Eric Greitens won with 51.1% of the vote (1,432,544 votes), ahead of Chris Koster with 45.6% (1,277,056 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.5 percentage points (155,488 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 5.5 points.
2,801,840 votes were counted in this race, for 8 candidates or options.
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