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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

← 2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020 →

All eight of Missouri's seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 6 2
Seats won 6 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,330,975 1,027,969
Percentage 55.03% 42.51%
Swing Decrease 3.17% Increase 4.65%

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Missouri, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts.

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Hi, I'm Craig and this is Crash Course Government and Politics, and today we're going to talk about what is, if you ask the general public, the most important part of politics: elections. If you ask me, it's hair styles. Look at Martin Van Buren's sideburns, how could he not be elected? Americans are kind of obsessed with elections, I mean when this was being recorded in early 2015, television, news and the internet were already talking about who would be Democrat and Republican candidates for president in 2016. And many of the candidates have unofficially been campaigning for years. I've been campaigning; your grandma's been campaigning. Presidential elections are exciting and you can gamble on them. Is that legal, can you gamble on them, Stan? Anyway, why we're so obsessed with them is a topic for another day. Right now I'm gonna tell you that the fixation on the presidential elections is wrong, but not because the president doesn't matter. No, today we're gonna look at the elections of the people that are supposed to matter the most, Congress. Constitutionally at least, Congress is the most important branch of government because it is the one that is supposed to be the most responsive to the people. One of the main reasons it's so responsive, at least in theory, is the frequency of elections. If a politician has to run for office often, he or she, because unlike the president we have women serving in Congress, kind of has to pay attention to what the constituents want, a little bit, maybe. By now, I'm sure that most of you have memorized the Constitution, so you recognize that despite their importance in the way we discuss politics, elections aren't really a big feature of the Constitution. Except of course for the ridiculously complex electoral college system for choosing the president, which we don't even want to think about for a few episodes. In fact, here's what the Constitution says about Congressional Elections in Article 1 Section 2: "The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature." So the Constitution does establish that the whole of the house is up for election every 2 years, and 1/3 of the senate is too, but mainly it leaves the scheduling and rules of elections up to the states. The actual rules of elections, like when the polls are open and where they actually are, as well as the registration requirements, are pretty much up to the states, subject to some federal election law. If you really want to know the rules in your state, I'm sure that someone at the Board of Elections, will be happy to explain them to you. Really, you should give them a call; they're very, very lonely. In general though, here's what we can say about American elections. First stating the super obvious, in order to serve in congress, you need to win an election. In the House of Representatives, each election district chooses a single representative, which is why we call them single-member districts. The number of districts is determined by the Census, which happens every 10 years, and which means that elections ending in zeros are super important, for reasons that I'll explain in greater detail in a future episode. It's because of gerrymandering. The Senate is much easier to figure out because both of the state Senators are elected by the entire state. It's as if the state itself were a single district, which is true for states like Wyoming, which are so unpopulated as to have only 1 representative. Sometimes these elections are called at large elections. Before the election ever happens, you need candidates. How candidates are chosen differs from state to state, but usually it has something to do with political parties, although it doesn't have to. Why are things so complicated?! What we can say is that candidates, or at least good candidates, usually have certain characteristics. Sorry America. First off, if you are gonna run for office, you should have an unblemished record, free of, oh I don't know, felony convictions or sex scandals, except maybe in Louisiana or New York. This might lead to some pretty bland candidates or people who are so calculating that they have no skeletons in their closet, but we Americans are a moral people and like our candidates to reflect our ideals rather than our reality. The second characteristic that a candidate must possess is the ability to raise money. Now some candidates are billionaires and can finance their own campaigns. But most billionaires have better things to do: buying yachts, making even more money, building money forts, buying more yachts, so they don't have time to run for office. But most candidates get their money for their campaigns by asking for it. The ability to raise money is key, especially now, because running for office is expensive. Can I get a how expensive is it? "How expensive is it?!" Well, so expensive that the prices of elections continually rises and in 2012 winners of House races spent nearly 2 million each. Senate winners spent more than 10 million. By the time this episode airs, I'm sure the numbers will be much higher like a gajillion billion million. Money is important in winning an election, but even more important, statistically, is already being in Congress. Let's go to the Thought Bubble. The person holding an office who runs for that office again is called the incumbent and has a big advantage over any challenger. This is according to political scientists who, being almost as bad at naming things as historians, refer to this as incumbency advantage. There are a number of reasons why incumbents tend to hold onto their seats in congress, if they want to. The first is that a sitting congressman has a record to run on, which we hope includes some legislative accomplishments, although for the past few Congresses, these don't seem to matter. The record might include case work, which is providing direct services to constituents. This is usually done by congressional staffers and includes things like answering questions about how to get certain government benefits or writing recommendation letters to West Point. Congressmen can also provide jobs to constituents, which is usually a good way to get them to vote for you. These are either government jobs, kind of rare these days, called patronage or indirect employment through government contracts for programs within a Congressman's district. These programs are called earmarks or pork barrel programs, and they are much less common now because Congress has decided not to use them any more, sort of. The second advantage that incumbents have is that they have a record of winning elections, which if you think about it, is pretty obvious. Being a proven winner makes it easier for a congressmen to raise money, which helps them win, and long term incumbents tend to be more powerful in Congress which makes it even easier for them to raise money and win. The Constitution give incumbents one structural advantage too. Each elected congressman is allowed $100,000 and free postage to send out election materials. This is called the franking privilege. It's not so clear how great an advantage this is in the age of the internet, but at least according to the book The Victory Lab, direct mail from candidates can be surprisingly effective. How real is this incumbency advantage? Well if you look at the numbers, it seems pretty darn real. Over the past 60 years, almost 90% of members of The House of Representatives got re-elected. The Senate has been even more volatile, but even at the low point in 1980 more than 50% of sitting senators got to keep their jobs. Thanks, Thought Bubble. You're so great. So those are some of the features of congressional elections. Now, if you'll permit me to get a little politically sciencey, I'd like to try to explain why elections are so important to the way that Congressmen and Senators do their jobs. In 1974, political scientist David Mayhew published a book in which he described something he called "The Electoral Connection." This was the idea that Congressmen were primarily motivated by the desire to get re-elected, which intuitively makes a lot of sense, even though I'm not sure what evidence he had for this conclusion. Used to be able to get away with that kind of thing I guess, clearly David may-not-hew to the rules of evidence, pun [rim shot], high five, no. Anyway Mayhew's research methodology isn't as important as his idea itself because The Electoral Connection provides a frame work for understanding congressman's activities. Mayhew divided representatives' behaviors and activities into three categories. The first is advertising; congressmen work to develop their personal brand so that they are recognizable to voters. Al D'Amato used to be know in New York as Senator Pothole, because he was able to bring home so much pork that he could actually fix New York's streets. Not by filling them with pork, money, its money, remember pork barrel spending? The second activity is credit claiming; Congressmen get things done so that they can say they got them done. A lot of case work and especially pork barrel spending are done in the name of credit claiming. Related to credit claiming, but slightly different, is position taking. This means making a public judgmental statement on something likely to be of interest to voters. Senators can do this through filibusters. Representatives can't filibuster, but they can hold hearings, publicly supporting a hearing is a way of associating yourself with an idea without having to actually try to pass legislation. And of course they can go on the TV, especially on Sunday talk shows. What's a TV, who even watches TV? Now the idea of The Electoral Connection doesn't explain every action a member of Congress takes; sometimes they actually make laws to benefit the public good or maybe solve problems, huh, what an idea! But Mayhew's idea gives us a way of thinking about Congressional activity, an analytical lens that connects what Congressmen actually do with how most of us understand Congressmen, through elections. So the next time you see a Congressmen call for a hearing on a supposed horrible scandal or read about a Senator threatening to filibuster a policy that may have significant popular support, ask yourself, "Is this Representative claiming credit or taking a position, and how will this build their brand?" In other words: what's the electoral connection and how will whatever they're doing help them get elected? This might feel a little cynical, but the reality is Mayhew's thesis often seems to fit with today's politics. Thanks for watching, see you next week. Vote for me; I'm on the TV. I'm not -- I'm on the YouTube. Crash Course: Government and Politics is produced in association with PBS Digital Studios. Support for Crash Course US Government comes from Voqal. Voqal supports nonprofits that use technology and media to advance social equity. Learn more about their mission and initiatives at Voqal.org. Crash Course is made by all of these nice people. Thanks for watching. That guy isn't nice.

Results Summary

Statewide

Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– %
Republican 8 1,330,975 55.04 6 Steady 75.00%
Democratic 8 1,027,969 42.51 2 Steady 25.00%
Libertarian 8 54,746 2.26 0 Steady 0.00%
Green 2 3,831 0.16 0 Steady 0.00%
Constitution 1 876 0.04 0 Steady 0.00%
Write-in 3 16 0.0 0 Steady 0.00%
Total 30 2,418,413 100.0 8 Steady 100.0%
Popular vote
Republican
55.03%
Democratic
42.51%
Libertarian
2.26%
Other
0.20%
House seats
Republican
75.00%
Democratic
25.00%

District

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri by district:[1]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 45,867 16.72% 219,781 80.10% 8,727 3.18% 274,375 100.0% Democratic hold
District 2 192,477 51.18% 177,611 47.23% 5,978 1.59% 376,066 100.0% Republican hold
District 3 211,243 65.08% 106,589 32.84% 6,776 2.08% 324,608 100.0% Republican hold
District 4 190,138 64.82% 95,968 32.72% 7,210 2.46% 293,316 100.0% Republican hold
District 5 101,069 35.69% 175,019 61.53% 7,697 2.78% 283,785 100.0% Democratic hold
District 6 199,796 65.42% 97,660 31.98% 7,953 2.60% 305,409 100.0% Republican hold
District 7 196,343 66.23% 89,190 30.09% 10,922 3.68% 296,455 100.0% Republican hold
District 8 194,042 73.39% 66,151 25.02% 4,206 1.59% 264,399 100.0% Republican hold
Total 1,330,975 55.03% 1,027,969 42.51% 59,469 2.46% 2,418,413 100.0%

District 1

2018 Missouri's 1st congressional district election

← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Lacy Clay Robert Vroman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 219,781 45,867
Percentage 80.1% 16.7%

U.S. Representative before election

Lacy Clay
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lacy Clay
Democratic

The 1st district includes all of St. Louis City and much of Northern St. Louis County. Incumbent Democrat Lacy Clay, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+29.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Cori Bush, pastor, nurse and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016
  • Demarco Davidson
  • Joshua Shipp, certified exercise physiologist
Withdrawn
  • Susan Bolhafner

Endorsements

Cori Bush
State legislators
Organizations
Individuals
Lacy Clay

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lacy Clay (incumbent) 81,426 56.7
Democratic Cori Bush 53,056 36.9
Democratic Joshua Shipp 4,959 3.5
Democratic DeMarco K. Davidson 4,229 2.9
Total votes 143,670 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Robert Vroman
Eliminated in primary
  • Camille Lombardi-Olive
  • Edward Van Deventer Jr.

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Vroman 5,095 34.5
Republican Edward L. Van Deventer Jr. 4,864 32.9
Republican Camille Lombardi-Olive 4,820 32.6
Total votes 14,779 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Robb Cunningham 478 100.0
Total votes 478 100.0

General election

Results

Missouri's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lacy Clay (incumbent) 219,781 80.1
Republican Robert Vroman 45,867 16.7
Libertarian Robb Cunningham 8,727 3.2
Total votes 274,375 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

2018 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election

← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Ann Wagner Cort VanOstran
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 192,477 177,611
Percentage 51.2% 47.2%

U.S. Representative before election

Ann Wagner
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ann Wagner
Republican

The 2nd district includes the suburbs south and west of St. Louis City. Incumbent Republican Ann Wagner, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

Wagner was considered likely to run for the U.S. Senate in 2018 instead of running for re-election,[6][7] but opted to seek re-election to the House.[8]

At the filing deadline - one candidate, Noga Sachs, had filed with the Federal Election Commission to run in the Republican primary. Despite an attempt by the Missouri Republican Party to remove her from the ballot in April 2018, she remained on the ballout.[9]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Noga Sachs, business owner

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ann Wagner (incumbent) 72,173 89.9
Republican Noga Sachs 8,115 10.1
Total votes 80,288 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Cort VanOstran, attorney, advocate and teacher[10]
Eliminated in primary
  • Bill Haas, St. Louis School Board member, candidate for Mayor of St. Louis in 2017 and nominee for this seat in 2008[10]
  • Robert Hazel
  • John Messmer, professor of political science at St. Louis Community College – Meramec
  • Mark Osmack, former army officer and Afghanistan veteran[10][11]
Withdrawn
  • Kelli Dunaway, assistant director of legal professional development at Bryan Cave LLP and former elected delegate for the California Democratic Party
  • Mike Evans, candidate for state house in 2016
Declined

Endorsements

Cort VanOstran
Organizations
  • St. Louis Young Democrats[4]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cort VanOstran 45,248 41.7
Democratic Mark J. Osmack 27,389 25.2
Democratic William "Bill" Haas 21,151 19.5
Democratic John Messmer 10,503 9.7
Democratic Robert W. Hazel 4,321 4.0
Total votes 108,612 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Larry Kirk

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Larry Kirk 905 100.0
Total votes 905 100.0

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • David Justus Arnold

Primary results

Green primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Green David Justus Arnold 177 100.0
Total votes 177 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ann
Wagner (R)
Cort
VanOstran (D)
Tony
Kirk (L)
David
Arnold (G)
Undecided
Expedition Strategies (D-VanOstran) August 23–26, 2018 402 ± 4.9% 41% 43% 1% 0% 14%
Remington Research (R) August 22–23, 2018 983 ± 3.1% 51% 40% 9%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[14] Lean R November 5, 2018
Inside Elections[15] Safe R November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] Likely R November 5, 2018
RCP[17] Likely R November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[18] Likely R November 5, 2018
538[19] Likely R November 7, 2018
CNN[20] Likely R October 31, 2018
Politico[21] Likely R November 4, 2018

Results

Missouri's 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ann Wagner (incumbent) 192,477 51.2
Democratic Cort VanOstran 177,611 47.2
Libertarian Tony Kirk 4,229 1.1
Green David Arnold 1,740 0.5
Write-in 9 0.0
Total votes 376,066 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

2018 Missouri's 3rd congressional district election

← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Blaine Luetkemeyer Katy Geppert
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 211,243 106,589
Percentage 65.1% 32.8%

U.S. Representative before election

Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican

The third district stretches from exurbs of St. Louis to the state capital Jefferson City. Incumbent Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+18.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Chadwick Bicknell

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent) 95,385 79.9
Republican Chadwick Bicknell 24,000 20.1
Total votes 119,385 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Katy Geppert, scientist
Withdrawn
  • John Kiehne, musician

Endorsements

Katy Geppert
Organizations
  • St. Louis Young Democrats[4]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katy Geppert 55,815 100.0
Total votes 55,815 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Donald Stolle

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Donald Stolle 745 100.0
Total votes 745 100.0

General election

Results

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent) 211,243 65.1
Democratic Katy Geppert 106,589 32.8
Libertarian Donald Stolle 6,776 2.1
Total votes 324,608 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

2018 Missouri's 4th congressional district election

← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Vicky Hartzler Renee Hoagenson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 190,138 106,589
Percentage 64.8% 32.7%

U.S. Representative before election

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

The fourth district takes in Columbia and much of rural west-central Missouri. Incumbent Republican Vicky Hartzler, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+17.

Republican primary

Hartzler has been considered a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018.[7]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • John Webb, small business owner
Withdrawn
  • Jenna Marie Bourgeois, CEO of a global technology startup

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) 74,226 73.5
Republican John Webb 26,787 26.5
Total votes 101,013 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Renee Hoagenson, business owner
Eliminated in primary
  • Hallie Thompson, scientist

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Renee Hoagenson 24,139 51.9
Democratic Hallie J. Thompson 22,398 48.1
Total votes 46,537 100

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mark Bliss, co-pastor of a Warrensburg church group and nominee for this seat in 2016
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Mark Bliss 398 56.1
Libertarian Steven Koonse 312 43.9
Total votes 710 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Renee Hoagenson (D)
Statewide officials
Labor unions
Organizations

Results

Missouri's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vicky Hartzler (incumbent) 190,138 64.8
Democratic Renee Hoagenson 95,968 32.7
Libertarian Mark Bliss 7,210 2.5
Total votes 293,316 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

2018 Missouri's 5th congressional district election

← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Emanuel Cleaver Jacob Turk
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 175,019 101,069
Percentage 61.7% 35.6%

U.S. Representative before election

Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic

The fifth district encompasses most of Jackson County, the southern part of Clay County, and three other rural counties to the east. Incumbent Democrat Emanuel Cleaver, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+7.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent) 87,449 100.0
Total votes 87,449 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Kress Cambers
  • Richonda Oaks
Withdrawn

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jacob Turk 35,883 75.1
Republican Kress Cambers 8,423 17.6
Republican Richonda Oaks 3,467 7.3
Total votes 47,773 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Alexander Howell, realtor
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Alexander Howell 512 56.3
Libertarian Cisse Spragins 398 43.7
Total votes 910 100.0

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Maurice Copeland

Primary results

Green primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Maurice Copeland 315 100.0
Total votes 315 100.0

Constitution primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • E. C. Fredland

General election

Results

Missouri's 5th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent) 175,019 61.7
Republican Jacob Turk 101,069 35.6
Libertarian Alexander Howell 4,725 1.7
Green Maurice Copeland 2,091 0.7
Constitution E.C. Fredland 876 0.3
Write-in 5 0.0
Total votes 283,785 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

2018 Missouri's 6th congressional district election

← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Sam Graves Henry Martin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 199,796 97,660
Percentage 65.4% 32.0%

U.S. Representative before election

Sam Graves
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Sam Graves
Republican

The sixth district encompasses rural northern Missouri, St. Joseph and much of Kansas City north of the Missouri River. Incumbent Republican Sam Graves, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+16.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Graves (incumbent) 89,595 100.0
Total votes 89,595 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Henry Martin, educator and army veteran
Eliminated in primary
  • Ed Andres
  • Winston Apple, musician, educator and candidate for state house in 2014

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Robert Martin 21,677 41.5
Democratic Winston Apple 16,087 30.8
Democratic Ed Andres 14,453 27.7
Total votes 52,217 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dan Hogan, nominee for the 3rd district in 2016

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Dan Hogan 590 100.0
Total votes 590 100.0

General election

Results

Missouri's 6th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Graves (incumbent) 199,796 65.4
Democratic Henry Martin 97,660 32.0
Libertarian Dan Hogan 7,953 2.6
Total votes 305,409 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

2018 Missouri's 7th congressional district election

← 2016
2020 →
 
Nominee Billy Long Jamie Schoolcraft
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 196,343 89,190
Percentage 66.2% 30.1%

U.S. Representative before election

Billy Long
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Billy Long
Republican

The seventh district takes in Springfield, Joplin, and much of the rest of rural southwestern Missouri. Incumbent Republican Billy Long, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 20`6. The district had a PVI of R+23.

Republican primary

Long has been considered a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018.[7]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Billy Long (incumbent) 68,438 65.1
Republican Jim Evans 18,383 17.5
Republican Lance Norris 10,884 10.4
Republican Benjamin Holcomb 7,416 7.1
Total votes 105,121 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Kenneth Hatfield
  • Vincent Jennings, former cult exit counselor, filmmaker, candidate for state house in 1996 and nominee in 2014
  • John Farmer de la Torre, television producer
Withdrawn
  • Natalie Faucett

Endorsements

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Daniel Schoolcraft 12,499 40.6
Democratic Kenneth Hatfield 6,854 22.3
Democratic John Farmer de la Torre 6,685 21.7
Democratic Vince Jennings 4,738 15.4
Total votes 30,776 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ben Brixey, Secretary of the Greene County Libertarian Party and nominee for this seat in 2016

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Benjamin Brixey 697 100.0
Total votes 697 100.0

General election

Results

Missouri's 7th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Billy Long (incumbent) 196,343 66.2
Democratic Jamie Schoolcraft 89,190 30.1
Libertarian Ben Brixey 10,920 3.7
Write-in 2 0.0
Total votes 296,455 100.0
Republican hold

District 8

2018 Missouri's 8th congressional district election

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Nominee Jason Smith Kathy Ellis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 194,042 66,151
Percentage 73.4% 25.0%

U.S. Representative before election

Billy Long
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Billy Long
Republican

The eighth district is the most rural district of Missouri, taking in all of the rural southeastern and south-central part of the state. It has a PVI of R+24, the most strongly Republican district of Missouri. Incumbent Republican Jason Smith, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 74% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+24.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Smith (incumbent) 91,809 100.0
Total votes 91,809 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kathryn Ellis, social worker

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathryn Ellis 33,799 100.0
Total votes 33,799 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jonathan Shell, nominee for this seat in 2016

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Jonathan Shell 361 100.0
Total votes 361 100.0

General election

Results

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Smith (incumbent) 194,042 73.4
Democratic Kathy Ellis 66,151 25.0
Libertarian Jonathan Shell 4,206 1.6
Total votes 264,399 100.0
Republican hold

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External links

Official campaign websites of first district candidates
Official campaign websites of second district candidates
Official campaign websites of third district candidates
Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates
Official campaign websites of fifth district candidates
Official campaign websites of sixth district candidates
Official campaign websites of seventh district candidates
Official campaign websites of eighth district candidates
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