Missouri's 7th congressional district | |
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Population (2022) | 785,669 |
Median household income | $56,419 [1] |
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Cook PVI | R+24 [2] |
Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University, the Joplin, Missouri, metropolitan area, Missouri's 5th largest, and the popular tourist destination city of Branson. Located along the borders of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas, the district occupies part of the Bible Belt with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry here 67% to 32% in the 2004 election. Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama 63.1% to 35.3% in the 2008 election. Republican and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama 67.6% to 30.3% in the 2012 election. In the 2020 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Joe Biden 69.91% to 28.93%. As of 2020, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican districts in the United States.
The district is currently represented by Republican Eric Burlison of Springfield. [3]
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 62 – Al Gore 36% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 67 – John Kerry 32% |
2008 | President | John McCain 62 – Barack Obama 35% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 68 – Barack Obama 30% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 70 – Hillary Clinton 25% |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 70 – Joe Biden 28% |
There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.
The 10 largest cities in MO-07 are as follows.
Rank | City | County | Population (2010) | Population (2015 Estimates) |
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1 | Springfield | Greene/Christian | 159,498 | 166,810 |
2 | Joplin | Jasper/Newton | 50,150 | 51,818 |
3 | Nixa | Christian | 19,022 | 20,984 |
4 | Ozark | Christian | 17,820 | 19,120 |
5 | Republic | Christian/Greene | 14,751 | 16,005 |
6 | Carthage | Jasper | 14,378 | 14,319 |
7 | Neosho | Newton | 11,835 | 12,156 |
8 | Branson | Taney/Stone | 10,520 | 11,431 |
9 | Webb City | Jasper | 10,996 | 11,165 |
10 | Bolivar | Polk | 10,325 | 10,714 |
Rank | County | Income (2008) |
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1 | Christian | $50,200 |
2 | Greene | $44,185 |
3 | Newton | $43,872 |
4 | Stone | $40,487 |
5 | Jasper | $40,243 |
6 | Taney | $39,771 |
7 | Lawrence | $39,210 |
8 | Barry | $35,889 |
9 | McDonald | $33,448 |
Rank | County | Income (2008) |
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1 | Christian | $58,806 |
2 | Greene | $56,047 |
3 | Newton | $51,178 |
4 | Jasper | $49,007 |
5 | Taney | $47,664 |
6 | Stone | $46,675 |
7 | Lawrence | $45,843 |
8 | Barry | $41,861 |
9 | McDonald | $38,848 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 129,746 | 72.6% | ||
Democratic | Marc Perkel | 43,146 | 24.3% | ||
Libertarian | Mike Harman | 5,639 | 3.2% | ||
Total votes | 178,801 | 100% | |||
Majority | 80,691 | 45.1% | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 149,519 | 74.81% | ||
Democratic | Roland Roy Lapham | 45,964 | 23.00% | ||
Libertarian | Douglas Andrew Burlison | 4,378 | 2.19% | ||
Other | Steven L. Reed | 2 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 199,863 | 100% | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 210,080 | 70.45% | ||
Democratic | Jim Newberry | 84,356 | 28.29% | ||
Libertarian | James K. Craig | 2,767 | 0.93% | ||
Constitution | Steve Alger | 1,002 | 0.34% | ||
Total votes | 298,205 | 100% | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 160,942 | 66.75% | ||
Democratic | Jack Truman | 75,592 | 30.11% | ||
Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 7,566 | 3.14% | ||
Other | Glenn Miller | 23 | 0.01% | ||
Total votes | 241,123 | 100% | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Roy Blunt (incumbent) | 219,016 | 67.76% | ||
Democratic | Richard Monroe | 91,010 | 28.16% | ||
Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 6,971 | 2.16% | ||
Constitution | Travis Maddox | 6,166 | 1.91% | ||
Other | Midge Potts | 49 | 0.02% | ||
Total votes | 323,212 | 100% | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Billy Long | 141,010 | 63.39 | ||
Democratic | Scott Eckersley | 67,545 | 30.37 | ||
Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 13,866 | 6.23 | ||
Write-In | Nicholas Ladendorf | 10 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 222,431 | 100.00 | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Billy Long (incumbent) | 203,565 | 63.9 | ||
Democratic | Jim Evans | 98,498 | 30.9 | ||
Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 16,668 | 5.2 | ||
Write-in | Kenneth Joe Brown | 9 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 318,740 | 100.0 | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Billy Long (incumbent) | 104,054 | 63.46 | ||
Democratic | Jim Evans | 47,282 | 28.84 | ||
Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 12,584 | 7.68 | ||
Write-Ins | 37 | 0.02 | |||
Total votes | 163,957 | 100 | |||
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Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Billy Long (incumbent) | 228,001 | 67.56 | ||
Democratic | Genevieve Williams | 92,390 | 27.38 | ||
Libertarian | Benjamin T. Brixey | 17,076 | 5.06 | ||
Write-in | Amber Thomsen | 23 | 0.00 | ||
Total votes | 337,490 | 100 | |||
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Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Billy Long (incumbent) | 196,343 | 66.2 | |
Democratic | Jamie Schoolcraft | 89,190 | 30.1 | |
Libertarian | Ben Brixey | 10,920 | 3.7 | |
Independent | Shawn Deines (write-in) | 2 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 296,455 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Billy Long (incumbent) | 254,318 | 68.9 | |
Democratic | Teresa Montseny | 98,111 | 26.6 | |
Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 15,573 | 4.2 | |
Independent | Audrey Richards (write-in) | 1,279 | 0.3 | |
Write-in | 2 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 454,339 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received 35.39 percent, a 27.68-percent margin of victory for the GOP. McCain received less than 60 percent in only Greene County, where Obama may have been helped by the college subplot presence of Missouri State University.
County | John McCain | Barack Obama | Difference |
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Newton | 69.42 | 29.32 | R + 40.10 |
McDonald | 67.60 | 30.17 | R + 37.43 |
Stone | 68.02 | 30.69 | R + 37.33 |
Taney | 68.02 | 30.85 | R + 37.17 |
Lawrence | 67.70 | 30.64 | R + 37.06 |
Christian | 67.33 | 31.52 | R + 35.81 |
Barry | 66.63 | 31.62 | R + 35.01 |
Jasper | 65.67 | 32.62 | R + 33.05 |
Polk | 65.39 | 33.24 | R + 32.15 |
Greene | 57.06 | 41.26 | R + 15.08 |
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary. Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) carried every county in MO-07 over U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts).
County | Mike Huckabee | John McCain | Mitt Romney | Difference |
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Taney | 55.89 | 25.90 | 14.17 | H + 29.99 |
Polk | 51.33 | 25.28 | 18.65 | H + 26.05 |
Christian | 48.46 | 24.37 | 22.75 | H + 24.09 |
McDonald | 48.71 | 25.55 | 14.75 | H + 23.16 |
Lawrence | 48.75 | 26.19 | 18.96 | H + 22.56 |
Barry | 49.69 | 28.31 | 15.33 | H + 21.38 |
Newton | 45.49 | 25.95 | 22.82 | H + 19.54 |
Jasper | 42.23 | 25.82 | 26.03 | H + 16.20 |
Greene | 42.48 | 27.09 | 25.17 | H + 15.39 |
Stone | 45.01 | 31.82 | 18.80 | H + 13.19 |
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) carried every county in the district by convincing margins over U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois).
County | Hillary Clinton | Barack Obama | Difference |
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McDonald | 68.39 | 26.00 | C + 42.39 |
Barry | 65.52 | 30.47 | C + 35.05 |
Newton | 65.55 | 31.46 | C + 34.09 |
Polk | 63.81 | 33.28 | C + 30.53 |
Taney | 63.69 | 33.74 | C + 29.95 |
Lawrence | 61.58 | 34.86 | C + 26.72 |
Stone | 61.76 | 35.17 | C + 26.59 |
Jasper | 60.42 | 36.39 | C + 24.03 |
Christian | 57.68 | 39.93 | C + 17.75 |
Greene | 54.94 | 42.77 | C + 12.17 |
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election. Former Attorney General and now Governor Jay Nixon (D) lost the district to his challenger, former U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (R).
County | Kenny Hulshof | Jay Nixon | Difference |
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Newton | 61.85 | 36.29 | R + 25.56 |
McDonald | 59.74 | 36.63 | R + 23.11 |
Jasper | 58.61 | 39.42 | R + 19.19 |
Jasper | 58.61 | 39.42 | R + 19.19 |
Taney | 51.16 | 46.31 | R + 4.85 |
Stone | 49.53 | 47.46 | R + 2.07 |
Christian | 49.65 | 47.73 | R + 1.92 |
Barry | 49.48 | 47.90 | R + 1.58 |
Lawrence | 49.15 | 47.94 | R + 1.21 |
Polk | 45.76 | 49.52 | D + 3.76 |
Greene | 42.84 | 54.45 | D + 11.61 |
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