2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri

2012 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Todd Akin; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Ann Wagner; Republican

2012 Missouri's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Lacy Clay; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Lacy Clay; Democratic

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri
All 8 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 60–70% 70–80%	Democratic 60–70% 70–80%

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

House elections in Missouri

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Missouri, a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.

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United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
	Republican	1,463,586	54.70%	6	6	-
	Democratic	1,119,554	41.84%	3	2	-1
	Libertarian	87,774	3.28%	0	0	-
	Constitution	4,971	0.19%	0	0	-
	Independent	15	<0.01%	0	0	-
Total		2,675,900	100.00%	9	8	—

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Lacy Clay, Jr. (incumbent)	57,791	63.3
	Democratic	Russ Carnahan (incumbent)	30,943	33.9
	Democratic	Candice Britton	2,570	2.8
Total votes			91,304	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robyn Hamlin	9,737	57.9
	Republican	Martin D. Baker	7,085	42.1
Total votes			16,822	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Robb E. Cunningham	246	100.0
Total votes			246	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lacy Clay (incumbent)	267,927	78.7
	Republican	Robyn Hamlin	60,832	17.9
	Libertarian	Robb E. Cunningham	11,824	3.5
Total votes			340,583	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Wagner	53,583	65.8
	Republican	Randy Jotte	18,644	22.9
	Republican	John Morris	6,041	7.4
	Republican	James O. Baker	3,185	3.9
Total votes			81,453	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Koenen	7,894	28.38
	Democratic	Harold Whitfield	7,848	28.22
	Democratic	George Weber	7,541	27.11
	Democratic	Marshall Works	4,532	16.29
Total votes			27,815	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Wagner	236,971	60.1
	Democratic	Glenn Koenen	146,272	37.1
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	9,193	2.3
	Constitution	Anatol Zorikova	2,012	0.5
Total votes			394,448	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	79,661	100.0
Total votes			79,661	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric C. Mayer	22,478	100.0
Total votes			22,478	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Steven Wilson	367	100.0
Total votes			367	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	214,843	63.5
	Democratic	Eric C. Mayer	111,189	32.8
	Libertarian	Steven Wilson	12,353	3.7
Total votes			338,385	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vicky Hartzler (incumbent)	71,615	84.0
	Republican	Bernie Mowinski	13,645	16.0
Total votes			85,260	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Hensley	24,631	100.0
Total votes			24,631	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Thomas Holbrook	232	58.0
	Libertarian	Herschel L. Young	168	42.0
Total votes			400	100.0

Missouri's 4th congressional district, 2012^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vicky Hartzler (incumbent)	192,237	60.3
	Democratic	Teresa Hensley	113,120	35.5
	Libertarian	Thomas Holbrook	10,407	3.3
	Constitution	Greg Cowan	2,959	0.9
Total votes			318,723	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent)	43,712	100.0
Total votes			43,712	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jacob Turk	24,814	58.9
	Republican	Jerry Nolte	10,734	25.5
	Republican	Jason Greene	5,067	12.0
	Republican	Ron Paul Shawd	1,542	3.6
Total votes			42,157	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Randall Langkraehr	335	100.0
Total votes			335	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent)	200,290	60.5
	Republican	Jacob Turk	122,149	36.9
	Libertarian	Randall Langkraehr	8,497	2.6
	Independent	Andrew Feagle (write-in)	6	0.0
Total votes			330,942	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Graves (incumbent)	59,388	80.3
	Republican	Christopher Ryan	9,945	13.5
	Republican	Bob Gough	4,598	6.2
Total votes			73,931	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyle Yarber	10,242	32.5
	Democratic	Bill Hedge	8,620	27.4
	Democratic	Ronald William Harris	7,483	23.8
	Democratic	Ted Rights	5,118	16.3
Total votes			31,463	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Russ Lee Monchil	252	100.0
Total votes			252	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Graves (incumbent)	216,906	65.0
	Democratic	Kyle Yarber	108,503	32.5
	Libertarian	Russ Lee Monchil	8,279	2.5
Total votes			333,688	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	62,917	59.7
	Republican	Mike Moon	22,860	21.7
	Republican	Tom Stilson	19,666	18.6
Total votes			105,443	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Evans	14,446	100.0
Total votes			14,446	100.0

2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri

Overview

Redistricting

District 1

Democratic primary

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Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

Republican primary

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Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

General election

Polling

Clay vs Baker

Carnahan vs Hamlin

Carnahan vs Baker

Results

District 2

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Campaign

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Constitution primary

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Nominee

General election

Endorsements

Results

District 3

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

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Primary results

Libertarian primary

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Constitution primary

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General election

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District 4

Republican primary

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Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Democratic primary

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Nominee

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	303	100.0
Total votes			303	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	203,565	63.9
	Democratic	Jim Evans	98,498	30.9
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	16,668	5.2
	Independent	Kenneth Joe Brown (write-in)	9	0.0
Total votes			318,740	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Ann Emerson (incumbent)	61,975	67.1
	Republican	Bob Parker	30,429	32.9
Total votes			92,404	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Rushin	27,839	100.0
Total votes			27,839	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Rick Vandeven	164	100.0
Total votes			164	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Ann Emerson (incumbent)	216,083	71.9
	Democratic	Jack Rushin	73,755	24.6
	Libertarian	Rob Vandeven	10,553	3.5
Total votes			300,391	100.0
	Republican hold