Michael Day (Missouri)

Michael Day (Green Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 340
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Day in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign finance summary

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Michael Day campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House Missouri District 5	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** 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)