2016 Missouri gubernatorial election


The 2016 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor 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.
The primaries were held on August 2. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Nixon was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. State Attorney General Chris Koster and businessman, author and former U.S. Navy SEAL Eric Greitens won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively. On election day, November 8, 2016, the Associated Press declared Greitens the winner of the election, and Koster conceded shortly after.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling


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Results

Third party and independent candidates

Green Party

Candidates

Declared
  • Don Fitz

    Independent

Candidates

Declared
  • Les Turilli, Jr., businessman

    Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

  • , September 30, 2016 - C-SPAN

    Predictions

Polling


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;with John Brunner

Results

Campaign finance investigations

On April 28, 2017, the Missouri Ethics Commission fined Greitens' campaign $1,000 for violating state campaign ethics rules regarding campaign disclosure. Greitens did not contest the fine.
In 2018, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the opening of an investigation of Greitens' 2016 campaign financing.
On June 1, 2018, Eric Greitens resigned from office, leaving Mike Parson, his lieutenant governor, to succeed him.
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