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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.555 (2026)

Contest of state office election to be heard by supreme court

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  115.555.  Contest of state office election to be heard by supreme court. — All contested elections for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer and state auditor shall be heard and determined by the supreme court.  Likewise, all contests to the results of elections on constitutional amendments, on state statutes submitted or referred to the voters, and on questions relating to the retention of appellate and circuit judges subject to Article V, Section 25 of the State Constitution shall be heard and determined by the supreme court.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.105, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Effective 1-02-79

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2002–2025 · leading case: Dotson v. Kander, 464 S.W.3d 190 (Mo. 2015).
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Dotson v. Kander, 464 S.W.3d 190 (Mo. 2015). · cites it 15× “Plaintiffs have now filed an election contest in this Court to challenge the summary statement as an election irregularity pursuant to section 115.555. II. Challenges to Ballot Titles If the General Assembly writes the ballot title for a measure it proposes to voters, the title…”
Wes Shoemyer, Darvin Bentlage, & Richard Oswald v. Missouri Sec'y of State Jason Kander, 464 S.W.3d 171 (Mo. 2015). · cites it 8× “Thirty days after the secretary of state certified the results from the recount, the plaintiffs filed an election contest in this Court pursuant to section 115.555, arguing that the ballot title was insufficient and unfair.”
Dotson v. Kander, 435 S.W.3d 643 (Mo. 2014). · cites it 3× “This concern does not justify abandoning a settled construction of this provision, particularly in light of the fact that judicial review of a claim that a given ballot title was unfair or insufficient (when not previously litigated and finally determined) is available in the…”
Wright-Jones v. Johnson, 256 S.W.3d 177 (Mo. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “2 provides in relevant part that: All contested elections on any office or question other than those provided for in sections 115.555, 115.563 and subsection 1 of this section[ 6 ] shall be heard and determined by the circuit court of any circuit .”
Quinton Lucas v. Missouri Sec'y of State John R. Ashcroft & Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, 688 S.W.3d 204 (Mo. 2024). · cites it 27× “The secretary of state and the auditor 4 (collectively, the “state”) concede this Court has jurisdiction, citing section article VII, section 5 of the Missouri Constitution, which states the “general assembly shall designate by general law the court or judge by whom the several…”
Reeves v. Bockman, 101 S.W.3d 280 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002). “All contested elections on any office or question other than those provided for in sections 115.555, 115.563 and subsection 1 of this section shall be heard and determined by the circuit court of any circuit, selected by the contestant, in which all or any part of the election…”
Raymond McCarty v. Missouri Sec'y of State (Mo. 2025). · cites it 17× “Contestants timely brought an election contest in this Court seeking a new election pursuant to sections 115.555 and 115.593. 3 Analysis This case is not about the merits of increasing the minimum wage and providing paid sick leave for certain workers.”
D. Samuel Dotson III & Rebecca Morgan v. Missouri Sec'y of State Jason Kander, Tom Dempsey, Timothy Jones, Ron Richard, Kurt Schaefer, & Missourians Protecting the 2nd Amendment, Intervenors. (Mo. 2015). · cites it 15× “See section 115.555, RSMo 2000. Dotson I, 435 S.”
CAROL HINESLY, Dunklin Cnty. Clerk,Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent v. TOM TODD & KENT HAMPTON, Defendants/Respondents/Cross-Appellants., 430 S.W.3d 291 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “2003 (“All contested elections on any office or question other than those provided for in sections 115.555, 115.563 and subsection 1 of this section shall be heard and determined by the circuit court of any circuit, selected by the contestant, in which all or any part of the…”
D. Samuel Dotson III & Rebecca Morgan v. Jason Kander, Missouri Sec'y of State, Senator Kurt Schaefer, Consol. with Jennifer M. Joyce & Jean Peters-Baker v. Tom Dempsey (Mo. 2014). · cites it 2× “See section 115.555, RSMo 2000. For the foregoing reasons, this appeal is dismissed as moot.”
Joshua Edward Hedgecorth v. John I. Jones, IV (Mo. Ct. App. 2022). “565 grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Missouri House of Representatives and to the Missouri Senate over election contests involving those respective offices.”
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