2016 Missouri Attorney General election

The 2016 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Attorney General of Missouri, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Josh Hawley defeated the Democratic nominee Teresa Hensley.

2016 Missouri Attorney General election
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Josh Hawley Teresa Hensley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,607,550 1,140,252
Percentage 58.5% 41.5%
County results
Hawley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Hensley:      50–60%      70–80%
Attorney General before election

Chris Koster
Democratic

 Elected Attorney General

Josh Hawley
Republican

Elections in Missouri

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster did not run for re-election to a third term in office, but was instead the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor.[1][2][3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Teresa Hensley
Jake Zimmerman

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Teresa
Hensley		 Jake
Zimmerman		 Undecided
SurveyUSA July 20–24, 2016 500 ± 4.4% 41% 39% 20%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout July 15–16, 2016 1,119 ± 3.0% 26% 41% 33%
Remington Research Group (R) September 18–19, 2015 1,589 ± 2.4% 27% 23% 51%

Results
Democratic primary results[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Teresa Hensley 167,626 52.7
Democratic Jake Zimmerman 150,322 47.3
Total votes 317,948 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Controversy

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 fall out if he did not do as Schaefer asked.[31]

Endorsements
Josh Hawley
Kurt Schaefer
  • Missouri State Troopers Association[38]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Josh
Hawley		 Kurt
Schaefer		 Undecided
SurveyUSA July 20–24, 2016 773 ± 3.6% 34% 39% 28%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout July 7–8, 2016 1,022 ± 3.0% 30% 28% 42%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout June 17–18, 2016 963 ± 3.2% 21% 28% 51%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout May 13–14, 2016 1,421 ± 2.7% 18% 23% 58%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout March 10–12, 2016 1,704 ± 2.5% 12% 24% 64%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout October 23–24, 2015 1,033 ± 3.0% 12% 19% 69%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout June 18–19, 2015 1,130 ± 3.0% 9% 16% 75%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout April 3–4, 2015 621 ± 3.9% 10% 15% 75%

Results
Republican primary results[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Hawley 415,702 64.2
Republican Kurt Schaefer 231,657 35.8
Total votes 647,359 100.0

General election

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Teresa
Hensley (D)		 Josh
Hawley (R)		 Undecided
The Missouri Times/Remington Research Group (R) September 19–20, 2016 1,076 ± 3.2% 38% 47% 15%
Remington Research Group (R) September 1–2, 2016 1,275 ± 3.0% 41% 47% 12%
Remington Research Group (R) August 5–6, 2016 1,280 ± 3% 44% 48% 8%
Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout April 15–16, 2016 1,281 ± 3.0% 38% 38% 24%

Results
2016 Missouri Attorney General election[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Josh Hawley 1,607,550 58.50% +17.71%
Democratic Teresa Hensley 1,140,252 41.50% -14.31%
Total votes '2,747,802' '100.0%' N/A
Republican gain from Democratic
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See also
  • Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016

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Official campaign websites
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