The2016 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect theAttorney General of Missouri , concurrently with the2016 U.S. presidential election , as well aselections to theUnited States Senate andelections to theUnited States House of Representatives and variousstate andlocal elections . RepublicanJosh Hawley defeated the Democratic nomineeTeresa Hensley .
IncumbentDemocratic Attorney GeneralChris Koster did not run for re-election to a third term in office, but was instead the unsuccessful Democraticnominee for Governor .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Democratic primary results[ 24] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Teresa Hensley 167,626 52.7 Democratic Jake Zimmerman 150,322 47.3 Total votes 317,948 100.0
Allegations of abuse of office by Missouri attorney general candidate Kurt Schaefer have surfaced: Schaefer allegedly pressured the former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe to interfere with Josh Hawley's ability to run for attorney general. Hawley was a professor at the University of Missouri. Wolfe wrote in a January 19 email: "Schaefer had several meetings with me pressuring me to take away Josh Hawley's right to run for Attorney General by taking away an employee's right to ask for an unpaid leave of absence when running for public office." The email went on to say he was worried that Schaefer might influence cuts in the university's budget due to political fallout if he did not do as Schaefer asked.[ 34]
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Missouri State Troopers Association[ 41] Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of Josh Kurt Undecided SurveyUSA [ 21] July 20–24, 2016 773 ± 3.6% 34% 39% 28% Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ 42] July 7–8, 2016 1,022 ± 3.0% 30% 28% 42% Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ 43] June 17–18, 2016 963 ± 3.2% 21% 28% 51% Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ 44] May 13–14, 2016 1,421 ± 2.7% 18% 23% 58% Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ 45] March 10–12, 2016 1,704 ± 2.5% 12% 24% 64% Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ 46] October 23–24, 2015 1,033 ± 3.0% 12% 19% 69% Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ 47] June 18–19, 2015 1,130 ± 3.0% 9% 16% 75% Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout [ 48] April 3–4, 2015 621 ± 3.9% 10% 15% 75%
Republican primary results[ 24] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Josh Hawley 415,702 64.2 Republican Kurt Schaefer 231,657 35.8 Total votes 647,359 100.0
Results by state Senate District Results by state House District By congressional district [ edit ] Hawley won six of eight congressional districts.[ 54]
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