2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

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.

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

← 2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016 →
All 8 Missouri 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 Popular vote 838,283 513,600 Percentage 58.77% 36.01% Swing 4.07% 5.83%
District results County results Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Democratic   50–60%   70–80%

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2014[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	838,283	58.77%	6	6	-
	Democratic	513,600	36.01%	2	2	-
	Libertarian	63,682	4.46%	0	0	-
	Independent	6,939	0.49%	0	0	-
	Constitution	3,799	0.27%	0	0	-
Total		1,426,303	100.00%	8	8	—

District

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

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	35,273	21.57%	119,315	72.98%	8,906	5.45%	163,494	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	148,191	64.12%	75,384	32.62%	7,542	1.59%	231,117	100.0%	Republican hold
District 3	130,940	68.33%	52,021	27.15%	8,659	4.52%	191,620	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	120,014	68.08%	46,464	26.36%	9,808	5.56%	176,286	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	69,071	44.96%	79,256	51.59%	5,308	2.78%	153,635	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 6	124,616	66.65%	55,157	29.50%	7,197	3.85%	186,970	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	104,054	63.46%	47,282	28.84%	12,621	7.70%	163,957	100.0%	Republican hold
District 8	106,124	66.65%	38,721	24.32%	14,379	9.03%	159,224	100.0%	Republican hold
Total	838,283	58.77%	513,600	36.01%	74,420	5.22%	1,426,303	100.0%

District 1

2014 Missouri's 1st congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Lacy Clay Daniel J. Elder Robb E. Cunningham Party Democratic Republican Libertarian Popular vote 119,315 35,273 8,906 Percentage 73.0% 21.6% 5.4%

County results Clay:      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Lacy Clay Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Lacy Clay Democratic

See also: Missouri's 1st congressional district

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• William Lacy Clay Jr., incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Elder	4,196	39.3
	Republican	Martin Baker	3,659	34.2
	Republican	David Koehr	2,833	26.5
Total votes			10,688	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robb Cunningham

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Robb E. Cunningham	465	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe D	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 1st congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lacy Clay (incumbent)	119,315	73.0
	Republican	Daniel J. Elder	35,273	21.6
	Libertarian	Robb E. Cunningham	8,906	5.4
Total votes			163,494	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

2014 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Ann Wagner Arthur Lieber Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 148,191 75,384 Percentage 64.1% 32.6%

County results Wagner:      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Ann Wagner Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ann Wagner Republican

See also: Missouri's 2nd congressional district

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	720	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Wagner (Incumbent)	148,191	64.1
	Democratic	Arthur Lieber	75,384	32.6
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	7,542	3.3
Total votes			231,117	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2014 Missouri's 3rd congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Blaine Luetkemeyer Courtney Denton Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 130,940 52,021 Percentage 68.3% 27.2%

County results 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

• Blaine Luetkemeyer, incumbent U.S. Representative^[4]

Eliminated in primary

• John Morris, candidate for 2nd District in 2012
• Leonard Steinman, truck driver

Withdrawn

• Joe Frost

Results

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	71,030	79.5
	Republican	John Morris	9,786	10.9
	Republican	Leonard Steinman	8,580	9.6
Total votes			89,396	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Courtney Denton, teacher

Eliminated in primary

• Velma Steinman

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Courtney Denton	15,987	57.1
	Democratic	Velma Steinman	11,988	42.9
Total votes			27,975	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steven Hedrick

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Steven Hedrick	774	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	130,940	68.3
	Democratic	Courtney Denton	52,021	27.2
	Libertarian	Steven Hedrick	8,593	4.5
	Independent	Harold Davis (write-in)	66	0.0
Total votes			191,620	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2014 Missouri's 4th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Vicky Hartzler Nate Irvin Herschel L. Young Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 120,014 46,464 9,793 Percentage 68.1% 26.3% 5.6%

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

U.S. Representative before election Vicky Hartzler Republican Elected U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler Republican

See also: Missouri's 4th congressional district

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Vicky Hartzler, incumbent U.S. Representative^[4]

Eliminated in primary

• John Webb, small business owner

Results

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vicky Hartzler (incumbent)	65,404	74.7
	Republican	John Webb	22,131	25.3
Total votes			87,535	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Nate Irvin

Eliminated in primary

• Jim White

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Herschel L. Young	567	53.0
	Libertarian	Randall (Randy) Langkraehr	503	47.0
Total votes			1,070	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 4th congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vicky Hartzler (incumbent)	120,014	68.1
	Democratic	Nate Irvin	46,464	26.3
	Libertarian	Herschel L. Young	9,793	5.6
	Independent	Gregory A Cowan (write-in)	15	0.0
Total votes			176,286	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

2014 Missouri's 5th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Emanuel Cleaver Jacob Turk Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 79,256 69,071 Percentage 51.6% 45.0%

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

U.S. Representative before election Emanuel Cleaver Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver Democratic

See also: Missouri's 5th congressional district

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Emanuel Cleaver, incumbent U.S. Representative^[4]

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver II (incumbent)	44,926	82.0
	Democratic	Mark S. Memoly	2,988	5.5
	Democratic	Charles Lindsey	2,687	5.0
	Democratic	Eric Holmes	2,584	4.8
	Democratic	Bob Gough	1,438	2.7
Total votes			53,993	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jacob Turk	24,615	68.6
	Republican	Bill Lindsey	5,020	14.0
	Republican	Michael Burris	4,797	13.4
	Republican	Berton Knox	1,453	4.0
Total votes			35,885	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Roy Welborn, IT worker

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Roy Welborn	813	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe D	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe D	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe D	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe D	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 5th congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent)	79,256	51.6
	Republican	Jacob Turk	69,071	45.0
	Libertarian	Roy Welborn	5,308	3.4
Total votes			153,635	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

2014 Missouri's 6th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Sam Graves Bill Hedge Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 124,616 55,157 Percentage 66.6% 29.5%

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

U.S. Representative before election Sam Graves Republican Elected U.S. Representative Sam Graves Republican

See also: Missouri's 6th congressional district

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Sam Graves, incumbent U.S. Representative^[4]

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Graves (incumbent)	56,789	76.6
	Republican	Christopher Ryan	8,745	11.8
	Republican	Kyle Reid	4,364	5.9
	Republican	Brian L. Tharp	4,244	5.7
Total votes			74,142	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. A. (Bill) Hedge	18,109	51.7
	Democratic	Edward Dwayne Fields	9,706	27.7
	Democratic	Gary Lynn Crose	7,241	20.6
Total votes			35,056	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Russ Monchil

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Russ Monchil	591	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 6th congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Graves (incumbent)	124,616	66.6
	Democratic	W. A. (Bill) Hedge	55,157	29.5
	Libertarian	Russ Monchil	7,197	3.9
Total votes			186,970	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2014 Missouri's 7th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Billy Long Jim Evans Kevin Craig Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 104,054 47,282 12,584 Percentage 63.5% 28.8% 7.7%

U.S. Representative before election Billy Long Republican Elected U.S. Representative Billy Long Republican

See also: Missouri's 7th congressional district

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Billy Long, incumbent U.S. Representative^[4]

Eliminated in primary

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

Results

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	55,505	62.4
	Republican	Marshall Works	33,498	37.6
Total votes			89,003	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jim Evans, retired businessman, teacher, U.S. Army veteran and nominee for this seat in 2012

Eliminated in primary

• Genevieve Williams

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Evans	8,671	53.8
	Democratic	Genevieve Williams	7,457	46.2
Total votes			16,128	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kevin Craig

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	764	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 7th congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	104,054	63.5
	Democratic	Jim Evans	47,282	28.8
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	12,584	7.7
	n/a	Write-ins	37	0.0
Total votes			163,957	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

2014 Missouri's 8th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Jason Smith Barbara Stocker Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 106,124 38,721 Percentage 66.6% 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

• Jason Smith, incumbent U.S. Representative^[4]

Declined

• Peter Kinder, incumbent Lieutenant Governor^[10]

Results

Republican primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	66,511	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Barbara Stocker, medical researcher

Results

Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Stocker	28,303	100.0

Libertarian primary

Nominee

• Rick Vandeven

Results

Libertarian primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Rick Vandeven	462	100.0

Constitution primary

Nominee

• Doug Enyart, forester

Results

Constitution primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Constitution	Doug Enyart	368	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[5]	Safe R	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[6]	Safe R	October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	October 30, 2014
RCP	Safe R	November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[8]	Safe R	November 4, 2014

Results

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	106,124	66.6
	Democratic	Barbara Stocker	38,721	24.3
	Independent	Terry Hampton	6,821	4.3
	Constitution	Doug Enyart	3,799	2.4
	Libertarian	Rick Vandeven	3,759	2.4
Total votes			159,224	100.0
	Republican hold