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Missouri's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 1st Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent William Lacy Clay (D) won re-election to his seat in Congress. He defeated Daniel Elder (R) and Robb E. Cunningham (L) in the general election.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Missouri utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by June 9, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 8, 2014.[2]
- See also: Missouri elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was William Lacy Clay (D), who was first elected in 2000.
As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, Missouri's 1st Congressional District was located in the eastern portion of the state and included St. Louis City and a part of St. Louis County.[3]
Candidates
General election candidates:
- William Lacy Clay - Incumbent
Daniel Elder
Robb E. Cunningham
August 5, 2014, primary results:
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Third Party Candidates
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  William Lacy Clay Incumbent |
73% | 119,315 | |
| Republican | Daniel Elder | 21.6% | 35,273 | |
| Libertarian | Robb E. Cunningham | 5.4% | 8,906 | |
| Total Votes | 163,494 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Primary election
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Daniel Elder |
39.3% | 4,196 | ||
| Martin Baker | 34.2% | 3,659 | ||
| David Koehr | 26.5% | 2,833 | ||
| Total Votes | 10,688 | |||
| Source: State of Missouri Official Results |
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Campaign contributions
| William Lacy Clay (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[5] | April 15, 2013 | $118,356.18 | $63,844.92 | $(39,307.00) | $142,894.10 | ||||
| July Quarterly[6] | July 15, 2013 | $142,894.10 | $85,414.00 | $(58,530.89) | $169,777.21 | ||||
| October Quarterly[7] | October 14, 2013 | $169,777.21 | $69,092.06 | $(46,485.20) | $192,884.07 | ||||
| Year-End[8] | January 27, 2014 | $192,884.07 | $69,848.02 | $(43,939.00) | $218,793.09 | ||||
| April Quarterly[9] | April 9, 2014 | $218,793.09 | $56,005.00 | $(38,226.71) | $236,571.38 | ||||
| July Quarterly[10] | July 14, 2014 | $236,571.38 | $64,985.26 | $(32,423.24) | $269,133.40 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[11] | July 25, 2014 | $269,133.40 | $16,800.00 | $(11,100.00) | $274,833.40 | ||||
| October Quarterly[12] | October 8, 2014 | $273,833.40 | $38,760.00 | $(51,591.91) | $261,001.49 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $464,749.26 | $(321,603.95) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, William Lacy Clay (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robyn Hamlin (R) and Robb E. Cunningham (L) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | William Lacy Clay Incumbent |
78.7% | 267,927 | |
| Republican | Robyn Hamlin | 17.9% | 60,832 | |
| Libertarian | Robb E. Cunningham | 3.5% | 11,824 | |
| Total Votes | 340,583 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, William Lacy Clay won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robyn Hamlin (R) and Julie Stone (L) in the general election.[13]
| U.S. House Missouri District 1 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | William Clay Lacy incumbent |
73.6% | 135,907 | |
| Republican | Robyn Hamlin | 23.6% | 43,649 | |
| Libertarian | Julie Stone | 2.8% | 5,223 | |
| Total Votes | 184,779 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Revisor of Statutes, "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.397," accessed November 4, 2025
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State Website, "Frequently Asked Questions: Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List," accessed August 4, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay Jr. for Congress April Quarterly," accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay Jr. for Congress July Quarterly," accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay, Jr. for Congress October Quarterly," accessed October 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay, Jr. for Congress Year End," accessed February 6, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay, Jr. for Congress April Quarterly," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay, Jr. for Congress July Quarterly," accessed September 30, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay, Jr. for Congress Pre-Primary," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Clay, Jr. for Congress October Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
