Saundra McDowell
Saundra McDowell (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Missouri. She lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.
McDowell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Saundra McDowell was born in Enid, Oklahoma. She served as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force from 1999 to 2007. McDowell received a bachelor's degree from Drake University in 2007, a bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 2008, and a J.D. from Regent University School of Law in 2010. Her professional experience includes being the director of enforcement for the securities division of the Missouri Secretary of State's office, an assistant attorney general for Missouri, and an attorney at law for McDowell & McDowell, LLC.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020
Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Governor of Missouri
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Missouri on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Parson (R) | 57.1 | 1,720,202 |
 | Nicole Galloway (D) | 40.7 | 1,225,771 | |
 | Rik Combs (L)  | 1.6 | 49,067 | |
 | Jerome H. Bauer (G) | 0.6 | 17,234 | |
 | Theodis Brown Sr. (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | |
 | Arnie Dienoff (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Martin Lindstedt (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Total votes: 3,012,287 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Missouri
Nicole Galloway defeated Eric Morrison, Jimmie Matthews, Antoin Johnson, and Robin Van Quaethem in the Democratic primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicole Galloway | 84.6 | 455,203 |
 | Eric Morrison | 6.0 | 32,403 | |
| Jimmie Matthews | 3.8 | 20,586 | |
 | Antoin Johnson | 3.8 | 20,254 | |
| Robin Van Quaethem | 1.8 | 9,481 | |
| Total votes: 537,927 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- La'Ondrill Brown (D)
- Edward Thurman (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Missouri
Incumbent Mike Parson defeated Saundra McDowell, James Neely, and Raleigh Ritter in the Republican primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Parson | 74.9 | 511,566 |
 | Saundra McDowell | 12.4 | 84,412 | |
 | James Neely | 8.7 | 59,514 | |
 | Raleigh Ritter | 4.0 | 27,264 | |
| Total votes: 682,756 | |||
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Green primary election
Green primary for Governor of Missouri
Jerome H. Bauer advanced from the Green primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jerome H. Bauer | 100.0 | 862 |
| Total votes: 862 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Governor of Missouri
Rik Combs advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rik Combs | 100.0 | 4,171 |
| Total votes: 4,171 | |||
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2018
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General election
General election for Missouri State Auditor
Incumbent Nicole Galloway defeated Saundra McDowell, Sean O'Toole, Jacob Luetkemeyer, and Don Fitz in the general election for Missouri State Auditor on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicole Galloway (D) | 50.4 | 1,209,881 |
| Saundra McDowell (R) | 44.6 | 1,070,701 | |
 | Sean O'Toole (L) | 2.1 | 51,304 | |
 | Jacob Luetkemeyer (Constitution Party) | 2.1 | 50,951 | |
 | Don Fitz (G) | 0.7 | 17,106 | |
| Total votes: 2,399,943 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri State Auditor
Incumbent Nicole Galloway advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri State Auditor on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicole Galloway | 100.0 | 515,398 |
| Total votes: 515,398 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri State Auditor
Saundra McDowell defeated David Wasinger, Kevin M. Roach, and Paul Curtman in the Republican primary for Missouri State Auditor on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Saundra McDowell | 32.6 | 192,814 |
 | David Wasinger | 26.7 | 158,071 | |
 | Kevin M. Roach | 24.3 | 143,745 | |
 | Paul Curtman | 16.4 | 97,055 | |
| Total votes: 591,685 | |||
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Constitution primary election
Constitution primary for Missouri State Auditor
Jacob Luetkemeyer advanced from the Constitution primary for Missouri State Auditor on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacob Luetkemeyer | 100.0 | 1,088 |
| Total votes: 1,088 | |||
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Green primary election
Green primary for Missouri State Auditor
Don Fitz advanced from the Green primary for Missouri State Auditor on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Don Fitz | 100.0 | 1,485 |
| Total votes: 1,485 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Missouri State Auditor
Sean O'Toole advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri State Auditor on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean O'Toole | 100.0 | 5,421 |
| Total votes: 5,421 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Saundra McDowell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McDowell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Saundra always planned to enact change with a law degree, but she put those ambitions on hold for the military. Saundra joined up with the USAF serving overseas in the aftermath of 9/11 as a medical technician taking care of our wounded soldiers. Following eight years of military service, Saundra pursued a career in law. After attending Drake University, studying at Oxford University and receiving her law degree from Regent Law, Saundra provided legal expertise to disabled Americans with their disability claims. She was an Assistant Attorney General in the Labor Division protecting Missouri's Second Injury Fund and in the Financial Services Division pursuing medical providers that were committing Medicaid fraud. As her career progressed, she was appointed as the Director of Enforcement for the Missouri Securities Division of the Secretary of State. She prosecuted investment fraud across Missouri. While a state attorney she was instrumental in recovering over 10 million taxpayers dollars for Missourians. In 2018 she ran for State Auditor on a platform of putting Missourians first and seeking justice, not personal glory. She emphatically defeated a busy field of talented Republican opponents in the Primary, only to lose narrowly to Democratic Super PAC funded Nicole Galloway, earning over a million votes along the way.
- I know Missourians expect MOre transparency from our government. From back-door deals and dark money, to lobbyists and special interests, it is clear our political system no longer works for the people. For this reason, as governor I will work to throw open the doors in a top down fashion, from the state capital to county commission offices and school boards to give you unprecedented access to the government decision-making process at all levels.
- For all that everyday working Missourians put into our great state, how much do they get back? For a lot of people, the answer is not much - I want to change that, and that means MOre Tax Breaks for working people. As governor, I pledge to endorse tax breaks as well as veto efforts to increase taxes on working people and small businesses. And I will put that commitment in writing when I get into office.
- Missourians are talented, hard-working and determined. But thanks to big government, excessive red tape, and bureaucracy, they are prevented from achieving MOre. I want to unleash our untapped potential by MOre protection from government growth. Under my administration, not only will there be no new boards, new commissions, we would look to refocus and streamline each department in each agency to maximize efficiency and effectiveness. We will cut red tape wherever it discourages talent, business, growth, and opportunity.
Gun control isn't about guns - it's about control. And the right to bear arms isn't about the arms - it's about the right.
The protection of individual liberty is absolutely the job of government, but it is not exclusively the job of government. It is first and foremost the job of "we the people" - individually as local communities and collectively as a nation. Well-enforced laws can deter crime, but even the best police and prosecutors in the world can not eliminate crime.
Therefore, the first defense against criminal threats to our persons and property is ourselves. That's why we have a right - a right granted by God and protected by the Constitution - to arm and protect ourselves.
Saundra's first job was as an Intensive Care Unit Medic for the United States Air Force. She worked in this position for 8 years.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 13, 2020
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