Kevin Craig (Missouri)

Kevin Craig (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Incumbent Eric Burlison defeated Missi Hesketh and Kevin Craig in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eric Burlison (R)	71.6	263,231
	Missi Hesketh (D)	26.3	96,655
	Kevin Craig (L)	2.2	7,982

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 367,868
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Natalie Faucett (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Missi Hesketh advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Missi Hesketh	100.0	21,854

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,854
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Incumbent Eric Burlison defeated Audrey Richards, John Adair, and Camille Lombardi-Olive in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 6, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eric Burlison	83.1	79,755
	Audrey Richards	6.7	6,444
	John Adair	6.6	6,358
	Camille Lombardi-Olive	3.5	3,400

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 95,957
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Kevin Craig advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Craig	100.0	264

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Eric Burlison defeated Kristen Radaker-Sheafer, Kevin Craig, and Roger Rekate in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eric Burlison (R)	70.9	178,592
		Kristen Radaker-Sheafer (D)	26.8	67,485
		Kevin Craig (L)	2.3	5,869
	Submit photo	Roger Rekate (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 251,947
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Kristen Radaker-Sheafer defeated John M. Woodman and Bryce Lockwood in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kristen Radaker-Sheafer	63.3	13,680
	John M. Woodman	25.4	5,493
	Bryce Lockwood	11.2	2,430

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,603
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eric Burlison	38.2	39,443
	Jay Wasson	22.5	23,253
	Alex Bryant	17.9	18,522
	Mike Moon	8.7	8,957
	Sam Alexander	5.5	5,665
	Audrey Richards	3.0	3,095
	Paul Walker	2.9	3,028
	Camille Lombardi-Olive	1.3	1,363

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,326
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Derral Reynolds (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Kevin Craig advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Craig	100.0	416

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 416
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2020

Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Incumbent Billy Long defeated Teresa Montseny (Unofficially withdrew), Kevin Craig, Audrey Richards, and Dennis Davis in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Billy Long (R)	68.9	254,318
		Teresa Montseny (D) (Unofficially withdrew)	26.6	98,111
		Kevin Craig (L)	4.2	15,573
		Audrey Richards (Independent) (Write-in)	0.3	1,279
	Submit photo	Dennis Davis (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 369,283
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Teresa Montseny advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Teresa Montseny	100.0	30,568

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,568
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sharon Hall (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Incumbent Billy Long defeated Eric Harleman, Kevin VanStory, Steve Chentnik, and Camille Lombardi-Olive in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Billy Long	66.1	69,319
	Submit photo	Eric Harleman	11.1	11,688
		Kevin VanStory	10.0	10,482
		Steve Chentnik	7.1	7,393
		Camille Lombardi-Olive	5.7	5,966

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 104,848
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Benjamin Holcomb (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Kevin Craig advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Craig	100.0	508

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 508
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2014

See also: Missouri's 7th Congressional District elections, 2014

Craig ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 7th District. Craig ran unopposed in the Libertarian primary.^[1] He was defeated by incumbent Billy Long (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

**U.S. House, Missouri District 7 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Billy Long Incumbent	63.5%	104,054
	Democratic	Jim Evans	28.8%	47,282
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	7.7%	12,584
	Write-in	John C. Hagerty	0%	3
	Write-in	Martin Lindstedt	0%	2
	Write-in	Nikolas Bruce	0%	32
Total Votes				163,957
Source: Missouri Secretary of State

2012

See also: Missouri's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012

Craig ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 7th District. Craig sought the nomination on the Libertarian ticket. He was defeated by incumbent Billy Long in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[2]

**U.S. House, Missouri District 7 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Billy Long Incumbent	63.9%	203,565
	Democratic	Jim Evans	30.9%	98,498
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	5.2%	16,668
	Write-in	Kenneth Joe Brown	0%	9
Total Votes				318,740
Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Kevin Craig did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Craig’s campaign website stated the following:

“

Respecting Our Nation's Past

The Declaration of Independence says you have a duty to abolish any government which becomes a tyranny. That's how America was born: our Founding Fathers abolished their own government. The same year Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, Adam Smith wrote a book called The Wealth of Nations, considered to be the first treatise on capitalism. The Constitution was designed to promote Free Markets and guard against tyranny. Some great Americans, like Patrick Henry ("Give me Liberty or give me Death!") could see that the Constitution's guards against tyranny were inadequate, and they refused to support the Constitution. They were right, and if America's Founding Fathers could travel through time and see the government we have today, they would take up arms to abolish it. If they succeeded in abolishing Washington D.C., Missouri would be a separate economy the size of Poland.

Kevin Craig is a pacifist. He believes we should abolish tyranny by ballots rather than by bullets. He is the only candidate in this race who is committed to promoting legislation to abolish all unconstitutional bureaucracies and federal programs. Unconstitutional spending amounts to over $10,000 for every man, woman, and small child in America. If we followed the Constitution, and Washington D.C. were bound down by the chains of the Constitution, how much better off would your family be with an extra $10,000 per person per year? Republicans will never abolish unconstitutional bureaucracies, because Republican leadership wants Republicans behind every desk in these wasteful and unconstitutional bureaucracies. They want the armed FBI agents who break down your door at 3am to be Republicans.

Nobody in Congress takes the once-sacred oath seriously. The oath to "support the Constitution" means nothing if it doesn't mean promising to NOT support and fund anything which is NOT Constitutional. That should be obvious. Will electing one Libertarian to Congress persuade Democrats and Republicans to keep their oath to support the Constitution? No, of course not. But it's a start. Voting for the same politicians who got us into this mess is not a start. It's a wasted vote.

Once he gets all unconstitutional programs abolished, Kevin Craig would work to do what America's Founders would do: abolish even the Constitutional programs. America's Founding Fathers made two huge mistakes. First, they engaged in a violent armed insurrection against the British government. The Bible prohibits the violent overthrow of tyrannical empires. Jesus said "resist not evil" and "Render unto Caesar," who was a violent pagan invader who slaughtered thousands of Jews, and enslaved them, claiming to be god. Second, having abolished the government, America's Founders then created a new one -- which turned out to be worse than the one they abolished. They believed God required human beings to form "governments." 100% pure laissez-faire capitalism was not allowed, they believed; there had to be some socialism or some fascism. But they were wrong about this. They believed God required society to have a "public sector." That's not what the Bible says. ^[3]

”

—Kevin Craig’s campaign website (2024)^[4]

2022

Kevin Craig did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Kevin Craig did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

No campaign donor information available.^[5]

Campaign finance summary

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Kevin Craig campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Missouri District 7	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Missouri District 7	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Missouri District 7	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named apmo
↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Missouri"
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Kevin Craig’s campaign website, “Craig for Congress,” accessed July 24, 2024
↑ Open Secrets, "Kevin Craig," accessed May 17, 2013

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Missouri's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Josh Hawley (R)

Eric Schmitt (R)

Representatives

District 1

Wesley Bell (D)

District 2

Ann Wagner (R)

District 3

Bob Onder (R)

District 4

Mark Alford (R)

District 5

Emanuel Cleaver (D)

District 6

Sam Graves (R)

District 7

Eric Burlison (R)

District 8

Jason Smith (R)

Republican Party (8)

Democratic Party (2)

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[2] Politico, "2012 Election Map, Missouri"

[quotedisclaimer-3] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[4] Kevin Craig’s campaign website, “Craig for Congress,” accessed July 24, 2024

[5] Open Secrets, "Kevin Craig," accessed May 17, 2013

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Kevin Craig (Missouri)

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7

2014

2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Campaign website

2022

2020

2012

Campaign finance summary

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