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Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2024

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2022
Missouri's 8th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 26, 2024
Primary: August 6, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Missouri
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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All U.S. House districts, including the 8th Congressional District of Missouri, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was August 6, 2024. The filing deadline was March 26, 2024.

This race was one of 75 races in 2024 that was a rematch of the 2022 election. In 2024, Democrats won 39 of these matches, while Republicans won 36 of them. Democrats won 38 of those districts in 2022, and Republicans won 37.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 76.0%-21.9%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 75.0%-23.6%.[3]

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith defeated Randi McCallian and Jake Dawson in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith (R)
 
76.2
 
271,249
Image of Randi McCallian
Randi McCallian (D) Candidate Connection
 
21.8
 
77,649
Jake Dawson (L)
 
2.0
 
7,166

Total votes: 356,064
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Randi McCallian defeated Franklin Delano Roth II in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Randi McCallian
Randi McCallian Candidate Connection
 
70.4
 
12,571
Image of Franklin Delano Roth II
Franklin Delano Roth II Candidate Connection
 
29.6
 
5,283

Total votes: 17,854
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith defeated James Snider and Grant Heithold in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith
 
82.3
 
98,171
Image of James Snider
James Snider
 
9.2
 
10,987
Image of Grant Heithold
Grant Heithold Candidate Connection
 
8.5
 
10,149

Total votes: 119,307
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Jake Dawson advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jake Dawson
 
100.0
 
247

Total votes: 247
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Candidate profiles

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography "I am a fierce advocate for women, children, and families. I grew up in a large, blended, military family; the oldest of many siblings. I was a girl scout, my first job was in a bagel store, and when I headed to Iowa to attend Drake University, I started working right away in the before & after-school program at the local public school. My professional experience includes: teaching kids with Autism at school & home; providing home visits to low-income families with Parents as Teachers, Early Head Start, and Montessori school programs; providing prenatal, birth, and postpartum support to families as a labor and postpartum doula and an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Most recently, I was Program Director for a multi-state Maternal & Child Health program that served pregnant and newborn families. I never planned to run for office, but after a lifetime in the field, and accomplishing a Master's Degree in Public Health, I saw that policy was the most effective way to tackle the barriers families face when trying to thrive. I began lobbying my representatives, supporting local campaigns, and then decided to run for office myself - so I could draw attention to the issues important to families and children. I am a wife to a data-scientist, mother of two compassionate girls, and we are working on becoming a farm. We foster cats for the local shelter, support our local public school, and I am a member of our county emergency services board."


Key Messages

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Our district deserves better. In a ranking of congressional districts, we are nearly always last. For jobs opportunities and income, infrastructure and housing, education, healthcare, childcare, teen pregnancy ... we've been left behind and I believe you, your children, your parents, deserve better. Our current congressman has been in this seat for 11 years now. He lies quite often about how he voted on legislation, and he votes against policy that would help his district more than others... such as when he voted NO to capping Insulin costs at $35 a month (our area of the state has the highest rates of diabetes and the lowest incomes... who is Smith working for?)


Nearly every Republican, Independent, and Democrat I talk to agrees that we want corporate greed, financial corruption, and bought-out politicians out of our system of government. LET'S GET IT DONE! Don't let Big Money control the narrative here, nearly all voters across all political spectrums agree that money is corrupting our political system. I advocate for campaign finance reform, fair taxes that keep money in the pockets of working Americans, and ending the Congressman-to-millionaire pipeline.


There. Are. Solutions. Our healthcare crisis in the 8th congressional district shouldn't even exist. We need leaders who know how to get work done, and have a desire to actually serve-the-people and make a whole region (district) better. I have that experience and desire. I enjoy working with families and children, but I've stepped aside from that work because I care so strongly about actually getting things done, and policy passed, that will remove the barriers we face and allow us to thrive. Policy that creates more down-stream healthcare jobs is one of the ways that we provide more healthcare to more people, lower the cost, and create more jobs. Let's get it done!

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Missouri District 8 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Missouri

Election information in Missouri: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 9, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 9, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 9, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 23, 2024
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 22, 2024 to Nov. 4, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CST)

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Our district deserves better.

In a ranking of congressional districts, we are nearly always last. For jobs opportunities and income, infrastructure and housing, education, healthcare, childcare, teen pregnancy ... we've been left behind and I believe you, your children, your parents, deserve better.

Our current congressman has been in this seat for 11 years now. He lies quite often about how he voted on legislation, and he votes against policy that would help his district more than others... such as when he voted NO to capping Insulin costs at $35 a month (our area of the state has the highest rates of diabetes and the lowest incomes... who is Smith working for?)

Nearly every Republican, Independent, and Democrat I talk to agrees that we want corporate greed, financial corruption, and bought-out politicians out of our system of government. LET'S GET IT DONE!

Don't let Big Money control the narrative here, nearly all voters across all political spectrums agree that money is corrupting our political system.

I advocate for campaign finance reform, fair taxes that keep money in the pockets of working Americans, and ending the Congressman-to-millionaire pipeline.

There. Are. Solutions.

Our healthcare crisis in the 8th congressional district shouldn't even exist. We need leaders who know how to get work done, and have a desire to actually serve-the-people and make a whole region (district) better. I have that experience and desire. I enjoy working with families and children, but I've stepped aside from that work because I care so strongly about actually getting things done, and policy passed, that will remove the barriers we face and allow us to thrive. Policy that creates more down-stream healthcare jobs is one of the ways that we provide more healthcare to more people, lower the cost, and create more jobs.

Let's get it done!
Community and Family Health is where my passion and expertise are strongest. In particular, I've focused much of my advocacy on improving our maternity care system, increasing and improving postpartum care, and protecting newborn and infant well-being. Growing up, I was fascinated by viruses. I read The Hot Zone, a book about Ebola and related viruses, so many times that the spine fell apart. In college I became interested in human development, learning and behavior, and deviations from 'the norm'. And then my focus turned to preconception, pregnancy, birth, and the early years... once I found that the field of Public Health encompassed all these seemingly unrelated topics, I packed my bags and ran to graduate school.
The Business of Being Born was one key documentary that helped me share with others what I was learning about our maternity care system, and where I want to go with more respectful and safe maternity care.
Being able to listen, having empathy for people's experiences, and is humble and honest when it comes to what they don't know.
I am someone who organizes and makes processes more effective and efficient - those are some of the exact things our overly inefficient and unorganized governing systems need right now. I'm not one to back down from a fight and I'm good at communicating with others, no matter their stance, as long as they can manage to be mostly respectful - these are also qualities desperately needed in our leadership.
To advocate for the district and people living within it. To direct federal funding into important projects and opportunities for the people of the 8th (and to encourage local leaders to request federal funding that would benefit the people of our district), to highlight the good, and to bring people together to alleviate and fix the troublesome issues. The congressperson for the 8th should be tackling child and household hunger, encouraging local authorities to request available funding for infrastructure projects, and working hard on policy that fixes our healthcare desert.
I worked in a bagel store during my last two years of high school. I also worked occasional shifts at a local Bingo Hall during the same period and babysat for a number of families.
Impossible to choose just one. Reading is one of the things that feeds my curiosity and makes life so fulfilling!

A few of my favorites: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (mentioned above as the start to my fascination with viruses); The Passion of Mary Magdalene by Elizabeth Cunningham; Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness; The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning;

Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First by Marsden Wagner; Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block (started my maternity care passion); Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly.
Motherhood was a very hard transition for me. I suffered from postpartum depression and anxiety, sometimes very severe.
The lengthening divide between Americans by political party affiliation. At this moment, our biggest threat is to ourselves and our inability to work together is going to result in a bigger threat coming from without.
Campaign Finance Reform FIRST; without that, Big Money will just buy out the candidates that they choose to run every cycle and beat down the grassroots candidate nearly every time.
Just as campaigns have to be transparent with their funding, so should the government. Financial transparency and government accountability are important because any entity or organization can become corrupted when there's power to be had and money to be made.


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Jason Smith Republican Party $6,549,799 $4,020,603 $3,017,144 As of December 31, 2024
Randi McCallian Democratic Party $52,669 $60,932 $146 As of December 31, 2024
Franklin Delano Roth II Democratic Party $34,810 $34,760 $50 As of December 31, 2024
Grant Heithold Republican Party $19,230 $15,108 $4,122 As of September 6, 2024
James Snider Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Jake Dawson Libertarian Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

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  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[4]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Missouri in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Missouri, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Missouri U.S. House Ballot-qualified party N/A $300.00 3/26/2024 Source
Missouri U.S. House Unaffiliated 2% of votes cast for the office in the last election, or 10,000, whichever is less N/A 7/29/2024 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Missouri.

Missouri U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 8 8 1 43 16 6 6 75.0% 5 71.4%
2022 8 8 2 57 16 6 8 87.5% 6 100.0%
2020 8 8 0 40 16 4 6 62.5% 6 75.0%
2018 8 8 0 39 16 5 6 68.8% 5 62.5%
2016 8 8 0 45 16 5 8 81.3% 8 100.0%
2014 8 8 0 36 16 4 6 62.5% 5 62.5%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Missouri in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 4, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Forty-three candidates ran for Missouri’s eight U.S. House districts, including 16 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That's an average of 5.38 candidates per district. That’s lower than the 7.13 candidates per district in 2022 but more than the 5.00 in 2020.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district. That’s one less than in 2022 when two seats were open. There were no open seats in 2020, 2018, 2016, and 2014.

Incumbent Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-03) did not run for re-election because he retired from public office.

Two congressional districts—the 1st and the 3rd—were tied for the most candidates running in a district in 2024. Four Democrats and five Republicans ran in the 1st Congressional District, and two Democrats and seven Republicans ran in the 3rd Congressional District.

Twelve primaries—six Democratic and six Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2022 and 2014, there was an average of 11.6 contested primaries per year.

Five incumbents—one Democrat and four Republicans—were in contested primaries tin 2024, tying with 2018 and 2014 for the fewest this decade.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+28. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 28 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Missouri's 8th the 6th most Republican district nationally.[8]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Missouri's 8th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
23.6% 75.0%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
26.2 71.0 R+44.9

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2020

Missouri presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 14 Democratic wins
  • 17 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D R R D D R R R D D D D D R D D D R R D R R R D D R R R R R R
See also: Party control of Missouri state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Missouri's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Missouri
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 2 2
Republican 2 6 8
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 8 10

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Missouri's top four state executive offices as May 2024.

State executive officials in Missouri, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Mike Parson
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Mike Kehoe
Secretary of State Republican Party Jay Ashcroft
Attorney General Republican Party Andrew Bailey

State legislature

Missouri State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 10
     Republican Party 24
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 34

Missouri House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 51
     Republican Party 111
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 163

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Missouri Party Control: 1992-2024
Eight years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twelve years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor R D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith defeated Randi McCallian and Jim Higgins in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith (R)
 
76.0
 
186,472
Image of Randi McCallian
Randi McCallian (D) Candidate Connection
 
21.9
 
53,738
Image of Jim Higgins
Jim Higgins (L)
 
2.1
 
5,185

Total votes: 245,395
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Randi McCallian advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Randi McCallian
Randi McCallian Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
16,691

Total votes: 16,691
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith defeated Jacob Turner in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith
 
82.0
 
78,342
Image of Jacob Turner
Jacob Turner
 
18.0
 
17,242

Total votes: 95,584
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Jim Higgins advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jim Higgins
Jim Higgins
 
100.0
 
232

Total votes: 232
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2020

See also: Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith defeated Kathy Ellis and Tom Schmitz in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith (R)
 
76.9
 
253,811
Image of Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis (D) Candidate Connection
 
21.4
 
70,561
Image of Tom Schmitz
Tom Schmitz (L) Candidate Connection
 
1.8
 
5,854

Total votes: 330,226
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Kathy Ellis advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
20,354

Total votes: 20,354
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith
 
100.0
 
114,074

Total votes: 114,074
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Tom Schmitz advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Schmitz
Tom Schmitz Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
265

Total votes: 265
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2018

See also: Missouri's 8th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith defeated Kathy Ellis and Jonathan Lee Shell in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith (R)
 
73.4
 
194,042
Image of Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis (D) Candidate Connection
 
25.0
 
66,151
Image of Jonathan Lee Shell
Jonathan Lee Shell (L)
 
1.6
 
4,206

Total votes: 264,399
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Kathy Ellis advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
33,799

Total votes: 33,799
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Incumbent Jason Smith advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jason Smith
Jason Smith
 
100.0
 
91,809

Total votes: 91,809
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8

Jonathan Lee Shell advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 8 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonathan Lee Shell
Jonathan Lee Shell
 
100.0
 
361

Total votes: 361
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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  9. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


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