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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jay Ashcroft (incumbent) | 620,822 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 620,822 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Yinka Faleti | 470,955 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 470,955 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Constitution | Paul Venable | 573 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 573 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Paul Lehmann | 860 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 860 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Carl Herman Freese | 4,074 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 4,074 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [8] | Safe R | June 25, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | John Jay Ashcroft (R) | Yinka Faleti (D) | Undecided |
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Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout | August 12–13, 2020 | 1112 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 55% | 38% | 7% |
Human Agency/Missouri Scout | December 20–24, 2019 | 415 (RV) | ± 5% | 55% | 31% | 14% |
Human Agency/Missouri Scout | October 18–20, 2019 | 550 (RV) | ± 4% | 51% | 30% | 19% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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