Missouri 2026 Election & Infrastructure Intelligence

# Missouri 2026 Elections and Infrastructure Overview **Research checkpoint:** August 3, 2026 Missouri has no governor or U.S. Senate election in 2026. The statewide elected office on the primary ballot is State Auditor. All eight U.S. House districts, approximately half of the state Senate, all 163 state House seats, and four statewide ballot measures are also before voters. The primary is August 4 and the general election is November 3. ## Election structure and map warning Missouri is conducting the primary under a mid-decade congressional map enacted after a 2025 special session. A referendum effort submitted more than 300,000 signatures. If the referendum is certified, the map may be suspended and courts may have to determine whether the August primary results remain usable. Every district page should therefore display a **Map Under Legal Review** badge until the matter is resolved. ## State infrastructure baseline Missouri is experiencing one of the fastest AI and data-center investment waves in the country. Major projects include: - Google's $15 billion Montgomery County investment. - Amazon's $10 billion Montgomery County campus. - Meta's operational $1 billion Kansas City data center. - Metrobloks' proposed $1.4 billion Liberty campus. - A conditionally approved St. Louis project with community-benefit, noise, sustainability, power, and water requirements. Governor Mike Kehoe is best classified **Conditional**: he supports recruitment and construction while emphasizing energy affordability, water availability, and local impacts. Executive Order 26-02 directs state agencies to ensure large users cover their full energy and infrastructure costs and to develop an updated State Energy Plan. Missouri's Public Service Commission has adopted or is reviewing large-load tariffs under Senate Bill 4. These include long minimum-service commitments and cost-allocation provisions intended to prevent residential and small-business customers from absorbing unjust

Race	Status	Candidates	Impact	Key issue
MO-01	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact
MO-02	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact
MO-03	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact
MO-04	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact
MO-05	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact
MO-06	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact
MO-07	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact
MO-08	See research	See candidate dossiers	Medium	Infrastructure and policy impact

# Missouri Race and Candidate Dossiers **As of:** August 3, 2026 Posture taxonomy: Enable | Pause | Restrict | Conditional | Mixed | Unverified ## State Auditor - Stage: Primary on August 4, 2026 - Map status: Not applicable ### Republican #### Scott Fitzpatrick - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured #### Gerald (Jerry) Wistrand Jr. - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured ### Democratic #### Quentin Wilson - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured #### Gregory Upchurch - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured ### Libertarian #### Dustin Coffell - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured ## MO-01 - Stage: Primary on August 4, 2026 - Map status: Under legal review ### Republican #### Paul Berry III - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured #### Andrew Jones - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured ### Democratic #### Alissa Murphy - Candidate posture: **Unverified** - Confidence: Low - Evidence: No sufficiently specific, reliable public AI or data-center siting position was verified for this checkpoint. - Backing: No major backing pattern was verified in this checkpoint. - Polling: No verified public candidate poll captured #### Carl E. Harris Sr - Candidate posture

# Missouri Research Gaps and Refresh Rules 1. Refresh all race statuses immediately after polls close August 4, 2026. 2. Do not convert primary fields to general-election matchups until results are called and verified. 3. Check the congressional-map referendum certification and litigation daily. 4. Add independent and new-party candidates after the Secretary of State publishes the final November list. 5. Recheck every candidate for direct AI, data-center, utility-cost, water, zoning, tax-incentive, and permitting statements. 6. Preserve **Unverified** where no direct evidence exists; never infer posture from party. 7. Distinguish candidate polls, internal polls, and independent polls. 8. Refresh large-load tariff proceedings at the Missouri PSC and the state energy plan due September 1, 2026. 9. Refresh the DNR/PSC ratepayer report due November 30, 2026. 10. Keep the 2028 presidential section labeled Coming Soon.