Taylor Burks

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Taylor Burks

Republican Party

Candidate, U.S. House Missouri District 5

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 6, 2024

Next election

August 4, 2026

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Taylor Burks (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 5th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 5

Todd Becker (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Todd Becker (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver (D) is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Emanuel Cleaver

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jordan Herrera (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Micah Beebe
		Rick Brattin
		Taylor Burks
	Submit photo	Robert Foltz
		Brett Hueffmeier
		Berton A. Knox
		Brad Patty
		Sean Smith

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Libertarian Party primary

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

Randy Langkraehr (L) is running in the Libertarian Party primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Randy Langkraehr

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2024

See also: Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 4

Incumbent Mark Alford defeated Jeanette Cass, Thomas Holbrook, and David Haave in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Alford (R)	71.1	259,886
		Jeanette Cass (D)	26.4	96,568
		Thomas Holbrook (L)	2.5	9,240
		David Haave (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 365,696
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alexander Heidenreich (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4

Jeanette Cass defeated Mike McCaffree in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeanette Cass	61.5	16,077
		Mike McCaffree	38.5	10,053

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,130
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4

Incumbent Mark Alford advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Alford	100.0	99,650

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,650
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Taylor Burks (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4

Thomas Holbrook advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Holbrook	100.0	341

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 341
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 4

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Alford (R)	71.3	181,890
		Jack Truman (D)	26.3	67,069
		Randy Langkraehr (L)	2.4	6,117
		Darrell Leon McClanahan III (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1
		David Haave (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1
		Wyatt Parsons (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 255,079
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4

Jack Truman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jack Truman	100.0	25,641

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,641
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• JD Leathers (D)
• Anthony Osborne (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Alford	35.2	36,981
		Rick Brattin	21.4	22,509
		Kalena Bruce	15.9	16,677
		Taylor Burks	10.1	10,624
		William Irwin	9.2	9,648
		Jim Campbell	4.4	4,642
		Kyle LaBrue	3.8	4,026

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,107
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ryan Johnson (R)
• Sara Walsh (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4

Randy Langkraehr advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Langkraehr	100.0	426

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 426
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Taylor Burks campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Missouri District 5	Candidacy Declared primary	$0	N/A**
2024	U.S. House Missouri District 4	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Missouri District 4	Lost primary	$917,217	$916,745
Grand total			$917,217	$916,745
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Missouri's current delegation to the United States Congress

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)