzo announces candidacy for MO Secretary of State". KFVS 12. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
5. "State of Missouri – State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 04, 2020". Missouri Secretary of State.
6. King, Chris (April 11, 2020). "Yinka Faleti is only Democrat to file to run against Ashcroft for secretary of state". St. Louis American. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
7. Hemmings, Roshae; Liang, Clivia (July 30, 2020). "Five parties place candidates for secretary of state on the ballot". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
8. "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Secretary of State Elections". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
9. Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout
10. Human Agency/Missouri Scout
11. Human Agency/Missouri Scout
12. "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved August 21, 2024.