Missouri's 27th Senate district

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Missouri's 27th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Holly Rehder
R Sikeston
Demographics87%  White
6%  Black
2%  Hispanic
1%  Asian
Population (2022)177,675 [1]

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District is one of 34 districts in the Missouri Senate. The district is currently represented by Republican Holly Rehder. [2]

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Geography

The district is based in Southeast Missouri and includes all of the counties of Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, Perry, and Scott. Major cities in the district include Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Jackson, Perryville, Charleston, Scott City, and Fredericktown. The district is home to Southeast Missouri State University.

The district, anchored in the GOP stronghold of Cape Girardeau County, is heavily Republican. Although Democrats are competitive in local/countywide elections, Republicans dominate in state and federal elections in the district. The district has only backed a Democratic statewide candidate once in the past 12 years: former Governor Mel Carnahan in 1996.

Voting in statewide elections

Election Results from Statewide Races
YearOfficeResults
2010 U.S. Senator Roy Blunt 67.57% - Robin Carnahan 27.76%
2008 President John McCain 64.50% - Barack Obama 34.20%
Governor Kenny Hulshof 53.82% - Jay Nixon 44.30%
President - Primary John McCain 33.52% - Mike Huckabee 31.88% - Mitt Romney 29.35% - Ron Paul 3.25%
President - Primary Hillary Clinton 61.62% - Barack Obama 33.71% - John Edwards 3.58%
2006 U.S. Senator Jim Talent 60.86% - Claire McCaskill 36.21%
2004 President George W. Bush 66.30% - John Kerry 33.19%
U.S. Senator Kit Bond 67.99% - Nancy Farmer 31.09%
Governor Matt Blunt 62.21% - Claire McCaskill 36.63%
2002 U.S. Senator Jim Talent 63.08% - Jean Carnahan 35.64%
2000 President George W. Bush 61.78% - Al Gore 35.66%
U.S. Senator John Ashcroft 58.63% - Mel Carnahan 40.18%
Governor Jim Talent 57.98% - Bob Holden 40.28%
1998 U.S. Senator Kit Bond 60.98% - Jay Nixon 37.05%
1996 President Bob Dole 48.34% - Bill Clinton 41.96%
Governor Mel Carnahan 54.27% - Margaret Kelly 44.01%

Election results

1996

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District Election (1996)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter Kinder 40,412 63.73
Democratic Rickert Althaus22,99936.27
Total votes63,411 100.00
Republican hold

2000

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District Election (2000)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter Kinder
(incumbent)
49,442 100.00
Total votes49,442 100.00
Republican hold

2004

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District Election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jason Crowell 48,417 66.11
Democratic Donnie Owens23,44632.02
Libertarian Chris Morrill1,3701.87
Total votes73,233 100.00
Republican hold

2008

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District Election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jason Crowell
(incumbent)
49,059 64.24
Democratic Linda Sanders27,30835.76
Total votes76,367 100.00
Republican hold

2012

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District Election (2012) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wayne Wallingford 61,891 100.00
Total votes61,891 100.00
Republican hold

2016

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District Election (2016) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wayne Wallingford
(incumbent)
56,750 74.44
Democratic Donnie Owens19,48625.56
Total votes76,236 100.00
Republican hold

2020

Missouri's 27th Senatorial District Election (2020) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Holly Rehder 63,644 76.88
Democratic Donnie Owens19,13523.12
Total votes82,779 100.00
Republican hold

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References

  1. U.S. Census Bureau (2022). American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Retrieved from Census Reporter Profile page for Missouri State Senate District 27, MO
  2. "Senator Holly Rehder". Missouri Senate.
  3. 2012 General Election Results
  4. 2016 General Election Results
  5. 2020 General Election Results