2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

2014 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Ann Wagner; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Ann Wagner; Republican

2014 Missouri's 1st congressional district election
← 2012 2016 →
U.S. Representative before election; Lacy Clay; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Lacy Clay; Democratic

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri
All 8 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 60–70%	Democratic 50–60% 70–80%

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]

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[]

Missouri's 1st congressional district is held by seven-term incumbent Democrat Lacy Clay. Three Republicans - Martin Baker, Daniel Elder, and David Koehr - filed for the August 5th primary.^[3] The winner was Daniel Elder, who faced the incumbent and a Libertarian - Robb Cunningham - in the November election.

The following candidates were certified by the Secretary of State.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Martin Baker
Daniel Elder
David Koehr

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
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

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

William (Lacy) Clay, Jr. won the election to the US Congress in 2000 after his father, Bill Clay, retired after 32 years in the US Congress.

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lacy Clay (incumbent)	69,650	100.0

Libertarian primary[]

Candidates[]

Robb Cunningham

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Robb E. Cunningham	465	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Missouri's 1st congressional district, 2014^[5]
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[]

Missouri's 2nd congressional district is held by one-term incumbent Republican Ann Wagner. The incumbent faced Democrat Arthur Lieber and Libertarian Bill Slantz in the November election.

The following candidates have been certified by the Secretary of State.^[3]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Ann Wagner

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Wagner (incumbent)	55,322	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Arthur Lieber

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Lieber	54,557	100.0

Libertarian primary[]

Candidates[]

Bill Slantz

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	720	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Missouri's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[5]
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

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2016 →


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

U.S. Representative before election

Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican

Missouri's 3rd congressional district is held by three-term incumbent Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer. Two other Republicans - Leonard Steinman and John Morris - are competing with the incumbent in the August 5th primary. Two Democrats - Velma Steinman and Courtney Denton - are competing in the Democratic primary. The winners of those primaries faced Libertarian Steven Hendrick in the November election.

The following candidates have been certified by the Secretary of State.^[3]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Blaine Luetkemeyer
John Morris
Leonard Steinman

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
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[]

Courtney Denton
Velma Steinman

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
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[]

Steven Hedrick

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Steven Hedrick	774	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Missouri's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]
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

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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%

U.S. Representative before election

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

Missouri's 4th congressional district is held by two-term incumbent Republican Vicky Hartzler. The incumbent faced a challenger - John Webb - in the August 5 primary. Two libertarians - Randy Langkraehr and Herschel Young - faced each other at the same time. The winners of those primaries faced Democrat Nate Irvin in the November election.

The following candidates have been certified by the Secretary of State.^[3]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Vicky Hartzler
John Webb

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
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[]

Nate Irvin

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nate Irvin	26,831	100.0

Libertarian primary[]

Candidates[]

Randy Langkraehr
Herschel L. Young

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
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[]

Results[]

Missouri's 4th congressional district, 2014^[5]
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

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2016 →


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

U.S. Representative before election

Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic

Missouri's 5th congressional district is held by five-term incumbent Democrat Emanuel Cleaver. The incumbent is being challenged by four other candidates in the August 5th primary: Mark Memoly, Bob Gough, Eric Holmes, and Charles Lindsey. Four Republicans are competing with one another in the primary: Bill Lindsey, Berton Knox, Michael Burris, and Jacob Turk (who was the Republican nominee in the past four elections). The winners of those primaries faced Libertarian Roy Welborn in the November election.

The following candidates have been certified by the Secretary of State.^[3]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Michael Burris
Berton A. Knox
Bill Lindsey
Jacob Turk

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
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

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Emanuel Cleaver
Bob Gough
Eric Holmes
Charles Lindsey
Mark S. Memoly

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
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

Libertarian primary[]

Candidates[]

Roy Welborn

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Roy Welborn	813	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

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

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2016 →


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

U.S. Representative before election

Sam Graves
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Sam Graves
Republican

Missouri's 6th congressional district is held by seven-term incumbent Republican Sam Graves. The incumbent is facing three challengers in the August 5th primary: Kyle Reid, Brian Tharp, and Christopher Ryan. Three Democrats are competing in the primary: Bill Hedge, Edward Fields, and Gary Crose. The winners of those primaries faced Libertarian Russ Monchil in the November election.

The following candidates have been certified by the Secretary of State.^[3]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Sam Graves
Kyle Reid
Christopher Ryan
Brian Tharp

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
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[]

Gary Crose
Edward Fields
Bill Hedge

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
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[]

Russ Monchil

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Russ Monchil	591	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Missouri's 6th congressional district, 2014^[5]
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

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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

Missouri's 7th congressional district is held by two-term incumbent Republican Billy Long. Marshall Works is challenging the incumbent in the August 5th primary. Two Democrats are competing in the primary: Genevieve Williams and 2012 candidate Jim Evans. The winners of those primaries faced Libertarian Kevin Craig in the November election.

The following candidates have been certified by the Secretary of State.^[3]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Billy Long
Marshall Works

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
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[]

Jim Evans
Genevieve Williams

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
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[]

Kevin Craig

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	764	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Missouri's 7th congressional district, 2014^[5]
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

Missouri's 8th congressional district is held by one-term incumbent Republican Jason Smith. The incumbent faced Democrat Barbara Stocker, Libertarian Rick Vandeven, and Constitution Party candidate Doug Enyart in the November election.

The following candidates have been certified by the Secretary of State.^[3]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Jason Smith

Results[]

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	66,511	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Barbara Stocker

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Stocker	28,303	100.0

Libertarian primary[]

Rick Vandeven

Results[]

Libertarian primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Rick Vandeven	462	100.0

Constitution primary[]

Results[]

Constitution primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Constitution	Doug Enyart	368	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Missouri's 8th congressional district, 2014^[5]
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

References[]

^ "Secretary of State: Elections".
^ Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Certified Candidate List". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/Default.aspx

External links[]

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

[1] "Secretary of State: Elections".

[clerk2014-2] Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[candidates-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Certified Candidate List". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[primaryresults-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[Generalelection-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/Default.aspx

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