2020 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

2020 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Mike Kehoe Alissia Canady Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,730,805 1,150,104 Percentage 58.4% 38.8%

County results Kehoe:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Canady:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

Lieutenant Governor before election Mike Kehoe Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe Republican

The 2020 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was a general election occurring on November 3, 2020, in which the incumbent Republican, Mike Kehoe, defeated his challenger, Democrat Alissia Canady.^[1] Kehoe was originally appointed to the position in 2018, making the election his first time elected as Missouri's Lieutenant Governor, despite the fact he was already in office at the time of the election.^[2]

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Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Alissia Canady, former Kansas City councilwoman and former Jackson County assistant prosecutor^[3]
• Gregory Upchurch, small businessowner^[4]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alissia Canady	371,802	73.54%
	Democratic	Gregory Upchurch	133,751	26.46%
Total votes			505,553	100.0%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Mike Carter, St. Charles County municipal judge^[6]
• Arnie Dienoff, legal consultant^[6]
• Mike Kehoe, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Missouri^[7]
• Aaron Wisdom^[6]

Results[]

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kehoe (incumbent)	362,442	59.41%
	Republican	Mike Carter	158,914	26.05%
	Republican	Aaron Wisdom	52,810	8.66%
	Republican	Arnie Dienoff	35,929	5.89%
Total votes			610,095	100.0%

Third parties[]

Libertarian Party[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Bill Slantz, businessman^[6]

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	4,103	100.0%
Total votes			4,103	100.0%

Green Party[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Kelley Dragoo^[6]

Results[]

Green primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Kelley Dragoo	860	100.0%
Total votes			860	100.0%

General election[]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Mike Kehoe (R)	Alissia Canady (D)	Undecided
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout	August 12–13, 2020	1112 (LV)	± 3.0%	48%	39%	13%

Results[]

2020 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kehoe (incumbent)	1,731,263	58.41%	+5.61%
	Democratic	Alissia Canady	1,150,231	38.81%	-3.48%
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	53,789	1.82%	-0.68%
	Green	Kelley Dragoo	28,183	0.95%	-1.46%
	Write-in	Jeremy Gundel	26	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			2,963,492	100.0%

See also[]

• 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election

Notes[]

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