Josh Hawley
Electoral history
Table:
2016 Missouri Attorney General Election: General election results[11]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Republican

Josh Hawley

1,607,550

58.5%

Democratic

Teresa Hensley

1,140,252

41.5%

Total votes

2,747,802

100.00%

Based on the table called Josh Hawley in the "Electoral history" section, answer the following question with a short sentence: What's the result of the election? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Republican candidate Josh Hawley won 58.5% of the vote compared to the democratic candidate Teresa Hensley's 41.5%.