Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
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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 |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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See also |
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A Republican Party primary took place on August 6, 2024, in Missouri's 7th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.
Incumbent Eric Burlison advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7.
All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 70.9%-26.8%. 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) 69.8%-28.4%.[2]
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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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.[3][4][5]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Missouri's 7th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
- Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Candidates and election results
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 |
Total votes: 95,957 | ||||
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Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "My name is John Adair, and I'm reaching out to share my vision and commitment as I seek to serve as your Representative in Congress in D.C. from SW Missouri, 7th District. Throughout my career as a Restoration/General Contractor and Catastrophic Insurance Claims Adjuster, I've restored homes and businesses in 34 states, ensuring families and companies could recover and rebuild after disasters. Now, I'm setting my sights on a different kind of restoration project: our Federal Government in Washington D.C. I have traversed the country, witnessing firsthand the resilience of the American spirit. Yet, I've observed a pressing need for a government that truly serves its people--not the other way around. Driven by a calling that transcends personal ambition. I'm stepping forward to represent you as a voice from SW Missouri, a voice for the hardworking everyday American. I also want to introduce my new wife, Natalia dos Santos Adair. We were married on 5.29.24. She is from Brazil and we are working on getting her passports and visas for her and the 5 children so we can live here together as a family in Missouri. I lost my 1st wife, Sylvia of 31 1/2 years of marriage in July of 2023 to cancer. We raised our 3 children, Hannah, David, and Danielle here in Missouri."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Missouri District 7 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Born and raised in Southwest Missouri, this area is my home. My education began at New Life Academy, a small Christian school in Hollister, but I later transferred and graduated from Reeds Spring High School. I graduated from George Washington University with a degree in political science. I worked as the knowledge manager at a bureau of the US Treasury Department, while also working as a sportswriter for various online media outlets. I then became the policy director for a nonprofit dedicated to studying the impact of screen time and social media on child development. I will be a leader with fresh perspectives, a strong work ethic, and a heart deeply rooted in the conservative values of our community."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Missouri District 7 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Missouri
Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Eric Burlison | Republican Party | $923,026 | $503,234 | $601,388 | As of December 31, 2024 |
John Adair | Republican Party | $10,836 | $8,452 | $2,976 | As of August 14, 2024 |
Camille Lombardi-Olive | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Audrey Richards | Republican 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." |
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.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Missouri.
Missouri U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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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
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+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Missouri's 7th the 19th most Republican district nationally.[6]
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 7th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
28.4% | 69.8% |
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.[7] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
27.2 | 69.6 | R+42.4 |
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 |
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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 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Missouri's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Missouri | |||
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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 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | ![]() |
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Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
Missouri State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 10 | |
Republican Party | 24 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 34 |
Missouri House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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 | ||||||
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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 |
See also
- Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
- Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- United States House elections in Missouri, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Missouri, 2024 (August 6 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 4, 2023
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ John R. Ashcroft Missouri Secretary of State,"Frequently Asked Questions," accessed April 4, 2023
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023