Senate District 5
Not on the ballot in 2026. Senate seats in odd-numbered districts were elected in 2024 and come up again in 2028; the seat is held by a Democrat, Steve Roberts.
Current member
Steven Roberts (Democrat)
In the Senate since 2020. Assistant Minority Floor Leader. Not on the 2026 ballot: this Senate seat was last elected in 2024.
Committees: Administration; Fiscal Oversight; Gubernatorial Appointments; Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence; Veterans and Military Affairs; and 6 more.
Senator Steven Roberts was sworn into office on Jan. 6, 2021, to serve the people of Missouri’s 5 th Senatorial District and selected as the Democratic Whip for the Minority Caucus.
Missouri legislature member pages (house.mo.gov, senate.mo.gov), collected Sep 7, 2026 through the PROMO roster. Whether the member is on the ballot comes from this site’s own incumbent record for the seat.
Where this seat sits
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Every Senate seat from the safest Republican to the safest Democratic, in the forecast of Nov 3, 5:57 pm CT. The heavy rule is two-thirds; hatched seats are not on the ballot this year.
Vote history
Democratic share of the two-party vote, which leaves out other candidates. Legislative results: Secretary of State, 2016 to 2024; the dashed line marks the new district map first used in 2022, so earlier points describe different ground. The dotted line is the district’s 2024 lean from the statewide races. Results as of the Nov 3, 2026 update.
Independent forecasts
Other forecasters’ published assessments, kept separate from this site’s model. Sources cover different sets of districts.
- State Navigate, Nov 2, 2026
- No election (D) · >99% published chance of a Democratic win
Results on the current map
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Dem votes | Rep votes | Other | Dem two-party share | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Steve Roberts (inc.) | Robert Vroman | 47,670 | 6,151 | 0 | 88.6% | Democrat |
Secretary of State official results. The two-party share leaves out other candidates.
Earlier results, on the old map
District lines changed in 2022. These 2016 to 2020 results are for the district that carried this number on the previous map, which may cover different ground.
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Dem votes | Rep votes | Other | Dem two-party share | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jamilah Nasheed (inc.) | None | 53,339 | 0 | 9,195 | Uncontested | Democrat |
| 2020 | Steve Roberts | Michael Hebron | 56,379 | 8,349 | 0 | 87.1% | Democrat |
Sources7ShowHide
- Missouri Secretary of State, 2026 general election certified candidate list , accessed Nov 1, 2026.
- Missouri Secretary of State, official election results (grand totals, 2016 to 2024) , accessed Nov 1, 2026.
- 2024 district leans: Secretary of State precinct results for president, governor and US Senate, allocated to the 2022 House and Senate district plans (Missouri Office of Administration) , accessed Nov 1, 2026.
- Ballotpedia, Missouri State Senate elections, 2026 (incumbents, open seats, district pages) , accessed Nov 1, 2026.
- State Navigate, published forecast , forecast dated Nov 2, 2026.
- On Point Politics, published forecast , forecast dated Nov 1, 2026.
- Missouri House (house.mo.gov) and Senate (senate.mo.gov) member pages: name, party, first-elected year, leadership, committees and biography, collected through the PROMO legislator roster (RavBogard/promo-legislators) , accessed Sep 7, 2026.