2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri explained

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.

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]

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
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scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	35,273	21.57%	119,315	72.98%	8,906	5.45%	163,494	100.0%	Democratic hold
	148,191	64.12%	75,384	32.62%	7,542	1.59%	231,117	100.0%	Republican hold
	130,940	68.33%	52,021	27.15%	8,659	4.52%	191,620	100.0%	Republican hold
	120,014	68.08%	46,464	26.36%	9,808	5.56%	176,286	100.0%	Republican hold
	69,071	44.96%	79,256	51.59%	5,308	2.78%	153,635	100.0%	Democratic hold
	124,616	66.65%	55,157	29.50%	7,197	3.85%	186,970	100.0%	Republican hold
	104,054	63.46%	47,282	28.84%	12,621	7.70%	163,957	100.0%	Republican hold
	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

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Daniel Elder, network engineer^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Martin Baker, political organizer and candidate for this seat in 2012
• David Koehr, retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robb Cunningham

Results

General election

Results

District 2

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^[3]

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Arthur Lieber, educator and nominee for this seat in 2010

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bill Slantz, businessman and nominee for this seat in 2012

Results

General election

Results

District 3

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^[3]

Eliminated in primary

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

Withdrawn

• Joe Frost

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Courtney Denton, teacher

Eliminated in primary

• Velma Steinman

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steven Hedrick

Results

General election

Results

District 4

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^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• John Webb, small business owner

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Nate Irvin

Eliminated in primary

• Jim White

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Herschel L. Young, small business owner

Eliminated in primary

• Randy Langkraehr

Results

General election

Results

District 5

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^[3]

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

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

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Roy Welborn, IT worker

Results

General election

Results

District 6

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^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Kyle Reid, farmer
• Christopher Ryan, stay-at-home father and former U.S. Marine
• Brian Tharp, entrepreneur

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bill Hedge, pastor of St. Francis Baptist Temple

Eliminated in primary

• Gary Crose
• Edward Fields

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Russ Monchil

Results

General election

Results

District 7

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^[3]

Eliminated in primary

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

Results

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

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kevin Craig

Results

General election

Results

District 8

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^[3]

Declined

• Peter Kinder, incumbent Lieutenant Governor^[4]

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Barbara Stocker, medical researcher

Results

Libertarian primary

Nominee

• Rick Vandeven

Results

Constitution primary

Nominee

• Doug Enyart, forester

Results

General election

Results

External links

• U.S. House elections in Missouri, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets

Notes and References

1. Web site: Secretary of State: Elections.
2. Web site: Haas. Karen L.. Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. October 28, 2019. March 9, 2015.
3. Web site: Certified Candidate List . Missouri Secretary of State . September 1, 2014.
4. Web site: Matt Sanders . Erin Ragan . Kinder won't run for Congress in 2014 . semissourian.com . 2 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160215204730/http://www.semissourian.com/story/2020057.html . 15 February 2016 . 3 November 2013.