Missouri's 7th congressional district
Missouri's 7th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 785,669 | ||
Median household income | $56,419[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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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]
Election results from statewide races
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% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District created March 4, 1853 | |||||
Samuel Caruthers (Cape Girardeau) |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd 34th 35th |
Re-elected in 1856 .Retired. |
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Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | ||||
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||||
John W. Noell )
(Perryville |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Re-elected in 1860. .
Redistricted to the 3rd district | |
Benjamin F. Loan (St. Joseph) |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th 39th 40th |
Re-elected in 1866 .Lost re-election. | |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 | ||||
Joel F. Asper (Chillicothe) |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | Elected in 1868 .Retired. | |
Isaac Parker (St. Joseph) |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | Elected in 1870. .
Redistricted to the 9th district | |
Thomas T. Crittenden (Warrensburg) |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872 .Retired. | |
John F. Philips (Sedalia) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874 .Lost re-election. | |
Thomas T. Crittenden (Warrensburg) |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected in 1876 .Retired. | |
Alfred M. Lay )
(Jefferson City |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – December 8, 1879 |
46th | Elected in 1878 .Died. | |
Vacant | December 8, 1879 – January 26, 1880 |
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John F. Philips (Sedalia) |
Democratic | January 26, 1880 – March 3, 1881 |
Elected to finish Lay's term .Lost re-election. | ||
Booneville )
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Greenback
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March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Elected in 1880 .Retired. | |
Aylett H. Buckner )
(Mexico |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Redistricted from the re-elected in 1882 .Retired. | |
John E. Hutton (Mexico) |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Re-elected in 1886 .Retired. | |
Richard H. Norton )
(Troy |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 |
51st 52nd |
Re-elected in 1890 .Lost re-election. | |
John T. Heard (Sedalia) |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | Redistricted from the re-elected in 1892 .Lost re-election. | |
John P. Tracey )
(Springfield |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | Elected in 1894 .Lost re-election. | |
James Cooney (Marshall) |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
55th 56th 57th |
Re-elected in 1900 .Lost renomination. | |
Courtney W. Hamlin (Springfield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
58th | Elected in 1902 .Lost re-election. | |
John Welborn (Lexington) |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 |
59th | Elected in 1904 .Lost re-election. | |
Courtney W. Hamlin (Springfield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th |
Re-elected in 1916 .Lost renomination. | |
Samuel C. Major (Fayette) |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
66th | Elected in 1918 .Lost re-election. | |
Roscoe C. Patterson (Springfield) |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
67th | Elected in 1920 .Lost re-election. | |
Samuel C. Major (Fayette) |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 |
68th 69th 70th |
Re-elected in 1926 .Lost re-election. | |
John W. Palmer )
(Sedalia |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
71st | Elected in 1928 .Lost re-election. | |
Samuel C. Major (Fayette) |
Democratic | March 4, 1931 – July 28, 1931 |
72nd | Elected in 1930 .Died. | |
Vacant | July 28, 1931 – September 29, 1931 |
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Robert D. Johnson )
(Marshall |
Democratic | September 29, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
Elected to finish Major's term. Redistricted to at-large and lost renomination. | ||
District inactive | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket | ||
Dewey Short )
(Galena |
Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1957 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th |
Re-elected in 1954 .Lost re-election. | |
Charles H. Brown (Springfield) |
Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961 |
85th 86th |
Re-elected in 1958 .Lost re-election. | |
Durward G. Hall )
(Springfield |
Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Re-elected in 1970 .Retired. | |
Gene Taylor )
(Sarcoxie |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th |
Re-elected in 1986 .Retired. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
Mel Hancock (Springfield) |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997 |
101st 102nd 103rd 104th |
Re-elected in 1994 .Retired. | |
1993–2003 [data missing] | |||||
Roy Blunt (Strafford) |
Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 |
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
Re-elected in 1998. .
Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired to run for U.S. Senator | |
2003–2013 | |||||
Billy Long (Springfield) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2023 |
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |
2013–2023 | |||||
Eric Burlison (Ozark) |
Republican | January 3, 2023 – present |
118th | Elected in 2022. | 2023–present |
Geography
Counties
There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.
Largest cities
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 |
Median household incomes
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 |
Median family incomes
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 |
Election results
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% | |||
Turnout | |||||
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% | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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% | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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
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23 | 0.01% | ||
Total votes | 241,123 | 100% | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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% | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
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
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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
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Audrey Richards (write-in) | 1,279 | 0.3 | |
Write-in | 2 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 454,339 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Prior elections
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in
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
).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
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
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 |
See also
References
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Staff, KY3. "Republican Eric Burlison wins election for Missouri's U.S. House District 7 open seat". www.ky3.com. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
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- ^ Official Manual of Missouri, 2003-2004, page 627.
- ^ Official Manual of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
- ^ Official Manual of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
- ^ "2008 Election Results". Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
- ^ [1] 2010 Election Results
- ^ [2] 2012 Election Results
- ^ [3] 2014 Election Results
- ^ [4] 2016 Election Results
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