2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2004 election for Missouri Governor
Governor · Missouri
Matt Blunt (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Claire McCaskill (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Matt BluntRepublican · winner
53.0%1,350,134
Claire McCaskillDemocrat
47.0%1,195,208
2,545,342 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2004
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET