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1976 Missouri governor election

Joseph P. Teasdale (Democrat) beat Kit Bond (Republican) in Missouri in 1976, 50.2% to 49.6%, a margin of 0.7 points and 13,074 votes.

Missouri changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Kit Bond.

Republicans led in 70 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 45. The largest, St. Louis, cast 449,938 votes and went to the Republican by 8.6 points. The closest was Carter, where 5 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Joseph P. Teasdale won Democratic 971,184 50.2%
Kit Bond Republican 958,110 49.6%
All other candidates 4,215 0.2%
Total1,933,509

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
St. Louis 205,250 45.6% 243,804 54.2% 884 449,938 R+8.6
Jackson 135,746 58.0% 97,030 41.5% 1,182 233,958 D+16.5
St. Louis City 117,304 67.1% 57,177 32.7% 283 174,764 D+34.4
Greene 29,691 41.7% 41,212 57.9% 254 71,157 R+16.2
Clay 26,710 51.6% 24,836 48.0% 230 51,776 D+3.6
St. Charles 22,916 47.2% 25,646 52.8% 37 48,599 R+5.6
Jefferson 23,904 54.5% 19,858 45.3% 75 43,837 D+9.2
Boone 17,179 48.6% 18,017 51.0% 160 35,356 R+2.4
Buchanan 17,120 50.0% 17,054 49.8% 48 34,222 D+0.2
Jasper 11,305 35.3% 20,731 64.7% 24 32,060 R+29.4
Franklin 12,221 50.4% 11,913 49.1% 106 24,240 D+1.3
Cape Girardeau 10,013 43.3% 13,079 56.6% 7 23,099 R+13.3
Cole 9,602 42.6% 12,904 57.3% 11 22,517 R+14.7
Platte 8,603 50.5% 8,386 49.2% 56 17,045 D+1.3
Cass 9,057 55.9% 7,113 43.9% 29 16,199 D+12.0
St. Francois 8,251 52.1% 7,569 47.8% 7 15,827 D+4.3
Pettis 8,082 53.1% 7,119 46.8% 10 15,211 D+6.3
Newton 5,393 37.9% 8,721 61.3% 106 14,220 R+23.4
Scott 7,793 58.4% 5,558 41.6% 1 13,352 D+16.7
Lafayette 6,161 46.5% 7,064 53.3% 18 13,243 R+6.8
Phelps 6,131 49.3% 6,307 50.7% 10 12,448 R+1.4
Butler 5,742 46.8% 6,489 52.9% 33 12,264 R+6.1
Marion 5,359 46.0% 6,298 54.0% 5 11,662 R+8.1
Lawrence 4,513 40.5% 6,633 59.5% 8 11,154 R+19.0
Audrain 5,485 49.5% 5,598 50.5% 8 11,091 R+1.0
Johnson 5,332 48.5% 5,584 50.8% 70 10,986 R+2.3
Saline 5,461 50.7% 5,299 49.2% 17 10,777 D+1.5
Barry 4,416 43.6% 5,713 56.4% 7 10,136 R+12.8
Dunklin 5,974 59.1% 4,131 40.9% 6 10,111 D+18.2
Callaway 4,801 47.7% 5,226 51.9% 34 10,061 R+4.2
Howell 4,251 42.8% 5,673 57.1% 16 9,940 R+14.3
Stoddard 5,315 53.5% 4,617 46.5% 2 9,934 D+7.0
Randolph 5,638 59.6% 3,823 40.4% 5 9,466 D+19.2
Nodaway 4,629 49.0% 4,817 51.0% 9,446 R+2.0
Henry 5,213 55.2% 4,217 44.7% 9 9,439 D+10.6
Adair 3,350 37.3% 5,635 62.7% 6 8,991 R+25.4
Vernon 4,029 46.5% 4,618 53.3% 21 8,668 R+6.8
Camden 3,655 42.8% 4,873 57.1% 13 8,541 R+14.3
Laclede 3,599 42.5% 4,846 57.3% 14 8,459 R+14.7
Christian 3,397 40.5% 4,984 59.3% 17 8,398 R+18.9
Ray 5,167 61.5% 3,203 38.2% 25 8,395 D+23.4
Taney 3,025 36.4% 5,265 63.4% 10 8,300 R+27.0
Lincoln 4,421 54.6% 3,670 45.3% 10 8,101 D+9.3
Texas 4,163 52.2% 3,804 47.7% 7 7,974 D+4.5
New Madrid 4,863 62.2% 2,951 37.7% 4 7,818 D+24.5
Macon 3,836 50.1% 3,807 49.8% 9 7,652 D+0.4
Bates 4,059 53.2% 3,568 46.8% 5 7,632 D+6.4
Polk 3,310 43.7% 4,245 56.1% 12 7,567 R+12.4
Webster 3,455 47.3% 3,842 52.6% 11 7,308 R+5.3
Linn 3,743 51.7% 3,487 48.2% 7 7,237 D+3.5
Pulaski 3,917 54.5% 3,262 45.4% 5 7,184 D+9.1
Pike 3,540 49.9% 3,549 50.0% 4 7,093 R+0.1
Miller 2,722 39.7% 4,130 60.2% 6 6,858 R+20.5
Perry 2,428 35.4% 4,416 64.5% 7 6,851 R+29.0
Crawford 3,439 50.4% 3,376 49.5% 5 6,820 D+0.9
Livingston 3,474 51.1% 3,309 48.7% 10 6,793 D+2.4
Cooper 2,939 43.9% 3,757 56.1% 6,696 R+12.2
Pemiscot 3,939 58.9% 2,743 41.0% 10 6,692 D+17.9
Clinton 3,235 52.1% 2,966 47.8% 9 6,210 D+4.3
Andrew 2,662 43.1% 3,510 56.8% 6 6,178 R+13.7
Wright 2,347 38.3% 3,780 61.7% 3 6,130 R+23.4
Washington 3,210 52.8% 2,855 47.0% 10 6,075 D+5.8
McDonald 2,362 38.9% 3,711 61.1% 6,073 R+22.2
Carroll 2,703 44.6% 3,335 55.1% 16 6,054 R+10.4
Stone 1,960 33.9% 3,815 66.0% 9 5,784 R+32.1
Gasconade 1,743 30.8% 3,910 69.1% 3 5,656 R+38.3
Morgan 2,504 44.9% 3,066 55.0% 2 5,572 R+10.1
Benton 2,597 46.8% 2,950 53.2% 3 5,550 R+6.4
Moniteau 2,462 44.4% 3,084 55.6% 1 5,547 R+11.2
Warren 2,146 39.4% 3,296 60.5% 2 5,444 R+21.1
Dent 2,796 51.8% 2,597 48.1% 3 5,396 D+3.7
Ste. Genevieve 3,089 57.7% 2,260 42.2% 5 5,354 D+15.5
Osage 2,395 45.3% 2,893 54.7% 2 5,290 R+9.4
Grundy 2,207 42.0% 3,039 57.9% 6 5,252 R+15.8
Montgomery 2,474 47.2% 2,764 52.7% 3 5,241 R+5.5
Chariton 2,872 55.5% 2,302 44.4% 5 5,179 D+11.0
Cedar 1,933 39.1% 3,003 60.7% 9 4,945 R+21.6
Mississippi 3,316 67.2% 1,617 32.8% 4 4,937 D+34.4
Wayne 2,489 50.6% 2,428 49.4% 1 4,918 D+1.2
Barton 1,808 36.9% 3,088 63.0% 3 4,899 R+26.1
Dallas 2,154 44.1% 2,717 55.7% 10 4,881 R+11.5
Bollinger 2,465 51.3% 2,338 48.7% 4,803 D+2.6
Harrison 1,813 38.0% 2,946 61.8% 7 4,766 R+23.8
Monroe 2,903 62.7% 1,724 37.2% 5 4,632 D+25.5
Douglas 1,667 36.2% 2,924 63.5% 13 4,604 R+27.3
Howard 2,617 58.8% 1,834 41.2% 1 4,452 D+17.6
Lewis 2,067 46.5% 2,379 53.5% 2 4,448 R+7.0
Sullivan 2,039 46.2% 2,379 53.8% 4,418 R+7.7
Iron 2,315 53.0% 2,043 46.8% 11 4,369 D+6.2
Caldwell 1,892 44.9% 2,313 54.9% 6 4,211 R+10.0
Daviess 1,950 46.7% 2,226 53.3% 4 4,180 R+6.6
Ripley 2,190 52.5% 1,972 47.3% 7 4,169 D+5.2
St. Clair 2,030 49.6% 2,052 50.2% 7 4,089 R+0.5
Gentry 1,960 48.8% 2,049 51.0% 6 4,015 R+2.2
Madison 1,966 49.6% 1,994 50.3% 1 3,961 R+0.7
Atchison 1,630 42.0% 2,245 57.9% 2 3,877 R+15.9
De Kalb 1,785 47.5% 1,967 52.4% 3 3,755 R+4.8
Dade 1,416 38.1% 2,295 61.8% 3 3,714 R+23.7
Shelby 2,096 56.8% 1,590 43.1% 3 3,689 D+13.7
Ralls 2,110 57.6% 1,550 42.3% 1 3,661 D+15.3
Oregon 2,277 62.7% 1,350 37.2% 3 3,630 D+25.5
Holt 1,368 41.4% 1,936 58.5% 4 3,308 R+17.2
Maries 1,799 54.4% 1,507 45.6% 1 3,307 D+8.8
Clark 1,326 40.7% 1,930 59.2% 3 3,259 R+18.5
Ozark 1,167 38.2% 1,886 61.8% 1 3,054 R+23.5
Reynolds 1,781 60.2% 1,175 39.7% 3 2,959 D+20.5
Shannon 1,722 59.1% 1,187 40.7% 4 2,913 D+18.4
Hickory 1,283 45.5% 1,527 54.1% 11 2,821 R+8.6
Scotland 1,187 43.2% 1,559 56.8% 2,746 R+13.5
Schuyler 1,232 47.1% 1,383 52.8% 2 2,617 R+5.8
Knox 1,198 46.9% 1,355 53.0% 3 2,556 R+6.1
Putnam 804 32.0% 1,704 67.9% 2 2,510 R+35.9
Mercer 815 37.3% 1,366 62.5% 3 2,184 R+25.2
Carter 980 49.8% 985 50.1% 2 1,967 R+0.3
Worth 839 48.3% 898 51.7% 1,737 R+3.4

Counties as they stood in 1976; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Missouri governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Mike Kehoe (R) R+20.4
2020 Mike Parson (R) R+16.4
2016 Eric Greitens (R) R+5.6
2012 Jay Nixon (D) D+12.2
2008 Jay Nixon (D) D+18.9
2004 Matt Blunt (R) R+3.0
2000 Bob Holden (D) D+0.9
1996 Mel Carnahan (D) D+16.7
1992 Mel Carnahan (D) D+17.4
1988 John Ashcroft (R) R+29.5
1984 John Ashcroft (R) R+13.3
1980 Kit Bond (R) R+5.6
1976 Joseph P. Teasdale (D) D+0.7
1972 Kit Bond (R) R+10.5
1968 Warren E. Hearnes (D) D+21.6
1964 Warren E. Hearnes (D) D+24.1
1960 John M. Dalton (D) D+16.1
1956 James T. Blair Jr. (D) D+4.1
1952 Phil M. Donnelly (D) D+5.2
1948 Forrest Smith (D) D+14.2
1944 Phil M. Donnelly (D) D+2.0
1940 Forrest C. Donnell (R) R+0.2
1936 Lloyd C. Stark (D) D+14.5
1932 Guy Brasfield Park (D) D+21.1
1928 Henry S. Caulfield (R) R+3.5
1924 Sam Aaron Baker (R) R+0.5
1920 Arthur M. Hyde (R) R+10.6
1916 Frederick D. Gardner (D) D+0.3
1912 Elliott Woolfolk Major (D) D+17.0
1908 Herbert S. Hadley (R) R+2.2
1904 Joseph W. Folk (D) D+4.7
1900 Alexander Monroe Dockery (D) D+4.7
1896 Lawrence Vest Stephens (D) D+6.5
1892 William J. Stone (D) D+5.5
1888 David Rowland Francis (D) D+2.6
1884 John Sappington Marmaduke (D) D+2.5
1880 Thomas T. Crittenden (D) D+13.6
1876 John S. Phelps (D) D+14.8
1874 Charles H. Hardin (D) D+10.2
1872 Silas Woodson (D) D+12.5
1870 Benjamin Gratz Brown (other)
1868 Joseph W. McClurg (R) R+13.3