2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

2014 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election
← 2012 2016 →
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

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

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

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

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

← 2012

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

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

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

← 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%

U.S. Representative before election

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Vicky Hartzler
Republican

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

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

← 2012

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

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

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

← 2012

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

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

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

← 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

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

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

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^[6]

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

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 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 "Certified Candidate List". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "State of Missouri - Election Night Results".
^ Matt Sanders; Erin Ragan (November 3, 2013). "Kinder won't run for Congress in 2014". semissourian.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

External links

[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.

[primaryresults-3] ^ ^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.

[candidates-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Certified Candidate List". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[Generalelection-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "State of Missouri - Election Night Results".

[6] Matt Sanders; Erin Ragan (November 3, 2013). "Kinder won't run for Congress in 2014". semissourian.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

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