2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri

2020 Missouri's 2nd congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Ann Wagner; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Ann Wagner; Republican

2020 Missouri's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Lacy Clay; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Cori Bush; Democratic

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri
All 8 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Democratic 50–60% 70–80%

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

House elections in Missouri

The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Missouri, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 United States presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Quick Facts All 8 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...

The primaries were held on August 4.^[1]

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[key-21] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[53] "Don't recall" and Schulte (L) with 2%; Did not vote with 1%; Would not vote with 0%

[late-22] Poll released after the primary in August

[HMP-54] Poll conducted for the House Majority Pac.

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District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	59,940	18.96%	249,087	78.78%	7,144	2.26%	316,171	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	233,157	51.89%	204,540	45.52%	11,651	2.59%	449,348	100.0%	Republican hold
District 3	282,866	69.44%	116,095	28.50%	8,387	2.06%	407,348	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	245,247	67.59%	107,635	29.66%	9,954	2.74%	362,836	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	135,934	38.57%	207,180	58.79%	9,316	2.64%	352,430	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 6	258,709	67.06%	118,926	30.83%	8,144	2.11%	385,779	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	254,318	68.87%	98,111	26.57%	16,854	4.56%	369,283	100.0%	Republican hold
District 8	253,811	76.86%	70,561	21.37%	5,854	1.77%	330,226	100.0%	Republican hold
Total	1,723,982	57.98%	1,172,135	39.42%	77,304	2.60%	2,973,421	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cori Bush	73,274	48.5
	Democratic	Lacy Clay (incumbent)	68,887	45.6
	Democratic	Katherine Bruckner	8,850	5.9
Total votes			151,011	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Rogers	6,979	61.5
	Republican	Winnie Heartstrong	4,367	38.5
Total votes			11,346	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Alex Furman	337	100.0
Total votes			337	100.0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[25]	Safe D	July 2, 2020
Inside Elections^[26]	Safe D	June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[27]	Safe D	July 2, 2020
Politico^[28]	Safe D	April 19, 2020
Daily Kos^[29]	Safe D	June 3, 2020
RCP^[30]	Safe D	June 9, 2020
Niskanen^[31]	Safe D	June 7, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cori Bush	249,087	78.8
	Republican	Anthony Rogers	59,940	19.0
	Libertarian	Alex Furman	6,766	2.1
	Independent	Martin Baker (write-in)	378	0.1
Total votes			316,171	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Wagner (incumbent)	63,686	100.0
Total votes			63,686	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jill Schupp	103,164	100.0
Total votes			103,164	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Martin Schulte	737	100.0
Total votes			737	100.0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[25]	Tossup	August 6, 2020
Inside Elections^[46]	Tilt D (flip)	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[27]	Lean R	November 2, 2020
Politico^[47]	Tossup	October 11, 2020
Daily Kos^[48]	Tossup	August 31, 2020
RCP^[49]	Tossup	June 9, 2020
Niskanen^[31]	Lean D (flip)	June 7, 2020
538^[50]	Lean R	October 30, 2020

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Margin of error	Ann Wagner (R)	Jill Schupp (D)	Other	Undecided
Change Research	October 29 – November 2, 2020	597 (LV)	± 4.3%	46%	46%	5%^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2%
YouGov	September 24 – October 7, 2020	115 (LV)	–	42%	51%	3%	4%
Normington, Petts & Associates (D) Archived October 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine	September 10–14, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	49%	49%	<1%	2%
Public Policy Polling (D) Archived August 19, 2020, at the Wayback Machine^{[upper-alpha 2]}	August 13–14, 2020	925 (V)	–	42%	45%	–	14%
Remington Research Group/Missouri Scout	February 19–20, 2020	1,360 (LV)	± 2.6%	50%	40%	–	10%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Wagner (incumbent)	233,157	51.9
	Democratic	Jill Schupp	204,540	45.5
	Libertarian	Martin Schulte	11,647	2.6
	Write-in		4	0.0
Total votes			449,348	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	80,627	74.8
	Republican	Brandon Wilkinson	15,901	14.8
	Republican	Lynette Trares	4,197	3.9
	Republican	Jeffrey Nowak	3,517	3.3
	Republican	Adela Wisdom	3,485	3.2
Total votes			107,727	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Megan Rezabek	27,826	66.8
	Democratic	Dennis Oglesby	13,801	33.2
Total votes			41,627	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Leonard J. Steinman II	627	100.0
Total votes			627	100.0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[25]	Safe R	July 2, 2020
Inside Elections^[26]	Safe R	June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[27]	Safe R	July 2, 2020
Politico^[28]	Safe R	April 19, 2020
Daily Kos^[29]	Safe R	June 3, 2020
RCP^[30]	Safe R	June 9, 2020
Niskanen^[31]	Safe R	June 7, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blaine Luetkemeyer (incumbent)	282,866	69.4
	Democratic	Megan Rezabek	116,095	28.5
	Libertarian	Leonard J. Steinman II	8,344	2.1
	Write-in		43	0.0
Total votes			407,348	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vicky Hartzler (incumbent)	80,652	76.6
	Republican	Neal Gist	24,646	23.4
Total votes			105,298	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lindsey Simmons	38,339	100.0
Total votes			38,339	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Steven K. Koonse	357	53.0
	Libertarian	Robert E. Smith	316	47.0
Total votes			673	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vicky Hartzler (incumbent)	245,247	67.6
	Democratic	Lindsey Simmons	107,635	29.7
	Libertarian	Steven K. Koonse	9,954	2.7
Total votes			362,836	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent)	75,040	85.3
	Democratic	Maite Salazar	12,923	14.7
Total votes			87,963	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Derks	13,832	34.0
	Republican	Jerry W. Barham	12,880	31.7
	Republican	Clay Chastain	7,519	18.5
	Republican	Weldon "Wilbur" Woodward	2,381	5.8
	Republican	R.H. Hess	2,207	5.4
	Republican	Richonda Oaks	1,872	4.6
Total votes			40,691	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Robin Dominick	542	100.0
Total votes			542	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent)	207,180	58.8
	Republican	Ryan Derks	135,934	38.6
	Libertarian	Robin Dominick	9,272	2.6
	Write-in		44	0.0
Total votes			352,430	100.0
	Democratic hold

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Graves (incumbent)	81,584	79.7
	Republican	Chris Ryan	20,826	20.3
Total votes			102,410	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gena L. Ross	14,503	32.8
	Democratic	Ramona Farris	11,882	26.9
	Democratic	Henry Martin	9,393	21.3
	Democratic	Charles West	6,951	15.7
	Democratic	Donald Robert Sartain	1,447	3.3
Total votes			44,176	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Jim Higgins	431	100.0
Total votes			431	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Graves (incumbent)	258,709	67.1
	Democratic	Gena Ross	118,926	30.8
	Libertarian	Jim Higgins	8,144	2.1
Total votes			385,779	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	69,407	66.1
	Republican	Eric Harleman	11,696	11.1
	Republican	Kevin VanStory	10,486	10.0
	Republican	Steve Chetnik	7,407	7.1
	Republican	Camille Lombardi-Olive	5,969	5.7
Total votes			104,965	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Montseny	30,568	100.0
Total votes			30,568	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	508	100.0
Total votes			508	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Billy Long (incumbent)	254,318	68.9
	Democratic	Teresa Montseny	98,111	26.6
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	15,573	4.2
	Independent	Audrey Richards (write-in)	1,279	0.3
	Write-in		2	0.0
Total votes			369,283	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Smith (incumbent)	114,074	100.0
Total votes			114,074	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathryn Ellis	20,354	100.0
Total votes			20,354	100.0