Mike Parson won with 57.1% of the vote (1,720,202 votes), ahead of Nicole Galloway with 40.7% (1,225,771 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 16.4 percentage points (494,431 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 16.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 10.9 points toward Republicans.
3,012,287 votes were counted in this race, for 7 candidates or options.
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