United States House elections in Missouri (August 7, 2018 Democratic primaries)
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Missouri took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. This page focuses on the Democratic Party primary election that took place in each district on August 7, 2018.
Candidates
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
- William Lacy Clay (Incumbent) ✔
- Cori Bush
- Demarco Davidson
- Joshua Shipp
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District 2
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
Democratic primary candidates
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District 4
Democratic primary candidates
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District 5
Democratic primary candidates
- Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent) ✔
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District 6
Democratic primary candidates
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District 7
Democratic primary candidates
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District 8
Democratic primary candidates
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Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Missouri. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Missouri with 56.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 38.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1820 and 2016, Missouri voted Democratic 60 percent of the time and Republican 36 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Missouri voted Republican all five times.[1]
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Missouri. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 43 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 42.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 43 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 42.3 points. Clinton won two districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 120 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 120 out of 163 state House districts in Missouri with an average margin of victory of 39.8 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
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| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 32.04% | 65.70% | R+33.7 | 23.21% | 71.82% | R+48.6 | R |
| 2 | 29.11% | 68.37% | R+39.3 | 18.22% | 77.17% | R+58.9 | R |
| 3 | 36.98% | 60.40% | R+23.4 | 28.44% | 66.83% | R+38.4 | R |
| 4 | 36.39% | 60.98% | R+24.6 | 20.37% | 75.59% | R+55.2 | R |
| 5 | 32.79% | 65.39% | R+32.6 | 22.37% | 73.86% | R+51.5 | R |
| 6 | 32.16% | 65.56% | R+33.4 | 22.08% | 73.71% | R+51.6 | R |
| 7 | 31.65% | 65.57% | R+33.9 | 19.56% | 76.25% | R+56.7 | R |
| 8 | 35.79% | 61.61% | R+25.8 | 23.95% | 70.41% | R+46.5 | R |
| 9 | 34.60% | 63.39% | R+28.8 | 26.94% | 68.17% | R+41.2 | R |
| 10 | 50.19% | 47.16% | D+3 | 39.22% | 53.18% | R+14 | D |
| 11 | 43.38% | 53.92% | R+10.5 | 30.42% | 63.56% | R+33.1 | R |
| 12 | 37.20% | 60.93% | R+23.7 | 31.35% | 63.12% | R+31.8 | R |
| 13 | 39.45% | 58.95% | R+19.5 | 39.73% | 54.44% | R+14.7 | R |
| 14 | 47.29% | 51.12% | R+3.8 | 47.62% | 46.38% | D+1.2 | R |
| 15 | 49.87% | 47.99% | D+1.9 | 47.19% | 46.22% | D+1 | D |
| 16 | 40.63% | 57.87% | R+17.2 | 40.67% | 53.57% | R+12.9 | R |
| 17 | 47.93% | 49.73% | R+1.8 | 43.14% | 49.84% | R+6.7 | D |
| 18 | 53.60% | 44.12% | D+9.5 | 51.64% | 41.89% | D+9.8 | D |
| 19 | 67.20% | 30.31% | D+36.9 | 62.62% | 31.57% | D+31 | D |
| 20 | 44.19% | 53.35% | R+9.2 | 33.67% | 59.95% | R+26.3 | R |
| 21 | 48.06% | 49.62% | R+1.6 | 41.99% | 51.24% | R+9.2 | D |
| 22 | 87.84% | 11.29% | D+76.6 | 82.46% | 13.76% | D+68.7 | D |
| 23 | 93.66% | 5.77% | D+87.9 | 88.79% | 7.90% | D+80.9 | D |
| 24 | 80.14% | 17.61% | D+62.5 | 80.82% | 13.12% | D+67.7 | D |
| 25 | 64.74% | 33.81% | D+30.9 | 70.87% | 23.52% | D+47.3 | D |
| 26 | 89.47% | 9.61% | D+79.9 | 87.67% | 8.60% | D+79.1 | D |
| 27 | 83.11% | 16.02% | D+67.1 | 79.84% | 16.39% | D+63.5 | D |
| 28 | 60.04% | 37.98% | D+22.1 | 57.30% | 37.43% | D+19.9 | D |
| 29 | 50.35% | 47.90% | D+2.5 | 47.10% | 47.36% | R+0.3 | D |
| 30 | 41.77% | 56.80% | R+15 | 42.87% | 52.37% | R+9.5 | R |
| 31 | 41.89% | 56.06% | R+14.2 | 37.13% | 56.61% | R+19.5 | R |
| 32 | 36.75% | 61.69% | R+24.9 | 32.11% | 62.33% | R+30.2 | R |
| 33 | 33.61% | 64.40% | R+30.8 | 26.00% | 68.90% | R+42.9 | R |
| 34 | 38.59% | 59.89% | R+21.3 | 39.06% | 55.18% | R+16.1 | R |
| 35 | 45.76% | 52.62% | R+6.9 | 46.39% | 47.86% | R+1.5 | R |
| 36 | 64.52% | 34.34% | D+30.2 | 63.12% | 32.17% | D+30.9 | D |
| 37 | 55.42% | 43.24% | D+12.2 | 52.86% | 42.34% | D+10.5 | D |
| 38 | 40.05% | 58.13% | R+18.1 | 34.96% | 59.08% | R+24.1 | R |
| 39 | 36.54% | 61.11% | R+24.6 | 24.45% | 70.95% | R+46.5 | R |
| 40 | 34.56% | 63.42% | R+28.9 | 22.51% | 73.96% | R+51.5 | R |
| 41 | 33.99% | 63.43% | R+29.4 | 22.43% | 72.76% | R+50.3 | R |
| 42 | 33.55% | 64.46% | R+30.9 | 23.28% | 72.55% | R+49.3 | R |
| 43 | 34.21% | 63.36% | R+29.1 | 24.43% | 70.37% | R+45.9 | R |
| 44 | 43.51% | 53.49% | R+10 | 38.05% | 54.07% | R+16 | R |
| 45 | 61.22% | 35.75% | D+25.5 | 59.76% | 32.21% | D+27.5 | D |
| 46 | 56.84% | 40.60% | D+16.2 | 60.06% | 32.92% | D+27.1 | D |
| 47 | 43.59% | 53.79% | R+10.2 | 41.34% | 51.63% | R+10.3 | R |
| 48 | 33.63% | 64.07% | R+30.4 | 24.02% | 70.88% | R+46.9 | R |
| 49 | 33.37% | 64.57% | R+31.2 | 27.21% | 67.14% | R+39.9 | R |
| 50 | 37.65% | 60.00% | R+22.3 | 36.72% | 57.51% | R+20.8 | R |
| 51 | 39.89% | 57.59% | R+17.7 | 30.22% | 63.32% | R+33.1 | R |
| 52 | 36.97% | 60.45% | R+23.5 | 26.53% | 67.54% | R+41 | R |
| 53 | 35.17% | 62.69% | R+27.5 | 25.28% | 69.68% | R+44.4 | R |
| 54 | 34.83% | 62.46% | R+27.6 | 25.65% | 68.40% | R+42.8 | R |
| 55 | 33.16% | 65.23% | R+32.1 | 29.21% | 65.54% | R+36.3 | R |
| 56 | 37.67% | 60.09% | R+22.4 | 31.94% | 61.49% | R+29.5 | R |
| 57 | 32.66% | 64.87% | R+32.2 | 21.67% | 74.19% | R+52.5 | R |
| 58 | 29.14% | 68.67% | R+39.5 | 18.77% | 77.84% | R+59.1 | R |
| 59 | 25.50% | 73.08% | R+47.6 | 21.62% | 74.26% | R+52.6 | R |
| 60 | 40.31% | 57.95% | R+17.6 | 38.04% | 56.67% | R+18.6 | R |
| 61 | 29.60% | 68.70% | R+39.1 | 21.47% | 74.52% | R+53.1 | R |
| 62 | 25.25% | 72.82% | R+47.6 | 16.85% | 79.86% | R+63 | R |
| 63 | 36.01% | 62.54% | R+26.5 | 28.27% | 67.21% | R+38.9 | R |
| 64 | 36.53% | 61.49% | R+25 | 28.02% | 67.41% | R+39.4 | R |
| 65 | 44.10% | 53.73% | R+9.6 | 39.09% | 55.12% | R+16 | R |
| 66 | 89.44% | 9.97% | D+79.5 | 86.60% | 11.08% | D+75.5 | D |
| 67 | 82.02% | 17.23% | D+64.8 | 81.39% | 15.76% | D+65.6 | D |
| 68 | 67.12% | 31.46% | D+35.7 | 64.92% | 30.31% | D+34.6 | D |
| 69 | 60.17% | 38.22% | D+21.9 | 57.88% | 37.44% | D+20.4 | D |
| 70 | 48.02% | 50.51% | R+2.5 | 47.82% | 47.06% | D+0.8 | R |
| 71 | 57.48% | 40.71% | D+16.8 | 57.73% | 36.87% | D+20.9 | D |
| 72 | 57.80% | 40.30% | D+17.5 | 52.30% | 41.87% | D+10.4 | D |
| 73 | 83.56% | 15.27% | D+68.3 | 77.64% | 18.55% | D+59.1 | D |
| 74 | 81.89% | 17.08% | D+64.8 | 77.97% | 18.23% | D+59.7 | D |
| 75 | 94.12% | 5.36% | D+88.8 | 92.25% | 5.61% | D+86.6 | D |
| 76 | 98.95% | 0.83% | D+98.1 | 96.81% | 1.63% | D+95.2 | D |
| 77 | 90.86% | 8.52% | D+82.3 | 89.47% | 7.52% | D+81.9 | D |
| 78 | 87.25% | 11.43% | D+75.8 | 83.50% | 11.60% | D+71.9 | D |
| 79 | 88.10% | 10.89% | D+77.2 | 87.25% | 8.68% | D+78.6 | D |
| 80 | 79.81% | 18.20% | D+61.6 | 77.86% | 16.56% | D+61.3 | D |
| 81 | 74.58% | 23.51% | D+51.1 | 70.04% | 24.84% | D+45.2 | D |
| 82 | 61.35% | 36.62% | D+24.7 | 61.74% | 32.37% | D+29.4 | D |
| 83 | 65.35% | 32.40% | D+32.9 | 65.49% | 27.91% | D+37.6 | D |
| 84 | 87.74% | 11.29% | D+76.4 | 85.75% | 10.26% | D+75.5 | D |
| 85 | 83.85% | 14.94% | D+68.9 | 78.91% | 17.39% | D+61.5 | D |
| 86 | 88.19% | 10.91% | D+77.3 | 86.59% | 9.76% | D+76.8 | D |
| 87 | 57.51% | 41.40% | D+16.1 | 66.36% | 29.30% | D+37.1 | D |
| 88 | 52.34% | 46.64% | D+5.7 | 58.85% | 36.90% | D+22 | D |
| 89 | 33.74% | 65.35% | R+31.6 | 41.97% | 53.65% | R+11.7 | R |
| 90 | 49.71% | 48.99% | D+0.7 | 55.22% | 39.52% | D+15.7 | D |
| 91 | 53.68% | 44.73% | D+8.9 | 57.91% | 35.87% | D+22 | D |
| 92 | 50.25% | 47.87% | D+2.4 | 47.69% | 46.02% | D+1.7 | D |
| 93 | 55.84% | 41.87% | D+14 | 48.85% | 45.46% | D+3.4 | D |
| 94 | 47.09% | 51.41% | R+4.3 | 43.28% | 51.39% | R+8.1 | R |
| 95 | 37.68% | 61.12% | R+23.4 | 35.16% | 60.52% | R+25.4 | R |
| 96 | 35.34% | 63.39% | R+28 | 36.57% | 58.75% | R+22.2 | R |
| 97 | 42.64% | 55.44% | R+12.8 | 33.31% | 61.14% | R+27.8 | D |
| 98 | 36.69% | 61.92% | R+25.2 | 37.69% | 57.34% | R+19.6 | R |
| 99 | 43.11% | 55.19% | R+12.1 | 44.44% | 49.42% | R+5 | R |
| 100 | 36.43% | 62.31% | R+25.9 | 40.91% | 54.30% | R+13.4 | R |
| 101 | 28.87% | 70.23% | R+41.4 | 35.04% | 60.81% | R+25.8 | R |
| 102 | 34.49% | 64.35% | R+29.9 | 32.40% | 62.92% | R+30.5 | R |
| 103 | 35.54% | 63.00% | R+27.5 | 31.48% | 63.41% | R+31.9 | R |
| 104 | 42.14% | 55.94% | R+13.8 | 36.80% | 57.49% | R+20.7 | R |
| 105 | 40.02% | 58.23% | R+18.2 | 36.85% | 57.40% | R+20.6 | R |
| 106 | 43.86% | 54.29% | R+10.4 | 40.91% | 52.87% | R+12 | R |
| 107 | 41.26% | 56.76% | R+15.5 | 34.90% | 59.68% | R+24.8 | R |
| 108 | 34.97% | 63.67% | R+28.7 | 31.12% | 64.19% | R+33.1 | R |
| 109 | 34.37% | 63.30% | R+28.9 | 25.25% | 69.86% | R+44.6 | R |
| 110 | 32.74% | 65.78% | R+33 | 31.86% | 63.33% | R+31.5 | R |
| 111 | 40.22% | 57.43% | R+17.2 | 28.08% | 66.82% | R+38.7 | R |
| 112 | 41.60% | 56.14% | R+14.5 | 29.74% | 65.06% | R+35.3 | R |
| 113 | 42.97% | 55.18% | R+12.2 | 31.77% | 63.08% | R+31.3 | R |
| 114 | 44.32% | 53.83% | R+9.5 | 30.07% | 64.68% | R+34.6 | R |
| 115 | 43.73% | 53.77% | R+10 | 26.77% | 68.89% | R+42.1 | R |
| 116 | 39.07% | 58.78% | R+19.7 | 26.07% | 69.37% | R+43.3 | R |
| 117 | 40.34% | 57.36% | R+17 | 25.24% | 70.97% | R+45.7 | R |
| 118 | 42.84% | 54.85% | R+12 | 24.96% | 70.53% | R+45.6 | D |
| 119 | 37.08% | 60.66% | R+23.6 | 23.82% | 71.94% | R+48.1 | R |
| 120 | 30.41% | 67.53% | R+37.1 | 20.06% | 75.96% | R+55.9 | R |
| 121 | 31.61% | 65.66% | R+34 | 24.74% | 69.39% | R+44.7 | R |
| 122 | 34.34% | 63.53% | R+29.2 | 25.48% | 68.80% | R+43.3 | R |
| 123 | 27.61% | 70.25% | R+42.6 | 17.62% | 78.74% | R+61.1 | R |
| 124 | 28.10% | 70.10% | R+42 | 20.48% | 76.31% | R+55.8 | R |
| 125 | 33.23% | 64.37% | R+31.1 | 20.75% | 75.50% | R+54.8 | R |
| 126 | 31.58% | 66.12% | R+34.5 | 20.06% | 75.46% | R+55.4 | R |
| 127 | 22.58% | 75.67% | R+53.1 | 14.13% | 82.55% | R+68.4 | R |
| 128 | 27.32% | 70.51% | R+43.2 | 18.95% | 76.41% | R+57.5 | R |
| 129 | 27.78% | 69.97% | R+42.2 | 16.36% | 80.03% | R+63.7 | R |
| 130 | 28.04% | 70.17% | R+42.1 | 21.13% | 74.22% | R+53.1 | R |
| 131 | 35.35% | 62.39% | R+27 | 30.11% | 63.51% | R+33.4 | R |
| 132 | 54.62% | 41.76% | D+12.9 | 47.48% | 43.78% | D+3.7 | D |
| 133 | 33.97% | 64.11% | R+30.1 | 30.10% | 63.89% | R+33.8 | R |
| 134 | 39.49% | 58.44% | R+19 | 38.57% | 54.45% | R+15.9 | R |
| 135 | 46.12% | 51.01% | R+4.9 | 43.73% | 48.68% | R+5 | R |
| 136 | 32.89% | 65.46% | R+32.6 | 33.82% | 61.06% | R+27.2 | R |
| 137 | 29.28% | 68.94% | R+39.7 | 22.46% | 73.16% | R+50.7 | R |
| 138 | 24.97% | 73.31% | R+48.3 | 17.62% | 79.22% | R+61.6 | R |
| 139 | 26.11% | 72.20% | R+46.1 | 21.92% | 73.26% | R+51.3 | R |
| 140 | 25.27% | 72.87% | R+47.6 | 19.34% | 76.01% | R+56.7 | R |
| 141 | 25.58% | 72.23% | R+46.6 | 15.31% | 81.45% | R+66.1 | R |
| 142 | 27.29% | 70.19% | R+42.9 | 16.35% | 80.26% | R+63.9 | R |
| 143 | 29.09% | 68.03% | R+38.9 | 16.97% | 79.81% | R+62.8 | R |
| 144 | 36.12% | 61.41% | R+25.3 | 19.14% | 77.84% | R+58.7 | R |
| 145 | 26.77% | 70.97% | R+44.2 | 15.99% | 80.73% | R+64.7 | R |
| 146 | 20.92% | 77.46% | R+56.5 | 16.18% | 80.39% | R+64.2 | R |
| 147 | 35.21% | 62.92% | R+27.7 | 32.57% | 62.66% | R+30.1 | R |
| 148 | 28.61% | 69.95% | R+41.3 | 20.84% | 76.42% | R+55.6 | R |
| 149 | 43.48% | 54.87% | R+11.4 | 30.87% | 67.01% | R+36.1 | R |
| 150 | 34.94% | 63.58% | R+28.6 | 23.89% | 74.47% | R+50.6 | R |
| 151 | 24.82% | 73.46% | R+48.6 | 14.15% | 83.22% | R+69.1 | R |
| 152 | 29.54% | 68.76% | R+39.2 | 20.62% | 76.11% | R+55.5 | R |
| 153 | 25.21% | 72.83% | R+47.6 | 14.81% | 82.43% | R+67.6 | R |
| 154 | 26.84% | 70.66% | R+43.8 | 16.74% | 79.61% | R+62.9 | R |
| 155 | 27.06% | 70.27% | R+43.2 | 16.01% | 80.94% | R+64.9 | R |
| 156 | 24.65% | 73.46% | R+48.8 | 19.20% | 77.30% | R+58.1 | R |
| 157 | 25.44% | 72.55% | R+47.1 | 17.36% | 78.46% | R+61.1 | R |
| 158 | 26.53% | 71.26% | R+44.7 | 18.47% | 78.33% | R+59.9 | R |
| 159 | 23.37% | 74.32% | R+50.9 | 15.21% | 81.38% | R+66.2 | R |
| 160 | 26.02% | 72.10% | R+46.1 | 18.82% | 77.45% | R+58.6 | R |
| 161 | 33.26% | 63.98% | R+30.7 | 27.50% | 66.51% | R+39 | R |
| 162 | 30.13% | 67.39% | R+37.3 | 24.35% | 69.95% | R+45.6 | R |
| 163 | 25.36% | 72.66% | R+47.3 | 19.41% | 75.70% | R+56.3 | R |
| Total | 44.38% | 53.76% | R+9.4 | 38.23% | 56.92% | R+18.7 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
- United States House elections in Missouri (August 7, 2018 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2018
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
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)
