KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Josh Hawley won a second term as a United States senator from Missouri in Tuesday’s general election, according to the Associated Press.
Republican Hawley defeated Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce and three other opponents.
Hawley spoke with reporters Tuesday after his victorious reelection bid, expressing his gratitude to Missouri voters.
"The people of Missouri, thanks for their confidence in me," Hawley said. "We got a lot of work to do in the next six years, but it's a tremendous privilege. It's a tremendous honor."
The Hawley campaign reported raising over $26 million from January 2019 to Oct. 16, 2024, according to reports on the Federal Election Commission’s website.
The campaign spent more than $25 million, per the FEC.
Hawley said he is "anxious to get back" for next week's session.
"We gotta close our border, No. 1," Hawley said. "We've got to stop the flow of drugs into the state of Missouri. We've got to bring jobs back to the state and we gotta get ... rates of wages up."
In his victory speech, Hawley gave props to Kunce, whom he had not spoken to after the win.
"I wish him the best," Hawley said. "He ran a tough campaign, hard-fought campaign, which I respect."
Hawley, 44, is a native of Lexington, Missouri. He is married and has three children.
He graduated from Rockhurst High School in KCMO before attending Stanford University and Yale Law School.
Hawley served as attorney general before running for Senate in 2018.
He defeated Democrat Claire McCaskill with 51% of the vote.
Hawley serves on the Senate’s Judiciary, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Energy and Natural Resources, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship committees.