# 2016 Missouri Secretary of State election

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The 2016 Missouri Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Missouri Secretary of State, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and those to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Jason Kander did not run for re-election to a second term in office and instead unsuccessfully ran in that year's U.S. Senate election for the seat held by Republican incumbent Roy Blunt.

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* MD Rabbi Alam, candidate in 2012
* Robin Smith, reporter and former KMOV anchor
* Bill Clinton Young, perennial candidate

#### Withdrawn

* Elad Gross, Assistant Missouri Attorney General and nonprofit executive
* Jason Kander, incumbent secretary of state (running for the U.S. Senate)

#### Declined

* Jeremy LaFaver, state representative
* Mike Sanders, Jackson County Executive, former Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney and former chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party
* Stephen Webber, state representative
* Clint Zweifel, State Treasurer of Missouri

### Endorsements

* St. Louis Post-Dispatch
* The Kansas City Star

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | MD Rabbi Alam | Robin Smith | Bill Clinton Young | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | July 15–16, 2016 | 1,119 | ± 3.0% | 7% | 41% | 9% | 43% |

### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Robin Smith | 241,736 | 77.3 |
| | Democratic | Bill Clinton Young | 50,228 | 16.1 |
| | Democratic | MD Rabbi Alam | 20,836 | 6.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 312,800 | 100.0 |

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Jay Ashcroft, attorney, engineer and nominee for the state senate in 2014
* Roi Chinn
* Will Kraus, state senator

#### Declined

* Tim Jones, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
* Mike Kehoe, state senator
* Mike Parson, state senator (running for lieutenant governor)
* Shane Schoeller, Greene County Clerk, former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives and nominee for secretary of state in 2012

### Endorsements

* St. Louis Post-Dispatch
* The Kansas City Star

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jay Ashcroft | Roi Chinn | Will Kraus | Undecided |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | July 7–8, 2016 | 1,022 | ± 3.0% | 48% | 6% | 11% | 35% |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | June 17–18, 2016 | 963 | ± 3.2% | 49% | 7% | 10% | 34% |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | May 13–14, 2016 | 1,421 | ± 2.7% | 52% | — | 20% | 28% |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | October 23–24, 2015 | 1,033 | ± 3.0% | 50% | — | 19% | 31% |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | June 18–19, 2015 | 1,130 | ± 3.0% | 49% | — | 17% | 34% |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | April 3–4, 2015 | 621 | ± 3.9% | 51% | — | 18% | 31% |

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jay Ashcroft | 401,361 | 61.3 |
| | Republican | Will Kraus | 226,473 | 34.6 |
| | Republican | Roi Chinn | 26,638 | 4.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 654,472 | 100.0 |

## Libertarian primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Chris Morrill

### Results

Libertarian primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Chris Morrill | 3,491 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,491 | 100.0 |

## Third parties
### Green Party

* Julie George-Carlson

## General election
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Robin Smith (D) | Jay Ashcroft (R) | Chris Morrill (L) | Undecided |
| The Missouri Times/Remington Research Group | September 19–20, 2016 | 1,076 | ± 3.2% | 38% | 48% | 4% | 10% |
| Remington Research Group | September 1–2, 2016 | 1,275 | ± 3.0% | 41% | 46% | — | 8% |
| Remington Research Group | August 5–6, 2016 | 1,280 | ± 3% | 43% | 45% | — | 7% |
| Remington Research Group (R)/Missouri Scout | April 15–16, 2016 | 1,281 | ± 3.0% | 40% | 46% | — | 14% |

### Results

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Jay Ashcroft | 1,591,086 | 57.62% | +10.21% |
| | Democratic | Robin Smith | 1,061,788 | 38.45% | −10.44% |
| | Libertarian | Chris Morrill | 108,568 | 3.93% | +1.26% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,761,442 | 100.0% | N/A |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |