2022 United States Senate election in Missouri
The 2022 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 8, 2022, concurrently with elections for all other Class 3 U.S. senators and elections for the U.S. House of Representatives, to select a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Missouri. Incumbent senator Roy Blunt, a Republican, did not seek a third term in office. Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the open seat, defeating Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine.
Image: Sen. Eric Schmitt, official portrait, 118th Congress (cropped)
Image: Trudy Busch Valentine (1)
U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler was endorsed by Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and finished second.
Former governor Eric Greitens attempted to restart his political career, but finished third.
Roy Dean Blunt is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd Missouri Secretary of State (1985–1993) and U.S. Representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district (1997–2011).
Official portrait, 2011
Roy Blunt as Missouri Secretary of State in 1990
Blunt in his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives
Blunt speaking at the inauguration of Joe Biden
