Eric Schmitt won with 56.8% of the vote (1,143,636 votes), ahead of Trudy Busch Valentine with 43.2% (868,875 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.7 percentage points (274,761 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 13.7 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.8 points toward Republicans.
2,012,511 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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