2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri
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  2024 November 3, 20262028 

All 8 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election62

The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the State of Missouri, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. Primary elections will take place on August 4, 2026.

Contents

Background

Map of Missouri's congressional districts used in the 2022 and 2024 congressional elections
Interactive map version Missouri Congressional Districts, 118th Congress.svg
Map of Missouri's congressional districts used in the 2022 and 2024 congressional elections
Interactive map version
Map of Missouri's congressional districts as passed by the Governor of Missouri on September 28, 2025 and will be used at the 2026 House elections pending legal challenges Missouri Congressional Districts, 120th Congress.svg
Map of Missouri's congressional districts as passed by the Governor of Missouri on September 28, 2025 and will be used at the 2026 House elections pending legal challenges

In July 2025, lawmakers in the U.S. state of Missouri began considering a legislative redistricting plan ahead of the 2026 United States House of Representatives elections.

On August 29, 2025, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced a special session to redraw the congressional maps with a proposed map dismantling the safe blue 5th congressional district. [2]

Governor Kehoe signed the proposed map bill into law on September 28. Following its enactment, the map has faced lawsuits and a citizens' initiative ballot measure that, if put on the ballot, would suspend the map's implementation for the 2026 election, and if approved, would overturn the map. The ballot measure faces opposition from state Republicans. [3] [4]

District 1

The 1st district encompasses the city of St. Louis and much of northern St. Louis County, including Florissant and University City. The incumbent is Democrat Wesley Bell, who was elected with 75.9% of the vote in 2024. [5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Wesley Bell (D)$818,578$651,925$600,574
Cori Bush (D)$7,377$30,338$0
Source: Federal Election Commission [16]

Republican primary

Candidates

Filed paperwork
  • Gavin Solomon, businessman from New York [17]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid DFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid DMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe DJuly 15, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Safe DSeptember 26, 2025

District 2

The 2nd district is anchored by the southern and western suburbs of St. Louis County, including Wildwood, Chesterfield, Ballwin and Kirkwood, as well as Franklin County and others. The incumbent is Republican Ann Wagner, who was re-elected with 54.5% of the vote in 2024. [5] [22]

Republican primary

Declared

Filed paperwork

Endorsements

Ann Wagner
Executive branch officials

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Ryan Sheridan (R)$112,488$68,980$43,508
Ann Wagner (R)$1,703,468$841,149$3,973,549
Source: Federal Election Commission [26]

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Tim Bilash, physician [27]
  • John Kiehne, perennial candidate [28]
  • Chuck Summers, plumber and candidate for this district in 2024 [27]
  • Nick Vivio, epidemiologist at Columbia University [29]
  • Fred Wellman, podcast host [30]

Potential

Declined

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Tim Bilash (D)$992$1,026$467
Chuck Summers (D)$16,113$9,064$5,743
Source: Federal Election Commission [26]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid RFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid RMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe ROctober 2, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Likely RSeptember 26, 2025

Polling

Hypothetical polling

Ann Wagner vs. Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Ann
Wagner (R)
Generic
Democrat
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [34] May 21–22, 2025584 (V)± 4.0%46%47%7%

District 3

The third district encompasses all of St. Charles County and extends as far west as to include most of Columbia and as far north as to include Mexico and a section of Hannibal. The incumbent is Republican Bob Onder, who was elected with 61.3% of the vote in 2024. [5] [22]

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Bob Onder (R)$348,577$255,722$243,299
Source: Federal Election Commission [36]

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Bethany Mann, technology specialist and nominee for this district in 2022 and 2024 [37] [38]

Filed paperwork

  • Alex Thurmon, web developer [39]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Bethany Mann (D)$12,002$11,035$5,395
Source: Federal Election Commission [36]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid RFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid RMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe RJuly 15, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Safe RSeptember 26, 2025

District 4

The 4th District includes a sliver of downtown Kansas City between the Kansas-Missouri border and Troost Avenue, historically the dividing line between the city's white and Black neighborhoods, as well as suburbs such as Lee's Summit and Grandview in southern Jackson County, and rural counties as far south as the Springfield area and as far east as the Lake of the Ozarks. The incumbent is Republican Mark Alford, who was re-elected with 71.1% of the vote in 2024. [5] [22]

Republican primary

Declared

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Mark Alford (R)$657,651$238,225$636,835
Source: Federal Election Commission [41]

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Ricky Dana, web designer [42]

Filed paperwork

Publicly expressed interest

Declined

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Ricky Dana (D)$376$218$158
Hartzell Gray (D)$50,670$29,596$21,074
Source: Federal Election Commission [41]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid RFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid RMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe RJuly 15, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Safe RSeptember 26, 2025

District 5

The 5th District includes a section of Kansas City, suburban neighborhoods such as Independence in eastern Jackson County and rural stretches of western and Mid-Missouri extending as far as the outskirts of Columbia and Jefferson City. The incumbent is Democrat Emanuel Cleaver, who was re-elected with 60.2% of the vote in 2024. [5] [22]

Democratic primary

Declared

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Emanuel Cleaver (D)$536,407$483,715$942,319
Jordan Herrera (D)$15,391$8,938$3,218
Source: Federal Election Commission [50]

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

  • Robert Brandon Foltz, postal carrier [51]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid D [b] October 18, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid R (flip)September 29, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe R (flip)October 2, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Likely R (flip)September 26, 2025

District 6

The 6th district encompasses rural northern Missouri, St. Joseph and all of the Kansas City area in the state north of the Missouri River. The incumbent is Republican Sam Graves, who was re-elected with 70.7% of the vote in 2024. [5] [22]

Republican primary

Potential

Filed paperwork

  • James Ingram, business owner [53]
  • Gena Ross, professor and Democratic nominee for this district in 2020 [54]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Sam Graves (R)$1,074,851$550,505$2,938,334
Source: Federal Election Commission [55]

Democratic primary

Declared

Potential

Filed paperwork

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Matt Levine (D)$9,534$8,330$1,203
Josh Smead (D)$21,199$10,461$10,738
Source: Federal Election Commission [55]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid RFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid RMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe RJuly 15, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Safe RSeptember 26, 2025

District 7

The 7th district is located in southwestern Missouri, taking in Springfield, Joplin, Branson, and Nixa. The incumbent is Republican Eric Burlison, who was re-elected with 71.6% of the vote in 2024. [5]

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Eric Burlison (R)$757,339$498,902$859,825
Source: Federal Election Commission [62]

Democratic primary

Declared

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Missi Hesketh (D)$3,032$3,231$4,939
Source: Federal Election Commission [62]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid RFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid RMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe RJuly 15, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Safe RSeptember 26, 2025

District 8

The 8th district is the most rural district of Missouri, taking in rural southeastern Missouri, including the Missouri Bootheel, as well as the cities of Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff. The incumbent is Republican Jason Smith, who was re-elected with 76.2% of the vote in 2024. [5]

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Jason Smith (R)$3,168,871$1,695,008$4,491,007
Source: Federal Election Commission [67]

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

  • Jerry Cass, farmer and candidate of this district in 2004 [68]
  • Clayton Harbison, tree service contractor [69]

Publicly expressed interest

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Solid RFebruary 6, 2025
Inside Elections [19] Solid RMarch 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Safe RJuly 15, 2025
Race to the WH [21] Safe RSeptember 26, 2025

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Prediction made before redistricting was announced [52]

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