Ashcroft re-elected as Missouri secretary of state

Missouri Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has won a second four-year term in office.

He staved off Democratic Army veteran Yinka Faleti, a 44-year-old Army veteran who previously worked as executive director of the St. Louis-area racial equity group Forward through Ferguson.

Ashcroft has supported requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. Faleti criticized Ashcroft's handling of elections during the pandemic.

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November 3, 2020, General Election Results Here are results from statewide and Mid-Missouri elections, as well as election wrap-up stories.

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