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Eric Schmitt

Republican. Missouri’s Senate seat, on the ballot November 7, 2028.

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Age on Election Day 2028
53
On November 7, 2028. Born June 20, 1975.
Lean
R+9
Lean Republican. Statewide, 2025 Cook PVI.
In the Senate since
2023
Took office January 3, 2023.7
Approval
47%
33% disapprove. Morning Consult.3

Overview

Cash on hand
$1,811,713
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report12

Last election
55.4%
Share of the vote.11

The state in 2024
Trump won Missouri in 2024.
Earlier offices
  • Missouri Attorney General, 2019 to 2023
  • Missouri State Treasurer, 2017 to 2019
  • Missouri State Senate, 2009 to 2017
  • Alderman, Glendale, Mo., 2005 to 2008
2028 plans
Reporting, not a Schmitt statement: Schmitt is named as a 2028 running mate for JD Vance. Source: Axios (opens in a new tab), September 29, 2026.

Lean is the state’s 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI): R+5 to R+9 is lean Republican, R+10 and up solidly Republican, and D+ leans Democratic. Approval is the latest published Morning Consult rating, from its quarterly survey of registered voters in each state. Last election is the share of the vote the senator won. Cash on hand is the campaign’s money at the end of the reporting period named.

Sources (7)
  1. 1Eric Schmitt, official page Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4Axios, September 29, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)

In the Senate

In the Senate since
January 3, 2023
Leadership posts
No leadership post
Committees
  • Armed Services
  • Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Judiciary

A gold mark names a leadership post. The posts and committees are the 119th Congress’s, as senate.gov lists them: a chair led a full committee for the majority, a ranking member was the senior member of the minority on it. The 120th Congress, which Democrats control, names its own in January 2027.

The filibuster

The senator’s own public position, from a recorded vote or a dated statement. A talking filibuster requires senators to hold the floor to block a vote.

Ending the legislative filibuster

No public position found

No vote or dated statement on this found.

A talking filibuster

Supports

“They should have to go out there, hours on end, like a Jimmy Stewart moment.”

Fox News, Reporter’s Notebook (opens in a new tab), March 16, 2026.

Sources (1)
  1. 8Fox News, Reporter’s Notebook, March 16, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

Missouri’s other Senate seat is not on the 2028 ballot.

Senator
Josh Hawley (opens in a new tab)
Party
Republican
Next on the ballot
2030The current term ends January 3, 2031.

The two seats are on different ballots: this one in 2028, the other in 2030. From the 120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py (opens in a new tab) dataset, retrieved November 5, 2026.

Sources (2)
  1. 9Josh Hawley’s official site Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 10120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset Retrieved November 5, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Election history

2022 election
Won with 55.4% of the voteOfficial results (opens in a new tab)
2028
Six-year term. The seat is on the ballot November 7, 2028.
Sources (1)
  1. 11Official results, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

Cash on hand
$1,811,713

Reported to
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Cash on hand from the latest Federal Election Commission filing of the senator’s campaign committee.

Sources (1)
  1. 12Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

Heritage Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
95
Club for Growth (opens in a new tab) lifetime
92
Turning Point Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
83
GOP Platform (opens in a new tab) 2025
89
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.

Progressive scorecards, out of 100

League of Conservation Voters (opens in a new tab) lifetime
2
Progressive Punch (opens in a new tab) lifetime, all votes
1
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.
Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) (opens in a new tab) 119th Congress, 10 measures
0

Mirrored for every senator of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the senator’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its Senate table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. No score means none was published.

Each out of 100, as the group publishes it: Heritage Action and Turning Point Action (the senator’s lifetime scores), Club for Growth (the senator’s lifetime rating) and GOP Platform (2025), which measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform and is published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.

“No score published” means the group published none, not zero.

How to read this

Each group’s name links to the senator’s own page on its scorecard, or to the scorecard’s list for the state where the line under it says so, opened on the date shown.

Sources (7)
  1. 13Heritage Action scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 14Club for Growth scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 15Turning Point Action scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 16GOP Platform scorecard, list for Missouri (Eric Schmitt’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 17League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 18Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Missouri (Eric Schmitt’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 19Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Endorsements

By the groups the House field tracks for Republicans: Donald Trump, Club for Growth, Turning Point Action and MAHA PAC.

2028 race so far

None on record: Donald Trump, Club for Growth, Turning Point Action, MAHA PAC.

Sources: trumpstruth.org (opens in a new tab); ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab); clubforgrowth.org (opens in a new tab); tpaction.com (opens in a new tab); FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab); FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab).

2022 race

Endorsed: Donald Trump.

None on record: Club for Growth, Turning Point Action, MAHA PAC.

Sources: politico.com (opens in a new tab); ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab); FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (opens in a new tab).

Endorsed: the group endorsed the officeholder in that race. None on record: no endorsement found in the sources listed.

Sources (8)
  1. 20Endorsements, 2028 race so far: trumpstruth.org Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: ballotpedia.org Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: clubforgrowth.org Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: tpaction.com Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 26Endorsements, 2022 race: politico.com Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  8. 27Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.

All sources for this record (27)

Overview

  1. 1Eric Schmitt, official page (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4Axios, September 29, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The filibuster

  1. 8Fox News, Reporter’s Notebook, March 16, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

  1. 9Josh Hawley’s official site (opens in a new tab)
  2. 10120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset (opens in a new tab) Retrieved November 5, 2026.

Election history

  1. 11Official results, 2022 (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

  1. 12Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

  1. 13Heritage Action scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  2. 14Club for Growth scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  3. 15Turning Point Action scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  4. 16GOP Platform scorecard, list for Missouri (Eric Schmitt’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  5. 17League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  6. 18Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Missouri (Eric Schmitt’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  7. 19Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Eric Schmitt’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.

Endorsements

  1. 20Endorsements, 2028 race so far: trumpstruth.org (opens in a new tab)
  2. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)
  3. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: clubforgrowth.org (opens in a new tab)
  4. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: tpaction.com (opens in a new tab)
  5. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab)
  6. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab)
  7. 26Endorsements, 2022 race: politico.com (opens in a new tab)
  8. 27Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (opens in a new tab)

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