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Election 1996 Results

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1996 Missouri governor election

Mel Carnahan (Democrat) beat Margaret Kelly (Republican) in Missouri in 1996, 57.2% to 40.4%, a margin of 16.7 points and 358,533 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Mel Carnahan also won.

Democrats led in 89 of the 115 counties and Republicans in 26. The largest, St. Louis County, cast 461,718 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.0 points. The closest was Texas, where 30 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
Mel Carnahan won Democratic 1,224,801 57.2%
Margaret Kelly Republican 866,268 40.4%
All other candidates 51,449 2.4%
Total2,142,518

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
St. Louis County 245,275 53.1% 208,184 45.1% 8,259 461,718 D+8.0
Jackson 169,258 68.4% 72,523 29.3% 5,629 247,410 D+39.1
St. Louis City 88,515 74.4% 28,056 23.6% 2,392 118,963 D+50.8
Greene 43,646 45.1% 49,991 51.6% 3,189 96,826 R+6.6
St. Charles 46,462 48.0% 47,886 49.5% 2,424 96,772 R+1.5
Clay 43,593 63.5% 23,524 34.3% 1,493 68,610 D+29.3
Jefferson 34,970 53.0% 28,986 43.9% 2,077 66,033 D+9.1
Boone 34,266 65.6% 15,929 30.5% 2,021 52,216 D+35.1
Franklin 16,973 50.4% 15,540 46.2% 1,137 33,650 D+4.3
Jasper 13,637 40.6% 18,977 56.5% 946 33,560 R+15.9
Buchanan 22,045 67.4% 9,731 29.8% 925 32,701 D+37.7
Cole 18,708 63.8% 9,902 33.8% 713 29,323 D+30.0
Platte 17,840 61.4% 10,581 36.4% 647 29,068 D+25.0
Cass 17,055 59.2% 11,038 38.3% 710 28,803 D+20.9
Cape Girardeau 13,422 48.4% 13,781 49.7% 539 27,742 R+1.3
Christian 7,491 40.2% 10,559 56.7% 577 18,627 R+16.5
Newton 7,114 39.6% 10,445 58.1% 404 17,963 R+18.5
St. Francois 10,224 57.2% 7,192 40.2% 461 17,877 D+17.0
Phelps 9,555 62.5% 5,342 35.0% 380 15,277 D+27.6
Pettis 7,853 51.5% 6,804 44.6% 589 15,246 D+6.9
Scott 9,074 59.8% 5,878 38.7% 233 15,185 D+21.0
Camden 6,810 46.3% 7,385 50.2% 502 14,697 R+3.9
Johnson 9,082 62.6% 5,024 34.6% 394 14,500 D+28.0
Butler 7,208 50.6% 6,793 47.7% 237 14,238 D+2.9
Howell 6,087 44.8% 7,030 51.7% 477 13,594 R+6.9
Callaway 8,379 63.9% 4,314 32.9% 417 13,110 D+31.0
Lafayette 8,252 63.1% 4,450 34.0% 385 13,087 D+29.1
Taney 5,034 38.9% 7,516 58.1% 394 12,944 R+19.2
Lincoln 6,797 53.9% 5,507 43.7% 300 12,604 D+10.2
Lawrence 5,204 42.1% 6,695 54.2% 454 12,353 R+12.1
Barry 4,859 41.3% 6,574 55.8% 339 11,772 R+14.6
Laclede 4,631 40.5% 6,525 57.0% 289 11,445 R+16.5
Stoddard 6,501 58.5% 4,423 39.8% 190 11,114 D+18.7
Marion 7,161 66.7% 3,388 31.5% 191 10,740 D+35.1
Dunklin 6,858 66.9% 3,232 31.5% 167 10,257 D+35.4
Adair 6,501 63.4% 3,503 34.2% 248 10,252 D+29.2
Webster 4,180 41.4% 5,512 54.6% 397 10,089 R+13.2
Stone 3,831 38.1% 5,886 58.5% 336 10,053 R+20.4
Audrain 6,289 64.4% 3,254 33.3% 222 9,765 D+31.1
Texas 4,528 48.2% 4,558 48.5% 311 9,397 R+0.3
Henry 5,712 62.7% 3,135 34.4% 263 9,110 D+28.3
Pulaski 4,947 54.5% 3,855 42.5% 270 9,072 D+12.0
Polk 3,672 40.5% 5,043 55.6% 349 9,064 R+15.1
Randolph 5,895 65.6% 2,852 31.7% 240 8,987 D+33.9
Saline 6,334 71.4% 2,315 26.1% 216 8,865 D+45.3
Miller 4,554 51.8% 3,984 45.3% 261 8,799 D+6.5
Ray 6,055 69.3% 2,475 28.3% 212 8,742 D+41.0
Warren 4,103 47.7% 4,298 49.9% 207 8,608 R+2.3
Nodaway 5,676 67.5% 2,525 30.0% 208 8,409 D+37.5
Washington 4,508 57.8% 3,097 39.7% 198 7,803 D+18.1
Crawford 4,049 52.9% 3,425 44.7% 185 7,659 D+8.1
Vernon 4,362 57.3% 3,039 39.9% 216 7,617 D+17.4
New Madrid 5,270 70.4% 2,106 28.1% 107 7,483 D+42.3
Bates 4,531 63.3% 2,483 34.7% 141 7,155 D+28.6
Clinton 4,852 67.9% 2,142 30.0% 155 7,149 D+37.9
Morgan 3,714 52.0% 3,220 45.1% 209 7,143 D+6.9
Andrew 4,223 60.3% 2,607 37.2% 170 7,000 D+23.1
Wright 2,441 35.1% 4,310 62.0% 197 6,948 R+26.9
Perry 3,353 49.6% 3,307 48.9% 97 6,757 D+0.7
Ste. Genevieve 4,060 60.2% 2,515 37.3% 166 6,741 D+22.9
Benton 3,520 52.4% 2,979 44.4% 216 6,715 D+8.1
Pike 4,525 67.6% 2,027 30.3% 137 6,689 D+37.3
Cooper 3,811 57.7% 2,576 39.0% 218 6,605 D+18.7
Macon 4,231 65.6% 2,069 32.1% 149 6,449 D+33.5
Livingston 4,155 68.5% 1,798 29.7% 109 6,062 D+38.9
McDonald 2,536 41.9% 3,297 54.5% 221 6,054 R+12.6
Gasconade 2,766 46.4% 3,042 51.0% 158 5,966 R+4.6
Linn 3,967 67.4% 1,783 30.3% 132 5,882 D+37.1
Wayne 3,114 55.1% 2,421 42.8% 116 5,651 D+12.3
Dallas 2,360 41.8% 3,083 54.6% 203 5,646 R+12.8
Dent 2,984 53.5% 2,445 43.9% 144 5,573 D+9.7
Pemiscot 4,026 72.3% 1,461 26.2% 81 5,568 D+46.1
Osage 3,289 59.3% 2,151 38.8% 104 5,544 D+20.5
Moniteau 3,340 61.2% 1,973 36.2% 143 5,456 D+25.1
Montgomery 2,921 55.6% 2,218 42.2% 113 5,252 D+13.4
Cedar 2,212 42.5% 2,827 54.3% 166 5,205 R+11.8
Mississippi 3,796 73.1% 1,325 25.5% 71 5,192 D+47.6
Douglas 1,858 36.1% 3,145 61.0% 150 5,153 R+25.0
Barton 2,010 39.8% 2,911 57.6% 133 5,054 R+17.8
Bollinger 2,528 51.1% 2,372 48.0% 46 4,946 D+3.2
Grundy 3,018 64.8% 1,528 32.8% 109 4,655 D+32.0
Ripley 2,738 59.0% 1,801 38.8% 104 4,643 D+20.2
Madison 2,809 60.5% 1,709 36.8% 124 4,642 D+23.7
Carroll 2,794 62.3% 1,625 36.2% 69 4,488 D+26.0
St. Clair 2,419 54.4% 1,909 42.9% 121 4,449 D+11.5
Howard 2,691 63.5% 1,436 33.9% 109 4,236 D+29.6
Lewis 3,132 75.2% 948 22.8% 83 4,163 D+52.5
Iron 2,589 62.6% 1,470 35.5% 77 4,136 D+27.1
Ralls 2,882 71.1% 1,097 27.0% 77 4,056 D+44.0
Ozark 1,533 38.2% 2,376 59.1% 108 4,017 R+21.0
Chariton 2,594 65.2% 1,326 33.3% 61 3,981 D+31.9
Hickory 1,969 49.9% 1,869 47.4% 108 3,946 D+2.5
DeKalb 2,444 63.3% 1,317 34.1% 100 3,861 D+29.2
Oregon 2,284 59.2% 1,466 38.0% 106 3,856 D+21.2
Monroe 2,707 70.7% 1,053 27.5% 68 3,828 D+43.2
Harrison 2,200 58.8% 1,472 39.4% 68 3,740 D+19.5
Shannon 2,146 58.0% 1,465 39.6% 86 3,697 D+18.4
Maries 2,115 57.8% 1,451 39.6% 96 3,662 D+18.1
Dade 1,424 40.9% 1,954 56.1% 105 3,483 R+15.2
Caldwell 2,031 58.8% 1,314 38.0% 109 3,454 D+20.8
Daviess 2,278 67.9% 1,006 30.0% 73 3,357 D+37.9
Gentry 2,273 68.8% 981 29.7% 52 3,306 D+39.1
Clark 2,214 68.5% 966 29.9% 54 3,234 D+38.6
Shelby 2,154 70.5% 859 28.1% 42 3,055 D+42.4
Sullivan 1,906 62.6% 1,084 35.6% 56 3,046 D+27.0
Atchison 1,818 61.1% 1,111 37.4% 45 2,974 D+23.8
Reynolds 1,925 66.9% 886 30.8% 65 2,876 D+36.1
Holt 1,749 61.6% 1,040 36.6% 49 2,838 D+25.0
Carter 1,473 56.1% 1,112 42.3% 41 2,626 D+13.7
Putnam 1,221 56.7% 898 41.7% 34 2,153 D+15.0
Knox 1,382 67.7% 623 30.5% 36 2,041 D+37.2
Scotland 1,470 72.5% 499 24.6% 58 2,027 D+47.9
Schuyler 1,217 64.8% 622 33.1% 40 1,879 D+31.7
Mercer 972 64.2% 516 34.1% 25 1,513 D+30.1
Worth 802 64.4% 425 34.1% 19 1,246 D+30.3

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