Yinka Faleti

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Yinka Faleti

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Last election

November 3, 2020

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Yinka Faleti (Democratic Party) ran for election for Missouri Secretary of State. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Faleti completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

In 2020, Faleti participated in a Candidate Conversation hosted by Ballotpedia and EnCiv. Click here to view the recording.

Elections

2020

See also: Missouri Secretary of State election, 2020

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for Missouri Secretary of State

Incumbent Jay Ashcroft defeated Yinka Faleti, Carl Herman Freese, Paul Lehmann, and Paul Venable in the general election for Missouri Secretary of State on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Ashcroft (R)	60.5	1,798,505
		Yinka Faleti (D)	36.4	1,081,113
	Submit photo	Carl Herman Freese (L)	1.9	55,583
	Submit photo	Paul Lehmann (G)	0.8	24,131
		Paul Venable (Constitution Party)	0.4	13,151

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,972,483
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri Secretary of State

Yinka Faleti advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yinka Faleti	100.0	470,955

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 470,955
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State

Incumbent Jay Ashcroft advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Ashcroft	100.0	620,822

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 620,822
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dale Manzo (R)

Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for Missouri Secretary of State

Paul Venable advanced from the Constitution primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Venable	100.0	573

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 573
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Green primary election

Green primary for Missouri Secretary of State

Paul Lehmann advanced from the Green primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Paul Lehmann	100.0	860

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 860
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Missouri Secretary of State

Carl Herman Freese advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Carl Herman Freese	100.0	4,074

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,074
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Campaign themes

2020

Candidate Conversations

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Ballotpedia survey responses

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Yinka Faleti completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Faleti's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a husband and father of four. I am a 1998 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

I served over six years in the active duty U.S. Army, including two tours to Kuwait-the second deployment in response to the September 11 attacks. I transitioned from the Army as a Captain and moved to St. Louis in 2004 to attend law school at Washington University.

Since graduating from law school, I have worked as an attorney at what is now Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner; served as a state prosecutor at the Circuit Attorney's Office in St. Louis; led the fundraising division of United Way of Greater St. Louis, raising $300M for the region over four years; and served as executive director of Forward Through Ferguson, the successor nonprofit to the Ferguson Commission after the Michael Brown Jr. shooting.

I am running so that all eligible Missourians have safe, secure and ready access to the ballot, including the option to vote by mail without a notary.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Increase access to safe and secure voting
• Secure our elections from foreign interference
• Protect our ballot initiative petition process

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Expanding voting access and education and modernizing the voting process

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Criminal justice reform
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