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Missouri Down Ballot State Executive Elections

Primary Date: August 5, 2014

General Election Date: November 4, 2014

Missouri State Executive ElectionsDown Ballot State Auditor

One down ballot state executive position was up for election in the state ofMissouri in 2014. The general election took place onNovember 4, 2014, following a primary onAugust 5.

IncumbentState AuditorThomas Schweich (R) won re-election to a second term against Libertarian candidateSean O'Toole andConstitution Party candidateRodney Farthing.

Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Missouri utilizes anopen primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.^[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Auditor

See also:Missouri State Auditor

Candidates

General election

Thomas Schweich -Incumbent^[2]
Sean O'Toole^[2]
Rodney Farthing^[2]

Declined

Jay Swearingen^[3][4]

Results

General election

Missouri Auditor, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom SchweichIncumbent	73.3%	937,961
	Libertarian	Sean O'Toole	19.7%	252,351
	Constitution	Rodney Farthing	7%	89,080
Total Votes				1,279,392
Election results viaSecretary of State

Duties

Article IV, Section 13 of the state Constitution outlines the following duties of the auditor:

• "Establish appropriate systems of accounting for all public officials of the state, post-audit the accounts of all state agencies and audit the treasury at least once annually."
• "Make all other audits and investigations required by law, and shall make an annual report to the governor and general assembly."
• "Establish appropriate systems of accounting for the political subdivisions of the state, supervise their budgeting systems, and audit their accounts as provided by law."
• "No duty shall be imposed on him by law which is not related to the supervising and auditing of the receipt and expenditure of public funds."

Campaign finance

Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of$1,991,952 during the election. This information was last updated on March 27, 2015.^[5]

Campaign Contribution Totals
Candidate	Office	Result	Contributions
Tom Schweich	Missouri Auditor		$1,985,809
Sean O'Toole	Missouri Auditor		$6,143
Rodney Farthing	Missouri Auditor		$0
Grand Total Raised			$1,991,952

Past elections

2010

Missouri State Auditor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Thomas Schweich	50.8%	974,517
	Democratic	Susan MonteeIncumbent	45.5%	871,867
	Libertarian	Charles W. Baum	3.7%	70,816
Total Votes				1,917,200
Election results viaMissouri Secretary of State

Voter turnout

Political scientist Michael McDonald's United States Elections Project studied voter turnout in the 2014 election by looking at the percentage of eligible voters who headed to the polls. McDonald used voting-eligible population (VEP), or the number of eligible voters independent of their current registration status, to calculate turnout rates in each state on November 4. He also incorporated ballots cast for the highest office in each state into his calculation. He estimated that 81,687,059 ballots were cast in the 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia, representing 35.9 percent of the VEP.^[6] By comparison, 61.6 percent of VEP voted in the 2008 presidential election and 58.2 percent of VEP voted in the 2012 presidential election.^[7]

Quick facts

• According toPBS Newshour, voter turnout in the 2014 midterms was the lowest since the 1942 midterms, which took place during the nation's involvement in World War II.^[8]

• Forty-three states and the District of Columbia did not surpass 50 percent turnout in McDonald's analysis.

• The three states with the lowest turnout according to McDonald's analysis wereTexas (28.3 percent),Tennessee (28.6 percent), andIndiana (28.8 percent).

• Maine (58.5 percent),Wisconsin (56.5 percent), andColorado (54.5 percent) were the three states with the highest turnout.

• Twelve states increased voter turnout in 2014 compared to the 2010 midterm elections.^[9]

Note: Information from the United States Elections Project was last updated on December 16, 2014.

Key deadlines

Ballotpedia reports

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Recent news

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See also

• Missouri elections, 2014
• Missouri State Auditor
• Missouri state executive offices

External links

Suggest a link

• Missouri State Auditor

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