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Missouri's 5th Congressional District
Missouri's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Emanuel Cleaver (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Missouri representatives represented an average of 770,035 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 751,435 residents.
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Sean Smith, Bill Wayne, and Michael Day in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver (D) | 60.2 | 199,900 |
![]() | Sean Smith (R) ![]() | 36.4 | 120,957 | |
![]() | Bill Wayne (L) | 2.0 | 6,658 | |
![]() | Michael Day (G) | 1.3 | 4,414 |
Total votes: 331,929 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Bowman (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver | 100.0 | 65,248 |
Total votes: 65,248 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Sean Smith advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Sean Smith ![]() | 100.0 | 32,574 |
Total votes: 32,574 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Bill Wayne advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bill Wayne | 100.0 | 340 |
Total votes: 340 | ||||
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2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Jacob Turk and Robin Dominick in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver (D) | 61.0 | 140,688 |
![]() | Jacob Turk (R) ![]() | 36.4 | 84,008 | |
Robin Dominick (L) | 2.5 | 5,859 |
Total votes: 230,555 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Maite Salazar in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver | 85.6 | 60,399 |
Maite Salazar | 14.4 | 10,147 |
Total votes: 70,546 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Jacob Turk defeated Jerry Barham and Herschel L. Young in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jacob Turk ![]() | 51.8 | 20,475 |
![]() | Jerry Barham | 33.5 | 13,246 | |
![]() | Herschel L. Young | 14.7 | 5,833 |
Total votes: 39,554 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Robin Dominick advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Robin Dominick | 100.0 | 589 |
Total votes: 589 | ||||
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Ryan Derks, Robin Dominick, Antwain Winters, and Billy Ballard in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver (D) | 58.8 | 207,180 |
![]() | Ryan Derks (R) ![]() | 38.6 | 135,934 | |
Robin Dominick (L) | 2.6 | 9,272 | ||
![]() | Antwain Winters (G) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.0 | 41 | |
Billy Ballard (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 |
Total votes: 352,428 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Maite Salazar in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver | 85.3 | 75,040 |
Maite Salazar ![]() | 14.7 | 12,923 |
Total votes: 87,963 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ryan Derks ![]() | 34.0 | 13,832 |
![]() | Jerry Barham | 31.7 | 12,880 | |
![]() | Clay Chastain | 18.5 | 7,519 | |
![]() | Weldon Woodward ![]() | 5.9 | 2,381 | |
![]() | R. H. Hess ![]() | 5.4 | 2,207 | |
Richonda Oaks | 4.6 | 1,872 |
Total votes: 40,691 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Robin Dominick advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Robin Dominick | 100.0 | 542 |
Total votes: 542 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Jacob Turk, Alexander Howell, Maurice Copeland, and E.C. Fredland in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver (D) | 61.7 | 175,019 |
![]() | Jacob Turk (R) | 35.6 | 101,069 | |
![]() | Alexander Howell (L) | 1.7 | 4,725 | |
Maurice Copeland (G) | 0.7 | 2,091 | ||
E.C. Fredland (Constitution Party) | 0.3 | 876 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 5 |
Total votes: 283,785 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Emanuel Cleaver | 100.0 | 87,449 |
Total votes: 87,449 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jenna Squires (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Jacob Turk defeated Kress Cambers and Richonda Oaks in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jacob Turk | 75.1 | 35,883 |
![]() | Kress Cambers | 17.6 | 8,423 | |
Richonda Oaks | 7.3 | 3,467 |
Total votes: 47,773 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brent Lasater (R)
Constitution primary election
Constitution primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
E.C. Fredland advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | E.C. Fredland | 100.0 | 184 |
Total votes: 184 | ||||
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Green primary election
Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Maurice Copeland advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Maurice Copeland | 100.0 | 315 |
Total votes: 315 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5
Alexander Howell defeated Cisse Spragins in the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Alexander Howell | 56.3 | 512 |
![]() | Cisse Spragins | 43.7 | 398 |
Total votes: 910 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver (D) defeated Jacob Turk (R) and Roy Welborn (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cleaver defeated Robert Gough in the Democratic primary, while Turk defeated Austin Rucker, Berton Knox, and Michael Burris to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on August 2, 2016.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
58.8% | 190,766 | |
Republican | Jacob Turk | 38.2% | 123,771 | |
Libertarian | Roy Welborn | 3% | 9,733 | |
Total Votes | 324,270 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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88.2% | 48,755 | ||
Robert Gough | 11.8% | 6,519 | ||
Total Votes | 55,274 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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68% | 28,096 | ||
Michael Burris | 16.7% | 6,898 | ||
Austin Rucker | 10% | 4,137 | ||
Berton Knox | 5.2% | 2,166 | ||
Total Votes | 41,297 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
2014
The 5th Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver (D) defeated Jacob Turk (R) and Roy Welborn (L) in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
51.6% | 79,256 | |
Republican | Jacob Turk | 45% | 69,071 | |
Libertarian | Roy Welborn | 3.5% | 5,308 | |
Total Votes | 153,635 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State |
2012
The 5th Congressional District of Missouri held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver won re-election in the district.[3]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
60.5% | 200,290 | |
Republican | Jacob Turk | 36.9% | 122,149 | |
Libertarian | Randy Langkraehr | 2.6% | 8,497 | |
Write-in | Andrew Feagle | 0% | 6 | |
Total Votes | 330,942 | |||
Source: Missouri Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" |
The primary took place on August 7th, 2012.[4]
Republican Primary
2010
On November 2, 2010, Emanuel Cleaver won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jacob Turk (R), Randall D. "Randy" Langkraehr (L) and Dave Lay (Constitution) in the general election.[5]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Emanuel Cleaver won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jacob Turk (R) in the general election.[6]
U.S. House, Missouri District 5 General Election, 2008 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
64.4% | 197,249 | |
Republican | Jacob Turk | 35.6% | 109,166 | |
Total Votes | 306,415 |
2006
On November 7, 2006, Emanuel Cleaver won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jacob Turk (R) and Randall David "Randy" Langkraehr (L) in the general election.[7]
2004
On November 2, 2004, Emanuel Cleaver won election to the United States House. He defeated Jeanne Patterson (R), Rick Bailie (L) and Darin Rodenberg (Constitution) in the general election.[8]
2002
On November 5, 2002, Karen McCarthy won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Steve Gordon (R) and Jeanne Bojarski (L) in the general election.[9]
2000
On November 7, 2000, Karen McCarthy won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Steve Gordon (R), Charles Reitz (Green), Alan Newberry (L) and Dennis M. Carriger (Reform) in the general election.[10]
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
On August 29, 2025, Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) called a special legislative session for mid-decade congressional redistricting and proposed a map that would draw parts of Kansas City into surrounding rural districts.[11] The special session began on September 3, 2025.[12] The Missouri House approved the maps on September 9, 2025, by a 90-65 vote.[13]
Missouri had previously enacted new congressional district boundaries on May 18, 2022, when Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed them into law. According to Rudi Keller of the Missouri Independent, "No change in the partisan makeup of the Missouri delegation, currently six Republicans and two Democrats, is expected as a result of the map." Keller also wrote, "nine counties that have shifted almost wholly or entirely into new districts. Boundaries shifted in the five large-population counties that were previously split and a new split was introduced in Boone County in central Missouri."[14] This map took effect for Missouri’s 2022 congressional elections.
The Missouri House of Representatives approved the final version of the new congressional districts on May 9, 2022, by a vote of 101-47. Eighty-six Republicans and 15 Democrats approved the new map and 28 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against it.[15] The state Senate approved the legislation (known as HB 2909) on May 11, 2022, by a vote of 22-11. Sixteen Republicans and six Democrats voted to approve the new map and seven Republicans and four Democrats voted against.[16]
After the Senate passed the maps, Keller wrote, "The first plan, released in December with backing from the Republican leaders of both chambers, essentially kept the partisan breakdown of the state’s delegation unchanged, with six safe Republican districts and two Democratic districts in Kansas City and St. Louis. The House passed that bill in January and, after weeks of on-and-off debate, the Senate passed a significantly altered version in late March. The seven members of the Senate’s conservative caucus demanded a map that cracked the Kansas City district and combined it with a huge swath of rural counties to make it possible for the GOP to capture the seat. The “6-2” vs. “7-1” debate came to a head in February when the conservative caucus began a filibuster that blocked progress not only on the redistricting plan but also on basically every other bill. At one point, two Republican Senators got into a shouting match and had to be physically separated."[17]
How does redistricting in Missouri work? In Missouri, congressional district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[18]
In 2018, the voters passed a citizens’ initiative called Amendment 1 that reshaped the redistricting process; in 2020, the voters narrowly passed a legislatively referred initiative called Amendment 3 that reshaped the process again.
Two distinct politician commissions are ultimately responsible for state legislative redistricting, one for the Missouri State Senate and another for the Missouri House of Representatives. Membership on these commissions is determined as follows:[18]
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Missouri’s congressional districts are drawn by the state legislature, as a regular statute, subject to gubernatorial veto. The state legislative lines are drawn by two separate politician commissions — one for state Senate districts, one for state House districts. For each commission, each major party’s congressional district committee nominates 2 members per congressional district, and the state committee nominates 5 members; the Governor chooses 1 per district per party and two per party from the statewide lists, for a total commission of 20.[19] |
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Missouri District 5
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Missouri District 5
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2010-2011
In 2011, the Missouri State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Missouri's 5th the 111th most Republican district nationally.[20]
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Missouri's 5th the 126th most Democratic district nationally.[21]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 62.2%-35.9%.[22]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Missouri's 5th the 125th most Democratic district nationally.[23]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 62.2% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 35.9%.[24]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Missouri's 5th Congressional District the 145th most Democratic nationally.[25]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.06. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.06 points toward that party.[26]
See also
- Redistricting in Missouri
- Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
- Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
- Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
- Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "UNOFFICIAL Candidate Filing List," accessed March 30, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Missouri House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Missouri," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Nov 6, 2012 General Election," accessed August 9, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
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- ↑ Missouri Independent, "Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs new congressional redistricting plan," May 18, 2022
- ↑ Missouri House of Representatives, "101st General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (HB2909)," accessed May 24, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Senate, "Journal of the Senate, May 11, 2022," accessed May 24, 2022
- ↑ Missouri Independent, "Missouri Senate adjourns early after passing congressional redistricting map," May 12, 2022
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 All About Redistricting, "Missouri," accessed April 16, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018