Missouri's 7th congressional district

Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University, and the popular tourist destination city of Branson. Located along the borders of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas, the district occupies part of the Bible Belt with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry here 67% to 32% in the 2004 election. Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama 63.1% to 35.3% in the 2008 election. Republican and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama 67.6% to 30.3% in the 2012 election. In the 2016 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton 70.4% to 24.7%. As of 2017, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican Districts in the United States.

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Missouri's 7th congressional district
Missouri's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Billy Long
R–Springfield
Distribution
  • 59.28% urban
  • 40.72% rural
Population (2010)748,406
Median income$47,225[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+23[2]

The district is currently represented by Republican Billy Long of Springfield. He survived primary challenges on August 7, 2018. He defeated Democrat Jamie Schoolcraft, physician's assistant and former mayor of Willard in the final election in November.[3]

List of members representing the district
Member Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
Samuel Caruthers Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33rd
34th
35th		 [data unknown/missing]
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
John W. Noell Democratic March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863		 36th
37th		 [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Benjamin F. Loan		 Unconditional Unionist March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865		 38th
39th
40th		 [data unknown/missing]
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869

Joel F. Asper		 Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871		 41st [data unknown/missing]

Isaac Parker		 Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		 42nd [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Thomas T. Crittenden		 Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 43rd [data unknown/missing]

John F. Philips		 Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 44th [data unknown/missing]

Thomas T. Crittenden		 Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879		 45th [data unknown/missing]
Alfred M. Lay Democratic March 4, 1879 –
December 8, 1879		 46th [data unknown/missing]
Died.
Vacant December 8, 1879 –
January 10, 1880

John F. Philips		 Democratic January 10, 1880 –
March 3, 1881		 Elected January 10, 1880 to finish Lay's term and seated January 26, 1880.
Lost re-election.

Theron M. Rice		 Greenback March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 47th Elected in 1880.
Retired.

Aylett H. Buckner		 Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885		 48th Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1882.
[data unknown/missing]
John E. Hutton Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889		 49th
50th		 [data unknown/missing]

Richard H. Norton		 Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893		 51st
52nd		 [data unknown/missing]

John T. Heard		 Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 53rd Redistricted from the 6th district.
[data unknown/missing]

John P. Tracey		 Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897		 54th [data unknown/missing]

James Cooney		 Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1903		 55th
56th
57th		 [data unknown/missing]

Courtney W. Hamlin		 Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905		 58th [data unknown/missing]

John Welborn		 Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1907		 59th [data unknown/missing]

Courtney W. Hamlin		 Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1919		 60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th		 [data unknown/missing]

Samuel C. Major		 Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921		 66th [data unknown/missing]

Roscoe C. Patterson		 Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923		 67th [data unknown/missing]

Samuel C. Major		 Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1929		 68th
69th
70th		 [data unknown/missing]

John W. Palmer		 Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1931		 71st [data unknown/missing]

Samuel C. Major		 Democratic March 4, 1931 –
July 28, 1931		 72nd [data unknown/missing]
Died.
Vacant July 28, 1931 –
September 29, 1931

Robert D. Johnson		 Democratic September 29, 1931 –
March 3, 1933		 [data unknown/missing]
District inactive March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935		 73rd All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket

Dewey Short		 Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1957		 74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th		 [data unknown/missing]

Charles H. Brown		 Democratic January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1961		 85th
86th		 [data unknown/missing]

Durward G. Hall		 Republican January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1973		 87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd		 [data unknown/missing]

Gene Taylor		 Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1989		 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th		 [data unknown/missing]

Mel Hancock		 Republican January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1997		 101st
102nd
103rd
104th		 [data unknown/missing]

Roy Blunt		 Republican January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2011		 105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th		 [data unknown/missing]
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Billy Long		 Republican January 3, 2011 –
present		 112th
113th
114th
115th
116th		 Elected in 2010.

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results Political parties that won the district
2000 President George W. Bush 62 - Al Gore 36% Republican Party (United States)
2004 President George W. Bush 67 - John Kerry 32% Republican Party (United States)
2008 President John McCain 62 - Barack Obama 35% Republican Party (United States)
2012 President Mitt Romney 68 - Barack Obama 30% Republican Party (United States)
2016 President Donald Trump 70 - Hillary Clinton 25% Republican Party (United States)

Counties
The district from 2003 - 2013

There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.

Largest cities

The 10 largest cities in MO-07 are as follows.

Rank City County Population (2010) Population (2015 Estimates)
1 Springfield Greene/Christian 159,498 166,810
2 Joplin Jasper/Newton 50,150 51,818
3 Nixa Christian 19,022 20,984
4 Ozark Christian 17,820 19,120
5 Republic Christian/Greene 14,751 16,005
6 Carthage Jasper 14,378 14,319
7 Neosho Newton 11,835 12,156
8 Branson Taney/Stone 10,520 11,431
9 Webb City Jasper 10,996 11,165
10 Bolivar Polk 10,325 10,714

Median household incomes
Rank County Income (2008)
1 Christian $50,200
2 Greene $44,185
3 Newton $43,872
4 Stone $40,487
5 Jasper $40,243
6 Taney $39,771
7 Lawrence $38,778
8 Polk $37,199
9 Barry $35,889
10 McDonald $33,448

Median family incomes
Rank County Income (2008)
1 Christian $58,806
2 Greene $56,047
3 Newton $51,178
4 Jasper $49,007
5 Taney $47,664
6 Stone $46,675
7 Lawrence $45,843
8 Polk $45,263
9 Barry $41,861
10 McDonald $38,848

Election results

Congressional
United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 Missouri 7th[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Roy Blunt (incumbent) 129,746 72.6%
Democratic Marc Perkel 43,146 24.3%
Libertarian Mike Harman 5,639 3.2%
Total votes 178,801 100%
Majority 80,691 45.1%
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2002 Missouri 7th[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Roy Blunt (incumbent) 149,519 74.81%
Democratic Roland Roy Lapham 45,964 23.00%
Libertarian Douglas Andrew Burlison 4,378 2.19%
Other Steven L. Reed 2 0.00%
Total votes 199,863 100%
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2004 Missouri 7th[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Roy Blunt (incumbent) 210,080 70.45%
Democratic Jim Newberry 84,356 28.29%
Libertarian James K. Craig 2,767 0.93%
Constitution Steve Alger 1,002 0.34%
Total votes 298,205 100%
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2006 Missouri 7th[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Roy Blunt (incumbent) 160,942 66.75%
Democratic Jack Truman 75,592 30.11%
Libertarian Kevin Craig 7,566 3.14%
Other Glenn Miller 23 0.01%
Total votes 241,123 100%
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008 Missouri 7th[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Roy Blunt (incumbent) 219,016 67.76%
Democratic Richard Monroe 91,010 28.16%
Libertarian Kevin Craig 6,971 2.16%
Constitution Travis Maddox 6,166 1.91%
Other Midge Potts 49 0.02%
Total votes 323,212 100%
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 Missouri 7th[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Billy Long 141,010 63.39
Democratic Scott Eckersley 67,545 30.37
Libertarian Kevin Craig 13,866 6.23
Write-in Nicholas Ladendorf 10 0.00
Total votes 222,431 100.00
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2012 Missouri 7th[10]
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
Write-in Kenneth Joe Brown 9 0.0
Total votes 318,740 100.0
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2014 Missouri 7th[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Billy Long (incumbent) 104,054 63.46
Democratic Jim Evans 47,282 28.84
Libertarian Kevin Craig 12,584 7.68
Write-Ins 37 0.02
Total votes 163,957 100
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing
United States House of Representatives elections, 2016 Missouri 7th[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Billy Long (incumbent) 228,001 67.56
Democratic Genevieve Williams 92,390 27.38
Libertarian Benjamin T. Brixey 17,076 5.06
Write-in Amber Thomsen 23 0.00
Total votes 337,490 100
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold

Presidential

2008

The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received 35.39 percent, a 27.68-percent margin of victory for the GOP. McCain received less than 60 percent in only Greene County, where Obama may have been helped by the college subplot presence of Missouri State University.

CountyJohn McCainBarack ObamaDifference
Newton 69.42 29.32 R + 40.10
McDonald 67.60 30.17 R + 37.43
Stone 68.02 30.69 R + 37.33
Taney 68.02 30.85 R + 37.17
Lawrence 67.70 30.64 R + 37.06
Christian 67.33 31.52 R + 35.81
Barry 66.63 31.62 R + 35.01
Jasper 65.67 32.62 R + 33.05
Polk 65.39 33.24 R + 32.15
Greene 57.06 41.26 R + 15.08

Primaries

2008

Republican The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary. Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) carried every county in MO-07 over U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts).

CountyMike HuckabeeJohn McCainMitt RomneyDifference
Taney 55.89 25.90 14.17 H + 29.99
Polk 51.33 25.28 18.65 H + 26.05
Christian 48.46 24.37 22.75 H + 24.09
McDonald 48.71 25.55 14.75 H + 23.16
Lawrence 48.75 26.19 18.96 H + 22.56
Barry 49.69 28.31 15.33 H + 21.38
Newton 45.49 25.95 22.82 H + 19.54
Jasper 42.23 25.82 26.03 H + 16.20
Greene 42.48 27.09 25.17 H + 15.39
Stone 45.01 31.82 18.80 H + 13.19

Democratic

The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) carried every county in the district by convincing margins over U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois).

CountyHillary ClintonBarack ObamaDifference
McDonald 68.39 26.00 C + 42.39
Barry 65.52 30.47 C + 35.05
Newton 65.55 31.46 C + 34.09
Polk 63.81 33.28 C + 30.53
Taney 63.69 33.74 C + 29.95
Lawrence 61.58 34.86 C + 26.72
Stone 61.76 35.17 C + 26.59
Jasper 60.42 36.39 C + 24.03
Christian 57.68 39.93 C + 17.75
Greene 54.94 42.77 C + 12.17

Gubernatorial

2008

The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election. Former Attorney General and now Governor Jay Nixon (D) lost the district to his challenger, former U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (R).

CountyKenny HulshofJay NixonDifference
Newton 61.85 36.29 R + 25.56
McDonald 59.74 36.63 R + 23.11
Jasper 58.61 39.42 R + 19.19
Jasper 58.61 39.42 R + 19.19
Taney 51.16 46.31 R + 4.85
Stone 49.53 47.46 R + 2.07
Christian 49.65 47.73 R + 1.92
Barry 49.48 47.90 R + 1.58
Lawrence 49.15 47.94 R + 1.21
Polk 45.76 49.52 D + 3.76
Greene 42.84 54.45 D + 11.61

See also

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=29&cd=07
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. Election returns, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/07/us/elections/results-missouri-primary-elections.html
  4. "1998 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  5. Official Manual of Missouri, 2003-2004, page 627.
  6. Official Manual of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
  7. Official Manual of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
  8. "2008 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  9. 2010 Election Results
  10. 2012 Election Results
  11. 2014 Election Results
  12. 2016 Election Results
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