2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri
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All 8 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election62
Seats won62
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote838,283513,600
Percentage58.77%36.01%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.07%Decrease2.svg5.83%

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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Missouri, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts.

Contents

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2014 [1]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/–
Republican 838,28358.77%66-
Democratic 513,60036.01%22-
Libertarian 63,6824.46%00-
Independent 6,9390.49%00-
Constitution 3,7990.27%00-
Total1,426,303100.00%88

District

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri by district: [2]

District Republican Democratic OthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 35,27321.57%119,31572.98%8,9065.45%163,494100.0%Democratic hold
District 2 148,19164.12%75,38432.62%7,5421.59%231,117100.0%Republican hold
District 3 130,94068.33%52,02127.15%8,6594.52%191,620100.0%Republican hold
District 4 120,01468.08%46,46426.36%9,8085.56%176,286100.0%Republican hold
District 5 69,07144.96%79,25651.59%5,3082.78%153,635100.0%Democratic hold
District 6 124,61666.65%55,15729.50%7,1973.85%186,970100.0%Republican hold
District 7 104,05463.46%47,28228.84%12,6217.70%163,957100.0%Republican hold
District 8 106,12466.65%38,72124.32%14,3799.03%159,224100.0%Republican hold
Total838,28358.77%513,60036.01%74,4205.22%1,426,303100.0%

District 1

2014 Missouri's 1st congressional district election
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Nominee Lacy Clay Daniel J. ElderRobb E. Cunningham
Party Democratic Republican Libertarian
Popular vote119,31535,2738,906
Percentage73.0%21.6%5.4%

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Clay:     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Lacy Clay
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lacy Clay
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Lacy Clay, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lacy Clay (incumbent) 69,650 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Daniel Elder, network engineer [4]
Eliminated in primary
  • Martin Baker, political organizer and candidate for this seat in 2012
  • David Koehr, retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Daniel Elder 4,196 39.3
Republican Martin Baker3,65934.2
Republican David Koehr2,83326.5
Total votes10,688 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Robb Cunningham

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Robb E. Cunningham 465 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe DOctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe DOctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe DNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe DNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 1st congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lacy Clay (incumbent) 119,315 73.0
Republican Daniel J. Elder35,27321.6
Libertarian Robb E. Cunningham8,9065.4
Total votes163,494 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

2014 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election
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Nominee Ann Wagner Arthur Lieber
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote148,19175,384
Percentage64.1%32.6%

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Wagner:     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Ann Wagner
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ann Wagner
Republican

Incumbent Republican Ann Wagner, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ann Wagner, incumbent U.S. Representative [4]

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ann Wagner (incumbent) 55,322 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Arthur Lieber, educator and nominee for this seat in 2010

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Arthur Lieber 54,557 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bill Slantz, businessman and nominee for this seat in 2012

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Bill Slantz 720 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 2nd congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ann Wagner (Incumbent) 148,191 64.1
Democratic Arthur Lieber75,38432.6
Libertarian Bill Slantz7,5423.3
Total votes231,117 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

2014 Missouri's 3rd congressional district election
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Nominee Blaine Luetkemeyer Courtney Denton
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote130,94052,021
Percentage68.3%27.2%

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Luetkemeyer:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican

Incumbent Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • John Morris, candidate for 2nd District in 2012
  • Leonard Steinman, truck driver
Withdrawn
  • Joe Frost

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent) 71,030 79.5
Republican John Morris9,78610.9
Republican Leonard Steinman8,5809.6
Total votes89,396 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Courtney Denton, teacher
Eliminated in primary
  • Velma Steinman

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Courtney Denton 15,987 57.1
Democratic Velma Steinman11,98842.9
Total votes27,975 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Steven Hedrick

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Steven Hedrick 774 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent) 130,940 68.3
Democratic Courtney Denton52,02127.2
Libertarian Steven Hedrick8,5934.5
Independent Harold Davis (write-in)660.0
Total votes191,620 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

2014 Missouri's 4th congressional district election
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Nominee Vicky Hartzler Nate IrvinHerschel L. Young
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote120,01446,4649,793
Percentage68.1%26.3%5.6%

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Hartzler:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

Incumbent Republican Vicky Hartzler, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • John Webb, small business owner

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) 65,404 74.7
Republican John Webb22,13125.3
Total votes87,535 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Nate Irvin
Eliminated in primary
  • Jim White

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nate Irvin 26,831 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Herschel L. Young, small business owner
Eliminated in primary
  • Randy Langkraehr

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Herschel L. Young 567 53.0
Libertarian Randall (Randy) Langkraehr50347.0
Total votes1,070 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 4th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) 120,014 68.1
Democratic Nate Irvin46,46426.3
Libertarian Herschel L. Young9,7935.6
Independent Gregory A Cowan (write-in)150.0
Total votes176,286 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

2014 Missouri's 5th congressional district election
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Nominee Emanuel Cleaver Jacob Turk
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote79,25669,071
Percentage51.6%45.0%

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Cleaver:     50–60%
Turk:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Emanuel Cleaver, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Bob Gough, high school mathematics teacher and Republican candidate for the 6th District in 2012
  • Eric Holmes, US Army colonel
  • Charles Lindsey
  • Mark S. Memoly, author, businessman and Republican candidate for Senate in 2012

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Emanuel Cleaver II (incumbent) 44,926 82.0
Democratic Mark S. Memoly2,9885.5
Democratic Charles Lindsey2,6875.0
Democratic Eric Holmes2,5844.8
Democratic Bob Gough1,4382.7
Total votes53,993 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jacob Turk, Marine Corps veteran and nominee for this seat in 2006 and 2008, 2010 & 2012
Eliminated in primary
  • Michael Burris, businessman
  • Berton A. Knox, US Merchant Marine chief engineer
  • Bill Lindsey, teacher and debate coach
Withdrawn
  • Samuel Alao

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jacob Turk 24,615 68.6
Republican Bill Lindsey5,02014.0
Republican Michael Burris4,79713.4
Republican Berton Knox1,4534.0
Total votes35,885 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Roy Welborn, IT worker

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Roy Welborn 813 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe DOctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe DOctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe DNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe DNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 5th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent) 79,256 51.6
Republican Jacob Turk69,07145.0
Libertarian Roy Welborn5,3083.4
Total votes153,635 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

2014 Missouri's 6th congressional district election
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Nominee Sam Graves Bill Hedge
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote124,61655,157
Percentage66.6%29.5%

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Graves:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Sam Graves
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Sam Graves
Republican

Incumbent Republican Sam Graves, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Kyle Reid, farmer
  • Christopher Ryan, stay-at-home father and former U.S. Marine
  • Brian Tharp, entrepreneur

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Graves (incumbent) 56,789 76.6
Republican Christopher Ryan8,74511.8
Republican Kyle Reid4,3645.9
Republican Brian L. Tharp4,2445.7
Total votes74,142 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bill Hedge, pastor of St. Francis Baptist Temple
Eliminated in primary
  • Gary Crose
  • Edward Fields

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic W. A. (Bill) Hedge 18,109 51.7
Democratic Edward Dwayne Fields9,70627.7
Democratic Gary Lynn Crose7,24120.6
Total votes35,056 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Russ Monchil

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Russ Monchil 591 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 6th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Graves (incumbent) 124,616 66.6
Democratic W. A. (Bill) Hedge55,15729.5
Libertarian Russ Monchil7,1973.9
Total votes186,970 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

2014 Missouri's 7th congressional district election
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Nominee Billy Long Jim Evans Kevin Craig
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote104,05447,28212,584
Percentage63.5%28.8%7.7%

U.S. Representative before election

Billy Long
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Billy Long
Republican

Incumbent Republican Billy Long, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Marshall Works, insurance executive and Democratic candidate for the 2nd District in 2012

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Billy Long (incumbent) 55,505 62.4
Republican Marshall Works33,49837.6
Total votes89,003 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Genevieve Williams

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Evans 8,671 53.8
Democratic Genevieve Williams7,45746.2
Total votes16,128 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kevin Craig

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Kevin Craig 764 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 7th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Billy Long (incumbent) 104,054 63.5
Democratic Jim Evans 47,28228.8
Libertarian Kevin Craig12,5847.7
n/a Write-ins370.0
Total votes163,957 100.0
Republican hold

District 8

2014 Missouri's 8th congressional district election
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Nominee Jason Smith Barbara Stocker
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote106,12438,721
Percentage66.6%24.3%

U.S. Representative before election

Jason Smith
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Jason Smith
Republican

Incumbent Republican Jason Smith, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Declined

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jason Smith (incumbent) 66,511 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Barbara Stocker, medical researcher

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barbara Stocker 28,303 100.0

Libertarian primary

Nominee

  • Rick Vandeven

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Rick Vandeven 462 100.0

Constitution primary

Nominee

  • Doug Enyart, forester

Results

Constitution primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Constitution Doug Enyart 368 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [5] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [6] Safe ROctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe ROctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe RNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [8] Safe RNovember 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jason Smith (incumbent) 106,124 66.6
Democratic Barbara Stocker38,72124.3
Independent Terry Hampton6,8214.3
Constitution Doug Enyart3,7992.4
Libertarian Rick Vandeven3,7592.4
Total votes159,224 100.0
Republican hold

References

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