Eric Schmitt
2023 - Present
2029
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Eric Schmitt (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Missouri. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.
Schmitt (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Missouri. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
He was appointed as Attorney General of Missouri by Gov. Mike Parson (R) on November 13, 2018, following former Attorney General Josh Hawley's (R) election to the U.S. Senate.[1][2] Schmitt took office in January 2019. Schmitt resigned as attorney general after he assumed office in the U.S. Senate.
Schmitt previously served as the Republican treasurer of Missouri from 2017 to 2019.[3] He also previously served as a member of the Missouri State Senate, representing District 15. He was first elected to the state senate in 2008. He did not seek re-election to the Missouri State Senate in 2016 because he was term-limited. Instead, Schmitt filed to run for treasurer of Missouri in the 2016 elections.
Biography
Eric Schmitt earned a degree from Truman State University and a juris doctor from Saint Louis University. Schmitt's career experience includes working as an attorney.[4][5]
Political career
Attorney General of Missouri (2019-2023)
On November 13, 2018, Gov. Mike Parson (R) appointed Schmitt as the attorney general of Missouri to succeed Josh Hawley.[1] He assumed office in January 2019.
Missouri Treasurer (2017-2019)
Schmitt was elected Missouri treasurer on November 8, 2016. He assumed office on January 9, 2017.[6] He served until January 2019, when he became attorney general of Missouri.
Missouri State Senate (2009-2017)
Schmitt represented District 15 in the Missouri State Senate from 2009 to 2017.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Schmitt was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Economic Committee
- Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Subcommittee on Seapower
- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Communications, Media, and Broadband
- Space and Science, Ranking Member
- Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports
- Communications, Media, and Broadband
- Space and Science
- Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Schmitt served on the following committees:
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Schmitt served on the following committees:
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Schmitt served on the following committees:
Missouri committee assignments, 2011 |
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• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules |
• Joint Committee on Missouri's Promise |
• Joint Committee on MO Health Net |
• Gubernatorial Appointments |
• Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families |
• Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government, Chair |
• Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence, Vice chair |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Schmitt served on the following committees:
Missouri committee assignments, 2009 |
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• Gubernatorial Appointments |
• Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families |
• Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government |
• Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs |
• Ways and Means |
Key votes
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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
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Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Missouri, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Missouri
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Missouri on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Eric Schmitt (R) | 55.4 | 1,146,966 | |
![]() | Trudy Busch Valentine (D) | 42.2 | 872,694 | |
Jonathan Dine (L) | 1.7 | 34,821 | ||
Paul Venable (Constitution Party) | 0.7 | 14,608 | ||
![]() | Nathan Mooney (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 14 | |
![]() | Steve Price (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 9 | |
![]() | Rik Combs (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 6 | |
![]() | Gina Bufe (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | |
![]() | Theodis Brown Sr. (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | |
![]() | David Kirk (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
![]() | Martin Lindstedt (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 |
Total votes: 2,069,130 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nicholas Strauss (Independent)
- Ronald Deets (Independent)
- John Wood (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Trudy Busch Valentine | 43.2 | 158,957 |
![]() | Lucas Kunce ![]() | 38.3 | 141,203 | |
![]() | Spencer Toder ![]() | 4.7 | 17,465 | |
![]() | Carla Wright ![]() | 3.9 | 14,438 | |
![]() | Gena Ross ![]() | 2.4 | 8,749 | |
![]() | Jewel Kelly, Jr. ![]() | 1.8 | 6,464 | |
![]() | Lewis Rolen ![]() | 1.4 | 5,247 | |
![]() | Pat Kelly ![]() | 1.4 | 5,002 | |
![]() | Ronald William Harris ![]() | 1.1 | 4,074 | |
![]() | Joshua Shipp ![]() | 0.9 | 3,334 | |
![]() | Clarence Taylor ![]() | 0.9 | 3,322 |
Total votes: 368,255 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Timothy Shepard (D)
- Scott Sifton (D)
- Ronald Deets (D)
- MD Rabbi Alam (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Eric Schmitt | 45.6 | 299,282 | |
Vicky Hartzler | 22.1 | 144,903 | ||
![]() | Eric Greitens | 18.9 | 124,155 | |
![]() | Billy Long | 5.0 | 32,603 | |
![]() | Mark McCloskey | 3.0 | 19,540 | |
![]() | Dave Schatz | 1.1 | 7,509 | |
![]() | Patrick Lewis | 0.9 | 6,085 | |
![]() | Curtis D. Vaughn ![]() | 0.5 | 3,451 | |
![]() | Eric McElroy | 0.4 | 2,805 | |
![]() | Robert Allen | 0.3 | 2,111 | |
![]() | C.W. Gardner ![]() | 0.3 | 2,044 | |
![]() | Dave Sims | 0.3 | 1,949 | |
![]() | Bernie Mowinski | 0.2 | 1,602 | |
![]() | Deshon Porter | 0.2 | 1,574 | |
![]() | Darrell Leon McClanahan III | 0.2 | 1,139 | |
![]() | Rickey Joiner | 0.2 | 1,084 | |
![]() | Robert Olson | 0.2 | 1,081 | |
![]() | Dennis Lee Chilton | 0.1 | 755 | |
![]() | Russel Pealer Breyfogle Jr | 0.1 | 685 | |
![]() | Kevin Schepers | 0.1 | 681 | |
![]() | Hartford Tunnell | 0.1 | 637 |
Total votes: 655,675 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Brinkmann (R)
- Dan McQueen (R)
- Ronald Deets (R)
- Rik Combs (R)
Constitution primary election
Constitution primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
Paul Venable advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Paul Venable | 100.0 | 792 |
Total votes: 792 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Missouri
Jonathan Dine advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Missouri on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jonathan Dine | 100.0 | 2,973 |
Total votes: 2,973 | ||||
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2020
See also: Missouri Attorney General election, 2020
Missouri Attorney General election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
Missouri Attorney General election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Attorney General of Missouri
Incumbent Eric Schmitt defeated Richard Finneran and Kevin Babcock in the general election for Attorney General of Missouri on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Eric Schmitt (R) | 59.4 | 1,752,792 | |
![]() | Richard Finneran (D) ![]() | 37.9 | 1,117,713 | |
![]() | Kevin Babcock (L) | 2.7 | 81,100 |
Total votes: 2,951,605 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Missouri
Richard Finneran defeated Elad Gross in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Missouri on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Richard Finneran ![]() | 55.4 | 272,516 |
![]() | Elad Gross ![]() | 44.6 | 219,462 |
Total votes: 491,978 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Missouri
Incumbent Eric Schmitt advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Missouri on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Eric Schmitt | 100.0 | 602,577 |
Total votes: 602,577 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Attorney General of Missouri
Kevin Babcock advanced from the Libertarian primary for Attorney General of Missouri on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Babcock | 100.0 | 4,089 |
Total votes: 4,089 | ||||
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2016
- See also: Missouri Treasurer election, 2016
Schmitt ran for Missouri treasurer in the 2016 elections. He was initially slated to compete with fellow Republican senator Dan Brown in the Republican primary. However, Brown withdrew from the race prior to the election, leaving Schmitt unopposed in the primary.[3] Schmitt competed in the general election with Sean O'Toole (Lib.), also unopposed in his party's primary; Judy Baker, who won the Democratic primary on August 2; and Green Party candidate Carol Hexem.
Eric Schmitt defeated Judy Baker, Sean O'Toole, and Carol Hexem in the Missouri treasurer election.
Missouri Treasurer, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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59.01% | 1,335,939 | |
Democratic | Judy Baker | 36.90% | 835,527 | |
Libertarian | Sean O'Toole | 2.83% | 64,089 | |
Green | Carol Hexem | 1.26% | 28,523 | |
Total Votes | 2,264,078 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
Eric Schmitt ran unopposed in the Missouri Republican primary for treasurer.
Missouri Republican primary for treasurer, 2016 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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100.00% | 563,047 |
Total Votes (3214 of 3214 precincts reporting) | 563,047 | |
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
Campaign finance
Eric Schmitt Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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Bericht | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
10/1/2015-12/31/2015 | 1/15/2016 | $1,957,679.18 | $185,567.68 | $(33,945.22) | $2,103,756.38 | ||||
1/1/2016-3/31/2016 | 4/15/2016 | $2,103,756.38 | $616,706.55 | $(115,561.41) | $2,598,449.19 | ||||
Second quarter | 4/1/2016-6/30/2016 | $2,598,449.19 | $160,877.41 | $(136,198.70) | $2,614,497.65 | ||||
Pre-primary | 7/1/2016-7/21/2016 | $2,614,497.65 | $17,505.05 | $(54,671.12) | $2,589,396.53 | ||||
Running totals | |||||||||
$980,656.69 | $(340,376.45) |
Endorsements
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Judy Baker (D) | Pat Contreras (D) | Eric Schmitt (R) | |||||||
Missouri Women's Leadership Coalition | Kansas City Mayor Sly James (D) | U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R) | |||||||
Former State Treasurer Nancy Farmer (D) | Former State Treasurer Jim Spainhower (D) | U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (R) | |||||||
St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones (D) | Former State Auditor Susan Montee (D) | U.S. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) | |||||||
State Rep. and Assistant Minority Floor Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D) | IBEW Statewide | U.S. Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R) | |||||||
Former Secretary of State Bekki Cook (D) | Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers’ District Council | State Senate President Pro Tempore Ronald Richard (R) | |||||||
Eastern Missouri Laborers’ District Council | State Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe (R) | ||||||||
Advocates of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest MO | State Speaker of the House Todd Richardson (R) | ||||||||
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2012
- See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2012
Schmitt won re-election in the 2012 election for Missouri State Senate, District 15. Schmitt ran unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[14][15]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Schmitt won election to the 15th District Seat in the Missouri State Senate, defeating James Trout (D).[16]
Missouri State Senate, District 15 (2008) | ||||
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51,366 | 54.7% | ||
James Trout (D) | 42,469 | 45.3% |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Eric Schmitt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Eric Schmitt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Schmitt's campaign website pointed to his successes in the Senate as qualifications for the office of treasurer, including:[17]
- Passage of legislation that capped franchise tax liabilities for businesses and phased them out completely as of January 2016
- Successfully lobbying for the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives that requires insurance companies to provide coverage for austism spectrum disorders
- Amending legislation to require property tax assessments and all Medicaid payments made to providers to be available online
- Sponsoring legislation mandating that local governments give public notice before voting on major financial initiatives
Notable endorsements
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Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Schmitt and his wife, Jamie, have two children.
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2017
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2016
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In 2016, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 6 through May 13.
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2015
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In 2015, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 7 through May 15.
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2014
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In 2014, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 8 through May 19.
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2013
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In 2013, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 30.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson, "Governor Mike Parson Announces Eric Schmitt as the Next Attorney General of Missouri," November 13, 2018
- ↑ Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson, "Governor Mike Parson Announces Eric Schmitt as the Next Attorney General of Missouri," November 13, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Unofficial candidate filing list," accessed April 2, 2016
- ↑ Schmitt for Senate, "About Eric," accessed November 26, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Attorney General, "About AG Schmitt," accessed November 26, 2022
- ↑ The Missouri Times, "Eric Greitens becomes the next governor of Missouri," January 9, 2017
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6363 - Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5860 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.44 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'"" accessed February 28, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 7, 2012," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "State of Missouri - General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State - 2008 General Election Results
- ↑ Eric Schmitt State Treasurer, accessed July 7, 2016
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Preceded by Roy Blunt (R) |
U.S. Senate Missouri 2023-Present |
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Attorney General of Missouri 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Andrew Bailey (R) |
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Missouri Treasurer 2017-2019 |
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Missouri State Senate District 15 2009-2017 |
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Alderman City of Glendale |
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